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Limbic system and attachment: Resonance, Regulation, and the Mammal Brain
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This presentation will elucidate the basis for stress-reduction and the neural integration of social cognition, prosocial emotion and social behavior in the integrative brain structures and networks that evolved during the mammalian transition. It will explain the evidence for the mechanisms and benefits of contemplative practices like mindfulness, compassion training, imagery, recitation, posture and breath-control in terms of the use-dependent neuroplastic growth of integrative structures and networks including the “smart vagal” social engagement system based in the brainstem.
Joseph (Joe) Loizzo, MD, PhD
Joseph (Joe) Loizzo, MD, PhD, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over forty years’ experience studying the beneficial effects of contemplative practices on healing, learning and development. He is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Integrative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he researches and teaches contemplative self-healing and optimal health. He has taught the philosophy of science and religion, the scientific study of contemplative states, and the Indo-Tibetan mind and health sciences at Columbia University, where he is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Columbia Center for Buddhist Studies.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Joseph Loizzo is the director of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science. He has employment relationships with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Loizzo receives royalties as a published author, and he receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Joseph Loizzo serves on the advisor board for Tibet House New York and is the member of the boards for the International Tibetan Medical Association and the New York University Holistic Nursing Program. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association.
Sonia Sequeira, PhD
Sonia Sequeira, PhD, is a neuroscientist, yoga instructor, and manager of the Drug Development Program for Clinical Trials at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She has been teaching yoga since 1997 and is a certified instructor in Hatha, Kundalini, and Naam yoga. Dr. Sequeira is the Founder and Director of the Institute for Meditation Sciences and also spearheads the Advances in Meditation Research conference series. Her work revolves around the use of scientific methodologies to study how meditation can be applied to improve health in diverse populations.
