82 - How can Yoga improve the brain? with Heather Mason from UK | Yoga for Unity and Well-being

Heather Mason is the founder of The Minded Institute. After years of deep depression and anxiety Heather moved to South East Asia to begin intensive meditation practice in Buddhist monasteries, where she spent 3 years developing and transforming her mind. During this time she also trained as a 500 hr yoga teacher and shared her yoga teaching with nuns in various meditation centres.

In 2003 she moved to the UK and studied Buddhism and yoga therapy. Soon after she developed an 8-week course for depression, anxiety, and stress, combining the insights of therapeutic yoga, mindfulness, and psychotherapy. Heather also did extensive study in neuroscience and completed an MSc in Medical Physiology. She was the first person in the UK to train to teach trauma sensitive yoga under the guidance of the Boston Trauma Center. Heather has lectured on neuroscience and PTSD with the Boston Trauma Center, as well as for organisations throughout the world.

Heather is also the director of another company, the Yoga and Healthcare Alliance (YIHA), a social enterprise devoted to integrating yoga into the NHS. Heather is now the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Yoga in Society.

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So fascinating, thank you, prescription for the whole world 🙏🌎