Gail Parker, Ph.D., E-RYT 500: “Emotional pain is just as painful as physical pain, because they share the same neural pathway.”

Parker, a psychologist and certified yoga teacher, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the common areas people store stress and how to release it, plus:

*How yoga can help strengthen your emotional resilience*

*The strange reason you may feel antsy during meditation*

*The difference between body awareness and cognitive awareness*

*How to use yoga to help heal from race-based stress and collective trauma*

*How to take your yoga "off the mat"*

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