9. The genius of yoga in America right now, with Stephen Cope and Sat Bir Singh Khalsa

Update: 2022-12-06

Description

In this episode, I sit down with Stephen Cope, author of the The Dharma in Difficult Times, and Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen says that the genius of yoga in America right now lies in its ability to bring both psychology and neuroscience to yoga practice, and he believes that Sat Bir is at the forefront of this work. This conversation is about how science and modern psychotherapy are together modernizing yoga toward having its greatest impact so far in human history.

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Sanskrit:

1. Samadhi: contemplation

2. Dyhana: concentration

3. Sadhaka: a person who follows a particular spiritual practice

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Books and studies referenced:

1. The Dharma in Difficult Times, Stephen Cope

2. Ted Jack Kaptchuk

3. Boston Conservatory

4. Boston Symphony

5. Tanglewood Learning Institute

6. Mind and Life Institute

7. Why practice yoga? Practitioners' motivations for adopting and maintaining yoga practice

8. International Journal of Yoga Therapy

9. Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health

10. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

11. Efficacy of Yoga vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Stress Education for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

12. The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk

13. Why former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy believes loneliness is a 'profound' public health issue

14. The Yoga Sutras

15. Bhagavad Gita, Eknath Easwaran

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Episode credits:

Original music by Kim's band Governess.

Produced by Alyssa Yeroshefsky and Kim Weeks.

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