So thrilled to have Daya Grant join me again on the podcast this week! You may remember Daya from episode 258 (This is Your Brain on Yoga). In her role as a mental performance coach, Daya utilizes tools from her background as a neuroscientist, athlete, and yogi. On this episode, Daya shares some of the fascinating research that shares in her online course, Mind-Flow Masterclass. She shares:

• Which mental performance tools she used to finish a half marathon (less than a year after giving birth to her second child!)
• How exercise upregulates BDNF and the ways this is beneficial for the brain
• How exercising during high stress times can mediate our stress response and create more resilience for our future self
• How mantra and dristhi have been studied and shown to help settle the mind
• The neuroscience of flow states and the four stages of flow
• Samadhi -- Daya and I have a similar interpretation on this for householders

Check out more about Daya's offerings on the shownotes page: yogalandpodcast.com/episode317

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