INTERVIEW WITH MALA CUNNINGHAM (Ph.D., C-IAYT)

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Amy chats with Mala Cunningham Ph.D., C-IAYT, who is a counselling Psychologist and Assistant Professor at University of Virginia at Arlington. Mala is a leading speaker, educator, and trainer in the field of Lifestyle Medicine, Health Psychology, Neuroscience, and Medical Yoga.  Her passion is creating a bridge between medicine, Psychology, Neuroscience, Yoga, and Mindfulness. Amy and Mala talk about Yoga and its relationship with Neuroscience, Mental health, and the benefits that yoga, breathing and meditation create for the brain and body.

They discuss the following:

• Amy and Mala’s course “Mental Health, Brain Science & Yoga, a joint venture with Yogaville coming up on July 28^th to Aug 3^rd 2021
• Mala talks about she and Amy’s background in Classical Yoga as well as being a western Professor at a university
• How Mala has been able to bridge the concepts of Yoga and science (psychology, medicine etc.) in her career/teachings
• The importance of translating ancient concepts into modern terms people can understand
• Yoga enlightenment, the History of Yoga and origins
• How & why Mala decided to focus on bringing Yoga into cardiac programs
• The benefits of yoga on the nervous system and brain
• Vagal tone, Vagal syncope and the Vagus Nerve

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Meet Mala https://www.cardiacyoga.com/

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