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On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Heather Mason. Heather is the Founder of The Minded Institute in the UK, and is leading a yoga therapy training organization known for its focus on mental health, neuroscience, and empowering yoga and health professionals to integrate yoga therapy into healthcare. She also studied in India and shared her yoga teaching with nuns in various Buddhist Monasteries in South East Asia.

Heather also founded a new organization, the Yoga in Health Care Alliance (YIHA), which she runs with a board of directors. This charity works towards yoga’s inclusion in health care in the UK and beyond.

Amy and Heather discuss Heather’s background, neuroscience, and the latest brain science research around pranayama and meditation.

They talk about the following:

·        Heather’s life experience and how she got started in Yoga Therapy as Embodied Mental Healthcare

·        Discussion of practicing asana & mindful meditation and the results of each

·        Recent scientific studies on neuroscience and the Influence of Yoga on Brain Functioning

·        Heather’s personal breath work routines and why she chooses certain breath techniques to help her system come into balance

·        Current scientific research & studies on breathing techniques and meditation

·        What is Social Prescribing in the UK and how might this link yoga to healthcare?

·        Heather’s groundbreaking work on Yoga/ Yoga Therapy in academia in the UK

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https://themindedinstitute.com

Heather’s Book on Yoga and Mental Health:

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