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This is Heather’s second workshop at Kripalu UK and we are delighted to welcome her once more.

Heather Holds a Masters of Arts in Buddhist Studies from SOAS University of London and is completing her Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychotherapy at the Karuna Institute, as accredited by Middlesex University.

Heather’s Yoga practice began in India in 1996 while studying abroad as part of her Bachelors of Arts in East-West Philosophy and her Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology. In 2000, plagued by her own depression and anxiety, she returned to Asia and spent three years living in Buddhist monasteries in intensive retreats cultivating inner peace. In 2003 she returned to the West to undertake academic studies to further her formal education so that she could share her experiences and help others within a Western context. 

Heather is certified as an advanced yoga teacher and as a yoga therapist. She has been teaching since 2001 and has taught all over the world, including the UK, the USA, India, Taiwan, Thailand and Burma. 

In addition to Yoga for Emotional Healing, Heather also teaches Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Restorative Yoga and Meditation.

For more information on her amazing work visit www.yogaforthemind.info. There, under Latest Posts, you can read her interview with Yoga Journal as well as read her paper, Yoga for Mental Health, which was delivered to the Psychiatry Department of King’s College London.

This is a privilege not to be missed.

ABOUT DANA MOORE

Dana Moore holds a Masters of Arts degree in religion awarded by Yale University Divinity School as well as a Masters of Arts degree. Dana studied counseling psychology at Boston College and received his yoga teacher training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and completed the advanced level of training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society founded by John Kabat-Zinn. He utilizes Kripalu Yoga, mindful living, and counseling to help individuals and groups who have experienced childhood maltreatment and highly stressful events as adults.

Dana first began doing psychotherapy at the Boston Veterans Center in Boston, Massachusetts where he used a mindfulness-based psychotherapy approach to treat combat veterans with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).

 He is a founding member of the Trauma Center Yoga Program, where he continues to serve as staff member, and is a faculty member of the Trauma Center Professional Training Institute at the Justice Research Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts. Along with his ongoing classes he facilitates workshops at Kripalu USA imparting to others the great gift of the work he is developing. This is Dana’s first visit to the UK, what a privilege it is for us at Kripalu UK to welcome him.

Dana is a Benedictine oblate of Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey, a Catholic monastery.

To read more about the tremendous work of the Justice Research Institute visit the website: www.traumacenter.org.

We are in for a wonderful experience.

We are incredibly honoured to have Dana Moore, Kripalu teacher from the United States, and Heather Mason, a yoga therapist and Buddhist scholar, joining us for a weekend workshop. The workshop, entitled Pathways of Healing Through Yoga, will be held on March 21st and March 22nd and the fee is £100. 

Heather and Dana will offer both practical steps towards healing and insights into groundbreaking theory around yoga and trauma. The Boston Trauma Center is the first place in the world to conduct comprehensive research on the neurobiology of trauma and profound impact of yoga in the lives of those who have suffered traumatic events, as adults or children. Dana is a staff member at the Boston Trauma Center and Heather is the only person in the UK to have trained with them.

If you have been hurt or wounded and can no longer, “Just get on with it” think about joining us, think about taking time to truly care for yourself and begin the much-needed and longed for process of healing. Or, if you are someone who works caring for those who have been harmed emotional, mentally or physically, come learn new tools to help free them from the bondage of the pain and intense suffering they are locked in. 

Namaste