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Carol Krucoff, E-RYT, is a Yoga Therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, NC, where she creates individualized yoga practices for people with health challenges and co-directs the Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors teacher training.

An award-winning journalist, Carol served as founding editor of the Health Section at The Washington Post, where her syndicated column, Bodyworks, ran for 12 years. She is a frequent contributor to Yoga Journal and her articles have appeared in numerous national publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, and Psychology Today. Carol's newest book is Yoga Sparks: 108 Easy Practices for Stress Relief in a Minute or Less. She is also the author of Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain and co-author, with her Duke University cardiologist husband, Mitchell Krucoff, MD, of Healing Moves: How to Cure, Relieve and Prevent Common Ailments with Exercise. She is creator of the audio practice CD, Healing Moves Yoga and co-creator of the DVD Relax into Yoga for Seniors.

Carol is an experienced registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance at their highest level (E-RYT 500). She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and serves on the peer review board for the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. In addition to practicing yoga for more than 40 years, Carol spent a decade studying martial arts. As a second-degree black belt in karate and Sensei, she taught martial arts for four years.

Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., is a health psychologist and award-winning lecturer at Stanford University. A leading expert on the mind-body relationship, her work integrates the latest findings of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine with contemplative practices of mindfulness and compassion from the traditions of Buddhism and yoga. She is the author of The Willpower Instinct and Yoga for Pain Relief.

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