Event Details

K J Somaiya Institute of Dharma Studies cordially invites you for the guest lecture by Dr. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa on the topic Understanding the science and Research on Yoga and its Relevance for Stress and Resilience'

Day and Date: Wednesday, 20th March 2024

Timing: 12 noon to 1 p.m.

Venue: 

Room No.202 Einstein Hall, Aryabhat Bldg, 

K J Somaiya College of Engineering, 

Somaiya Vidyavihar University,

Vidyavihar (East), Mumbai - 400 077

About the Speaker:

Dr. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa is the Director of Research for the Kundalini Research Institute, a Research Associate at the Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, a Research Affiliate at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has conducted research on yoga and yoga therapy since 2001 and has been a practitioner/instructor of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan since 1973. His research has evaluated yoga for insomnia, chronic stress, and anxiety-related disorders, and also in workplace and public school settings. He works with the International Association of Yoga Therapists promoting yoga research as scientific director for the annual Symposium on Yoga Research and as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. He is medical editor of the Harvard Medical School Special Report Introduction to Yoga.