- Shared Dormitory: Bottom Bunk – $460.00
- Shared Dormitory: Top Bunk – $460.00
- Private Dormitory – $250.00
- LGH: Full Bed – $250.00
- LGH: 2 Twin beds – $250.00
- LGH: Queen Bed – $250.00
- Tent-Site – $370.00
- LOTUS Conference Center: Private Room – $660.00 (All prices include $250.00 base amount)
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Check-in: 4 – 6 pm
Check-out: 2 pm
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Neuroscience, Yoga, and Mindfulness Workshop: How Yoga Heals
with M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT
September 6 - 8, 2019
With the advent of new technologies, researchers are now able to understand how Yoga and mindfulness practices can help us to heal, restore vibrancy, and increase resiliency. Over the last twenty years, research has proven that Yoga and mindfulness techniques can increase empathy, compassion, and optimism, and can significantly reduce negative emotions such as chronic stress, anxiety, and depression. We now know that certain Yoga and mindfulness practices can have a positive impact on our neurobiology and our neuropathways.
This workshop will provide a foundational understanding of neuroscience to explain how and why Yoga works for healing the body, mind, and emotions. Dr. Mala Cunningham will share with you some powerful techniques and strategies for increasing healing, happiness, and peace; and conversely, you will learn how to reduce negative emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that tend to take over our lives.
In this workshop you will explore and discuss:
- Scientific ways you can rewire the brain, releasing old patterns, and introduce new, healing energy into the body, mind, and emotions
- Powerful, hands-on healing methods designed to help with emotional balance through their positive impact on anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, stress, and other emotional and mental issues
- Established tools for helping with physical healing issues
If you’re interested in taking an opportunity to go deeper into a relaxed and healing space, consider joining Dr. Mala for the longer, five-day retreat option. Register here.
These ideas and tools are on the cutting edge of neuroscience and therapy. Come learn about this fascinating new field and discover what neuroscience, Yoga, and mindfulness have to offer you.
Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities
- Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 7 contact hours.
You can input your contact hours using your YA log in information. - Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email membership@iyta.org.
Testimonials
All of it was fantastic…Mala was amazing and so is Yogaville. — Mary Carson
I particularly enjoyed looking at the relationship between thought, behavior, and yogic healing. — 2018 Program Participant
Mala was absolutely terrific! Great intersection and synthesis of neuroscience with Hinduism science/philosophy! — Dan Saint
Presenter
Mala Cunningham is a counseling psychologist and certified Yoga therapist in Charlottesville, VA. She is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Nursing where she teaches courses in Foundations of Medical Yoga for Health Professionals. Dr. Cunningham is also the co-director of Medical Yoga at UVA where she has developed and teaches continuing education courses in Medical Yoga for physicians and healthcare workers offered through the UVA Professional Development office. She is also the president of Positive Health Solutions and is the founder and director of Hospital Bed Yoga and the Cardiac Medical Yoga Teacher Training Program.…
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