PSYCHOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Check out my latest columns on the Psychology Today Science of WIllpower blog, including:

In defense of a good night's sleep
Change your posture, change your mind and mood
The virtue of pessimism
The secret diabolic powers of junk food
The self-control costs of moral flexibility
The limits of self-control
After an especially good deed, are you destined to sin?
Where you live can strengthen or sabotage your willpower

MIND-BODY WELLNESS

Yoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind and Heal Your Pain By Kelly McGonigal, PhD( New Harbinger Press). Available now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and other booksellers.

Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal of research and clinical perspectives on yoga, meditation, and other mind-body approaches in integrative medicine.
2009 Editorial: The Yoga Community Needs Yoga Therapy, Minus the Therapy
2008 Editorial: What Is the Evidence for Yoga Therapy?
2005 Editorial as Incoming Editor in Chief: The Future of Yoga Therapy

Magazine Articles

Shine On Me: Sun Salutations Yoga Journal March 2010.
Yoga for Chronic Pain. Yoga + Joyful Living Spring 2010.
Mind-Body Fusion. IDEA Fitness Journal February 2010.
Fitness for Cancer Survivors. IDEA Fitness Journal November 2009.
Find Your Focus. Yoga Journal November 2009
Yoga for Runners. IDEA Fitness Journal March 2009.
Calm to the Core: Transform Your Stress Response. Yoga Journal November 2008.
From Heart to Hand. Yoga Journal August 2008.
The Science of Will Power. IDEA Fitness Journal June 2008.
Pressures of Partnering. Yoga Journal My Yoga Mentor June 2008.
This is What I Do As a Yoga Therapist. Yoga Therapy in Practice June 2008.
Yoga Shouldn't Hurt. L.A. Yoga. November 2007.
Editorial. L.A. Yoga. November 2007.
Facilitating Fellowship. IDEA Fitness Journal, 4(6).
Teaching Restorative Yoga. IDEA Fitness Journal, 4(5).
Yoga for Depression: A Conversation with Amy Weintraub. Yoga Therapy in Practice, 2(3).
Yoga Therapy for Grief and Hospice Care. Yoga Chicago, 13(5).
Yoga for Chronic Pain. IDEA Fitness Journal, 3(6).
Yoga for Kids. IDEA Fitness Journal, 3(4).
The Politics of Breathing. E-Sutra. July 2005.
Facing Stress Head On. Yogi Times. May 2005.
Health Notes Yoga and Meditation Research Summaries. Yoga for Everybody, 2(1) and 2(2).
A Practice for the New Year. Yoga for Everybody, 2(1).

ONLINE RESOURCES

Regular Columnist: Inner Idea Body-Mind-Spirit.
December 2009: "Yoga for Empowerment: Self-Care"
October 2009: "Yoga for Empowerment: Courage"
August 2009: "Yoga for Empowerment: Joy & Gratitude"
June 2009: "Yoga for Empowerment: Energy"
April 2009: "Yoga for Empowerment: Finding Center"
December 2008: "Yoga Body Resolution" (Guided audio/transcript)
November 2008: "Balancing Breath" (Guided audio/transcript)
September 2008: "Asana Clinic 2: Bow Pose" (Guided audio/transcript)
June 2008: "Heart-Opening" (Guided audio/transcript)
April 2008: "Asana Clinic 1: Taking Flight" (Guided audio/transcript)
February 2008: "Guiding Relaxation" (Guided audio/transcript)
December 2007: "Body Appreciation"
October 2007: "Core Strength"
August 2007: "Finding Focus"
June 2007: "Shoulders and Liberation"
April 2007: "Twisting and Intention"
February 2007: "Hip-Opening and Patience"

Open Mind Open Body Resources for Yoga Students and Yoga Teachers

Open Mind Open Body is an online source for mind-body research summaries, ideas for your yoga and meditation practice, lesson plans for yoga teachers, and other tools for applying mind-body practices and philosophy to everyday life. I built this site in 2003 to serve the yoga community, and 100% of my yoga teacher training manual sales through this site are donated to non-profit organizations supporting human rights and animal welfare.

Open Mind Open Body podcast (guided practices and answering listeners' question about yoga practice, yoga therapy, and teaching yoga)

Try these two audio meditations inspired by my workshop "Already Perfect!" at Avalon Yoga (click to open or download the MP3 files): Befriend Your Body and Experience Your Own Good.

HIGHER EDUCATION
Psychology: Instructor's Manual (Seventh Edition). New York: Norton.
Psychology (Seventh Edition): eMedia & Ancillaries for Students. New York: Norton.
Getting More "Teaching" out of "Testing" and "Grading." Speaking of Teaching, 15(2).
Using Class Discussion to Meet Your Teaching Goals. Speaking of Teaching, 15(1).
Teaching for Transformation: From Learning Theory to Teaching Strategies. Speaking of Teaching, 14(2).
Stanford University Handbook of Teaching (Ed). Stanford University Press: Center for Teaching and Learning.

RESEARCH
Srivastava, S., Tamir, M., McGonigal, K.M., John, O.P., & Gross, J.J. (2009). The social costs of stable and dynamic use of suppression to regulate emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(4), 883–897.
Srivastava, S., McGonigal, K.M., Richards, J.M., Butler, E.A., & Gross, J.J. (2006). Optimism in close relationships: How seeing things in a positive light makes them so. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91(1), 143-53.
Dinn, W.M., Harris, C.L., McGonigal, K.M., & Raynard, R.C. (2001). Obsessive-compulsive disorder and immunocompetence. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 31(3), 311-20.

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