Fight, Flight, or…

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Fight, Flight or ? Understanding the Nervous System for Stress Mastery With Robert Cory As a practice, yoga is particularly adept at dealing with stress. The Yoga Sutras (the text that codifies yoga) describes symptoms of stress such as mental anguish, anxiety, and irregular breathing and prescribe specific practices - breath awareness and control exercise - to help alleviate these disturbances to our mental well-being. In this compact workshop, we will look at the role of the autonomic nervous system (parasympathetic : sympathetic balance) in stress and how accessible breathing and postural exercises can help us manage stress symptoms. About Robert N. Cory PhD, E-RYT-500, C-IAYT A yoga teacher for 25 years, Robert was initially certified by Tao Porchon-Lynch at the 200-hour level. He later pursued extensive training with BKS Iyengar and his family and spent seven months at RIMYI, the Iyengar institute in Pune. Robert was also certified by the Himalayan Institute - India Program at the 500-hour level and holds a certificate in structural yoga therapy from Mukunda Stiles. He is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. A medical translator with a doctorate in the area of neuropharmacology, Robert is a native New Yorker who lives part of each year in Quebec City, where he participates in a number of teacher training programs and enjoys the francophone culture.

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