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Amy chats with Priya Verma C-IAYT. Priya Verma is the founder of Sandalwood Yoga. She is a Certified Professional Yoga Therapist and a Physician Assistant for over 20 years and has been caring for COVID patients on the frontline. She has pioneered integration of trauma-informed Yoga Therapy into a traditional medical model of care, specializing in non-pharmacologic pain management, integrating Yoga Therapy with Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, Asthma, Immunology, Allergy Medicine, Integrative Medicine and Interventional Radiology. She is the creator of the Clinical Resiliency Program, utilizing evidence-based assessments and developing self-care practices and self-regulation for clinicians, and healthcare workers across the spectrum.

They discuss difficult conversations about Covid-19 & Yoga Therapy, the immune system, practicing good hygiene in shared spaces and more.

They touch on the following:

·        Priya’s experience as a South Asian woman in the Yoga space

·        Priya’s experience as a Physician Assistant and a Yoga Therapist

·        The Immune System and how it fights Covid-19

·        How to shift perspective and have difficult conversations about Covid-19

·        Svadyaya or self-reflection as you approach your life in Covid-19 times

·        Questions to ask yourself about your perspective

·        The Trauma Informed NVC approach

·        Finding our mutual needs as a society of people on earth together

·        Understanding our different strategies and why they might be occurring

·        Practical Hygiene in shared spaces to prevent the spread of Covid-19

·        Risk factors in Covid-19

·        Handling difficult or uncomfortable conversations with compassion and clarity

Bio:

Priya grew up with yoga as a Second-Generation Indian-American studying Yoga and Meditation from her father, who studied with the yoga master of 2 Indian Prime Ministers. She has formally studied from Internationally respected yoga teachers, Physicians and Researchers in Medical Yoga. She has Certification as a Professional Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She has extensive training in the lineages of Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Integral Yoga, Thai Yoga and currently further studying applications of Yoga Therapy in the Krishnamacharya Tradition. She has a BS in Molecular Genetics Ohio State University, MS in Physician Assistant Seton Hall University and the University of Medicine Dentistry NJ, Newark. and is a published author of Research in Neuroimmunology focused on Gut – Brain links from Ohio State Medical School.

She has pioneered integration of Yoga into a traditional medical model of care, specializing in non-pharmacologic pain management. She offers the scientific lens of utilizing Mind-Body practices with Best Practices in Medicine.

She is the creator of the Clinical Resiliency Program, utilizing evidence-based assessments and developing Self-Care practices and Self-regulation for Clinicians, and Healthcare workers across the spectrum.

She is experienced with local, national Boards and large Hospital System Boards.  She consults with Healthcare companies on the role of Yoga Therapy in Healthcare, Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management (CIPM) and Stress Management.

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