Yoga Vacation ProgramAugust 21 — 23, 2024
The Science Supporting Yoga for Reducing Anxiety and Improving Sleep
Sat Bir Singh Khalsa
In easy-to-understand language, this comprehensive program will include satsang lectures that review some of the basic science underlying the psychophysiology and benefits of yoga practices. During the lectures we will explore the physical, mental, and spiritual mechanisms of action of yoga and provide a modern scientific overview of how yoga works.
We will also cover the characteristics of anxiety and anxiety disorders, the rationale and science and research supporting the efficacy of yoga for anxiety, the characteristics and importance of sleep to mental and physical health and performance, the efficacy of yoga in improving sleep, the underlying causes of insomnia, and the research on the efficacy of yoga for insomnia. TheYoga practice workshops will include Yoga practice sessions believed to be specifically beneficial for disease resistance, addictive behaviors managing stress and depression.
Offered as 3 satsangs and 2 workshops (subject to change).
The presentations associated with this Yoga Vacation Program begin with an 8pm satsang on the first day of the program and conclude with an 8pm satsang on the last day of the program. Click here to read more about the Yoga Vacation Program details and view the ashram schedule for yoga classes and meals during your stay. We suggest you arrive at least one day prior to the start of your program for the optimal experience.
Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. is a Corresponding Member of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School retiring as Associate Professor of Medicine. He is Director of Research for the Kundalini Research Institute, Research Associate at the Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, and Research Affiliate of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.
He has practiced Kundalini Yoga since 1971 and is a certified instructor and has been engaged in biomedical research on the efficacy of yoga for improving mental health since 2001. He has conducted clinical research trials evaluating yoga interventions for insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic stress, and anxiety disorders, and also for adolescents in public schools and workers in occupational settings.
He works with the International Association of Yoga Therapists to promote research on yoga and yoga therapy as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy and as chair of the scientific program committee for its annual conference. He is chief editor of the medical textbook The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care, co-editor of the textbook The Principles and Practice of Yoga for Children and Adolescents, and medical editor of the Harvard Medical School Special Report An Introduction to Yoga.
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