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Ritvo to Participate in Oct. ‘Heart & Science of Yoga’ Conference, LatestFinance News Reports

March 22, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(MARCH 22, 2023) Jesse Ritvo, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, will join other allopathic medical experts as well as American Meditation Institute faculty at the 12th Annual Heart and Science of Yoga Conference, October 17–21, 2023, in Manchester, Vermont, LatestFinance News reports.

Jesse Ritvo, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry

(MARCH 22, 2023) Jesse Ritvo, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, will join other allopathic medical experts as well as American Meditation Institute (AMI) faculty to discuss how they have successfully integrated the principles and tools of yoga science and philosophy into their medical practices and home lives, during the 12th Annual Heart and Science of Yoga Conference, October 17–21, 2023, in Manchester, Vermont, LatestFinance News reports.

The conference will offer comprehensive training in yoga science as holistic mind/body medicine in a hybrid format, with simultaneous in-person and virtual presentations. A peer-reviewed clinical study of the AMI Meditation® curriculum published in the November 2022 issue of Lifestyle Medicine found that the participants — all graduates of previous AMI medical conferences — reduced their burnout levels by 23.3 percent, reduced their secondary traumatic stress levels by 19.9 percent, and increased their compassion satisfaction by 11.2 percent.

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