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Dr. Pat
O’Brien is a Harvard Medical School trained immunologist and clinical research
scientist who has been practicing meditation for 15 years and Hatha yoga for 12
years. Dr. Pat is a Baron Baptise Certified yoga teacher and is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RTY) through the National Yoga Alliance. Dr. Pat teaches yoga classes and private therapeutic one-on-one yoga
instruction. Dr. Pat’s clinical research efforts are ongoing and dedicated to
the effects of yoga on health. Dr. Pat’s previous teaching experience in the
Allied Health and Medical Sciences at the university level and thorough
understanding of anatomy and physiology allow her to easily translate the
alignment and biomechanics of yoga safely to her students.
Over the years, Dr. Pat has studied woth a variety of Iyengar and Ashtanga instructors. After being
attracted to hot yoga for the therapeutic benefits, Dr. Pat practiced Bikram hot
yoga for several years before immersing herself into power vinyasa hot yoga as
taught by the internationally recognized Baron Baptiste. Baptiste power yoga is
an amazing form of fitness that sculpts strong healthy bodies, quiets your mind
and awakens your spirit. After completing the intensive Teacher
Training Program with Baron Baptiste, Dr. Pat is a Baptiste Certified Yoga Teacher.
She continues her daily personal practice
and training at the Baptiste Power Yoga Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Pat teaches
challenging power vinyasa hot yoga classes as well as a slower less physically demanding yoga class.
In private
one-on-one instruction, Dr. Pat has brought the healing aspects of yoga to
individuals suffering from stress, arthritis, back pain, obesity, and
circulation problems. After an initial evaluation, Dr. Pat designs a yoga
program specific to you and your condition.
Dr. Pat’s
yoga teaching emphasizes connection with the true self and healing. Although
educated in traditional medicine, Dr. Pat has long been passionate in her
beliefs of the mind- body connection and the use of the ancient practices of
meditation and yoga. Dr. Pat’s desire is to empower her students to a better
quality of life through the use of such practices that 21st century
science and Western medicine are now acknowledging and embracing. It is her
desire to teach her students how to apply such practices to their every day
life.
CHANGE YOUR BODY ₪ QUIET YOUR MIND ₪ AWAKEN YOUR SPIRIT |