Drs Brown & Gerbarg Teach Innovative Breath~Body~Mind Workshop at Kripalu Center March 30-April 1

March 19, 2012 - PRLog -- HaveAHealthyMind.com
Media contact:   WJ Carrel

New York, NY - Richard P. Brown, MD and Patricia Gerbarg, MD teach their ground-breaking Breath~Body~Mind Level 1 Training for Transformation and Well-Being Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1, 2012 at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Stockbridge, MA. The workshop will train yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and health care providers mind-body healing techniques to help their clients recover from depression and anxiety.

Based on extensive research, this training combines a variety of effective breathing techniques to relieve stress and improve mood, mental focus, and heart and lung function. These benefits have been enjoyed by health-care practitioners, yoga teachers, military veterans, individuals with anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADD, cancer, Lyme disease, lung problems, toxic exposures, and victims of terrorism, war, and natural disasters.

Drs. Brown & Gerbarg will lecture on neurophysiology, research, and the integration of mind-body practices with clinical work. Dr. Brown will lead Breath~Body~Mind movement and breathing techniques. Providers will learn an evidence-based yoga protocol. The strategies, appropriate for clinical settings, can safely relieve stress, chronic physical tension and negative emotions. Many people who have practiced the Breath~Body~Mind techniques say they have been transformed, and that they never would have imagined something so simple could be so powerful and helpful.

The workshop is approved for Continuing Education credits for Social Workers and Certified Counselors (NBCC). For registration and more information call (800)741-7353 or go to kripalu.org on the Internet. Links to the Brown/Gerbarg courses can be found at http://kripalu.org/presenter/V0004595/richard_p_brown.

Dr. Brown is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York. He gives over 200 medical lectures every year, including full-day courses for the American Psychiatric Association and other professional groups, as well as workshops for non-profits such as Serving Those Who Serve in New York City.   He is a certified teacher of Aikido (4th Dan), Yoga, Qi Gong, and meditation.  His workshops have helped thousands of people deal with everyday stress and enabled survivors of trauma and mass disasters to recover their health and well-being.

Dr. Gerbarg is an Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry at New York Medical College.  She graduated from Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.  In addition to her clinical practice, she provides consultation and facilitates the development of research projects on the health benefits of mind-body practices for recovery from mass disasters.

Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health is the largest yoga and holistic living center in the U.S. with over 30,000 visitors each year attending its trainings, workshops, and health retreats.  It is “dedicated to promote the art and science of yoga to produce thriving and health in individuals and society.”  Kripalu Center is located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts and is within driving distance from Boston, Hartford, and New York City.

Dr. Brown and Dr. Gerbarg are co-authors of the award-winning How To Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care (WW Norton, 2009) with Philip Muskin, MD, and The Rhodiola Revolution (Rodale). Their new books are Non-Drug Treatments for ADHD: New Options for Kids, Adults, & Clinicians (WW Norton, 2012) and The Healing Power of the Breath, to be released with a CD by Shambhala in June. They have an Internet site at HaveAHealthyMind.com with mental health information combining standard and complementary treatments, their research, other resources, and a free newsletter.

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