Yoga at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

[Guest guest]

NIH Yoga Week: Exploring the Science and Practice of Yoga

May 19 – 23, 2008

 

If you live in the Washington, DC, the National Institutes of Health

(NIH) will have its very first annual NIH Yoga Week. You can sign up

for the May 2008 Yoga WeekListserv, where you can get a complete

detailing of events, speakers, locations, etc. By attending you'll

show your support for NIH's commitment to fund research on yoga and

health. Send an email to levinerac to sign up for the

listserv. NIH Yoga Week is a partnership between the National Heart,

Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Cancer Institute, NIH Office

of Research Services, the NIH Recreation and Welfare, and Thrive Yoga

Rockville. All are welcome to attend, practice and hear about research

involving Yoga and Health.

 

Below is a schedule for the week (all programs are in the afternoons

or evenings)

 

May 19th, 2008 (Monday)

 

Title: Kick-Off to 1st annual NIH Yoga Week.

Speakers: Rachel Permuth-Levine, Ph.D., (NHLBI)

Virginia Hill (OD), Susan Bowen, (Owner, Thrive Yoga)

 

Title: " The Sciences of Hatha Yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda. "

Speaker: Yogiraj Alan Finger, founder of ISHTA Yoga

 

Title: Yoga Stretches for the Desk and Office

Speaker: Rachel Permuth-Levine, Ph.D. (NHLBI)

 

Title: Yoga Practice Outside, location TBD

 

May 20, 2008 (Tuesday)

 

Title: NCI Research Portfolio on Yoga Research

Speaker: Sheria Washington (OD)

Speaker: Jeffrey D. White, M.D. (NCI)

 

Title: Discussion of Past and Ongoing Research on Tibetan Yoga, Hatha

Yoga, and Qigong in Cancer

Speaker: Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D. (Director of the Integrative Medicine

Program at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center)

 

Title: The Secret Treasure of Yogic Alignment

Speaker: John Schumacher (Founder and Director of Unity Woods Yoga

Center)

 

May 21, 2008 (Wednesday)

 

Title: " The Science of Yoga "

Speaker, Timothy McCall, M.D., Medical Editor of Yoga Journal Magazine

and author of Yoga as Medicine.

 

Title: Yoga Session (all levels) in Building 31, Room B4-C18, Fitness

Center, Bring your Own Mat!

Instructor: Judith Lyon, RYT-500, Founder of NIH Yoga Program (over

ten years) and Yoga Instructor at NIH and Sun and Moon Yoga.

 

Title: Networking Dinner

Location: Penang Restaurant, Bethesda MD – RSVP required to

levinerac

 

May 22, 2008 (Thursday)

 

Title: Therapeutic Applications of Iyengar Yoga for Low Back Pain

Speaker: Kimberly Williams, Ph.D., West Virginia University, Certified

Iyengar Instructor

 

Title: Yoga Research: Past, Present, and Future

Speaker: Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Ph.D. of Research, Kundalini Research Institute

Research Director, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

Title: " Safe and Healthy Facial Care "

Speaker: Denise Clark, Training and Education Manager, Burt's Bees

 

Title: Free Yoga Class, all levels

 

Title: Yoga and Meditation in the Management of Stress

Speaker: Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School

Notes: Preregistration required, for info email susan

 

May 23, 2008 (Friday)

 

Title: Yoga as a Corporate Stress Management Tool

Speaker: Terri Kennedy, Ph.D, MBA, RYT, CHHC

Chair of the Board, Yoga Alliance

 

Title: " Earth-Friendly Body-Care "

Speaker: Denise Clark, Training and Education Manager, Burt's Bees

 

Title: Yoga Nidra: Guided Meditation for Stress Management and

Relaxation, Bring your own Mat if possible!

Instructor: Neva Ingalls, ERYT-500, Certified Yoga Therapist and of Inner Domain Yoga Alliance Registered School

 

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Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Ph.D. of Research

Kundalini Research Institute

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School