Yoga as a Population Health Strategy with Kristine Weber

Today's conversation is with Kristine Weber, the founder of Subtle Yoga. Kristine is a leading world authority on the neuroscientific benefits of slow, mindful movement and an advocate for the use of these practices as a solution to the healthcare crisis. 

Recently, the CDC (US Centers for Disease Control) put out new guidelines for the medical profession about chronic pain and the use of opioids, and they mentioned yoga in their report. I talk to Kristine about how significant it is that yoga was included as a potential intervention in the pain crisis, and how she's been involved in representing the yoga therapy field in this national discussion.

You'll hear about:

• Kristine's practice background and yoga training in India
• the profound benefits of a slow, mindful yoga practice (and how that might not be the same thing as "gentle" or "beginner" yoga)
• what the medical community tends to misunderstand about chronic pain
• what the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual (BPSS) Model is and how it relates to yoga philosophy and practice

We covered a lot of ground in this fascinating conversation, including the question of whether yoga therapy will one day be covered by health insurance (in the US), and what it will take for government and healthcare institutions to embrace yoga as part of the public health strategy.

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To connect further with Kristine, visit her website at https://subtleyoga.com/ or follow her on Instagram at @subtleyoga.

For more links and resources mentioned in this episode, find the show notes at movedtomeditate.yoga/podcast.

To connect further with me (Addie), check out my Class Library at  movedtomeditate.com.

And, I’m on Instagram at @addie_movedtomeditate (for mindfulness, movement, yoga, and pictures of PNW nature and my adorable kitten, Mustache).