TS06: Your Three Brains: Fresh Options for Perennial Challenges

Speaker bio: Laura (Atmadarshan) Santoro, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

Modern research is confirming ancient teachings from tantra and the Upanishads: We each have three brains, not one. Review contemporary investigations on the cerebral, cardiac, and enteric brains; experience traditional meditative techniques for these three distinct akashas (spaces); and explore how to harness this knowledge to provide new approaches to supporting clients in experiences of anxiety, trauma, grief, and other enduring challenges.

Learning Objectives

1. Integrate into yoga therapy practice Western and Eastern perspectives on physical and psychological frameworks of the three brains.
2. Adapt yoga therapy practices for individual conditions, abilities, belief systems, and needs based on contemporary scientific and traditional yogic understandings of the cerebral, cardiac, and enteric nervous systems.