{"id":38063,"date":"2026-04-03T10:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/why-do-i-think-yoga-should-be-taught-in-every-medical-school\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:28:23","slug":"why-do-i-think-yoga-should-be-taught-in-every-medical-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/why-do-i-think-yoga-should-be-taught-in-every-medical-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do I think yoga should be taught in every medical school?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"content\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" end=\"true\" class=\"sc-11rlt5o-4 gGtfNP\">\n<p>Medical school, with its rigorous demands and intense academic pressure, <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24448053\/\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24448053\/\" data-citation-link=\"\">puts excessive stress on students<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"1\">1<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><default:path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/default:svg><\/a><\/span>. Thankfully, there is a growing movement to change medical education so it better supports the overall well-being of future doctors. As a yoga researcher at a leading medical school, this is why I think yoga and mindfulness should be integrated into every medical school curriculum \u2013 for both doctors and patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical school, with its rigorous demands and intense academic pressure, puts excessive stress on students1. Thankfully, there is a growing movement to change medical education so it better supports the overall well-being of future doctors. As a yoga researcher at a leading medical school, this is why I think yoga and mindfulness should be integrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[3719,1560,6119,4367],"class_list":{"0":"post-38063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scriptures","8":"tag-medical","9":"tag-school","10":"tag-taught","11":"tag-yoga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38065,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38063\/revisions\/38065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}