1. ON YOGA AND SCIENCE, Dr. Marshall Hagins, Ph.D, Eddie Stern, yoga teacher, author, and lecturer, Ing. Jadranko Miklec, yogacharya, author and lecturerYoga and Western science, their correlation, purpose of their coming together, challenges and how they can be overcome in using different methods of experiencing reality.

2. GENE EXPRESSION AND YOGA, Ivana Burić, Ph.DYoga and meditation don’t just calm the mind, they seem to affect our DNA too. Evidence on how they dampen the activity of genes associated with inflammation – essentially reversing molecular damage caused by stress.

3. PAIN MANAGEMENT, Dr. Marshall Hagins, Ph.D and Eddie Stern, yoga teacher, author, and lecturer Pain through the lens of Western science and Yoga described as a perception created by the brain as an alarm system for potential danger.

4. THE ORIGINS OF YOGA FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE,Mislav Ježić, Ph.D.Respected academic, philosopher, indologist and author of Croatian Yoga Declaration

5. PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK: One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your LifeEddie Stern’s new book explains from both yogic and scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wired. It describes the mechanics beneath the surface of our lives in positive ways.

6. EXPERIENCE SHARING AND MODERATED TALK on how we can begin to include Yoga in social structuresIf Yoga were to expand in society, what are the barriers to that? What are benefits of this expansion? Eddie Stern and Marshall Hagins are going to share their experience in this field.

7. EXPERIENCING YOGA by Jadranko Miklec, yogacharya, author and lecturerShort and informal experiential practice, done from the comfort of your chair, relevant to the theories and studies presented in the panel on Yoga and Science.

Croatian Yoga Federation in collaboration with The Yoga & Science Conference label from NYC and the support of Indian

Embassy is happy to invite you to a conference happening as part of

the celebration of International Day of Yoga. The goal of this conference is to present scientifically validated

benefits and mechanisms of yoga practices in a rigorous and

accessible manner and promote its application and proper validation in society. Our aim is to increase interactions between yogis and

scientist as well as different types of therapist and people working

in social structures so that evidence based findings can be used in the

most effective way.

INTERNATIONAL YOGA CONFERENCE

YOGA AND SCIENCE

Zagreb16th of June 2019

Hrvatski glazbeni zavod, Gundulićeva 6-6a, 2.00pm – 8.00pm

Entrance fee - 100,00 kn Register at www.hsy.hr