How Yoga Works

HOW YOGA WORKS:

Understanding the Science and Research on Yoga and its Benefit for Stress, Anxiety, Sleep, Prevention and Wellness

In person lecture with Sat Bir Singh Khalsa

Sat Bir Singh Khalsa is one of the world’s leading experts on Yoga and Research. In this talk he will explain in everyday language what science is telling us and answer questions from the audience. Whilst referring to research on yoga in general, he will also include information about clinical trials using Kundalini Yoga practices.

Suitable for yoga students, teachers and therapists and anyone with an interest in the possible benefits of yoga.

More information about the talk:

Yoga is an ancient behavioral practice that allows for the development of the skills of mind-body awareness or mindfulness, self-regulation of internal physiological and psychological state, and physical fitness.  Yoga is becoming increasingly popular as a behavioral strategy for the promotion and maintenance of health and wellness, as preventive medicine, and also as an adjunct therapeutic intervention.  This presentation will overview the scientific evidence on the underlying mechanisms of yoga practice supporting the rationale for these applications of yoga, and will describe how it can improve stress management, mental health, sleep, chronic disease prevention and symptoms, wellness, and overall quality of life.

Please book your ticket in advance.

Pricing

Please select your own pricing tier. Choose the one that you can afford that also says ‘I value the opportunity to attend this event.’

£30, £20, £15.

A limited number of free tickets have been reserved for GRDP Members and Teachers. Please contact info@grdp.co.uk for more information.

All monies raised will go to good causes: the Guru Ram Das Project, Great British Kundalini Yoga Festival, Central Gurdwara and Sat Bir Singh’s work on research and yoga.

More about Sat Bir Singh Khalsa

Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. is Director of Yoga Research for the Yoga Alliance and the Kundalini Research Institute, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has conducted scientific yoga research since 2001 on yoga for insomnia, stress, anxiety disorders, and workplace and school settings and is a practitioner/instructor of Kundalini Yoga since 1973. He coordinates the annual Symposium on Yoga Research, is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, medical editor of the Harvard report Introduction to Yoga, and chief editor of the medical textbook The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care.