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Ordering
The Blissful Brain
The Blissful Brain is published
by Gaia Thinking. For more information on how to order your
copy, please click
here.
Guardian
G2: Mind over matter by Andy Darling
"Neuroscientist Shanida Nataraja has
proven meditation does more than clear your head, it can put
both halves of your brain to work, improving your concentration,
memory, and decision-making...". To read more, please
click
here.
Upcoming
talk: Yoga Ananda, Reigate, Surrey on Friday the 4th of June
Shanida Nataraja will be speaking at a seminar
on The Blissful Brain on Friday, 04th June 2010 at
19:30 at Yoga Ananda Ltd. 46 Albert Road North, Reigate, Surrey,
RH2 9EL. For more information, please click
here.
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Shanida Nataraja
Dr Shanida Nataraja has a BSc (First Class Hons) in Human
Science and Neuroscience and a PhD in Neurophysiology, both
from University College London. Her undergraduate studies
encompassed a broad-spectrum of scientific disciplines including
Neuroscience, Human Physiology, Human Anatomy, Biochemistry,
Pharmacology, Psychology, Anthropology, and Genetics. In her
final year of undergraduate studies, in order to gain a better
understanding of human behaviour, Shanida wrote a dissertation
on brain plasticity and its implications for learning and
memory. Her interest whetted, Shanida investigated the processes
underlying learning and memory in the rat brain for her PhD
thesis, and continued in this field of research for a further
two years, holding a post-doctoral research position at the
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.
After five-years in research, Shanida abandoned
the isolation of the laboratory for the relative comforts
of a career in medical communications. She is currently Senior
Scientific Director in a global medical education agency where
she provides scientific and strategic input into a wide range
of different medical education initiatives in oncology, cardiology,
respiratory diseases, metabolic disorders, and auto-immune
disorders. As part of her professional responsibilities, Shanida
has been involved in the development of: original research
articles and review articles in peer-reviewed journals; slide
presentations and meeting materials for scientific symposia;
product monographs, clinical compendia, sales aids, sales
rep training materials and other promotional materials; patient
information leaflets and support websites. Shanida is also
an experienced trainer being both responsible for in-house
medical writing training at her current company and a number
of training workshops for the European Medical Writer’s Association
(EMWA). She has also sat on EMWA's Executive Committee since
2005 as the organisation's Web Manager.
Shanida regularly meditates and practices
sivananda yoga, and has received basic instruction in tai
chi, chi gung, and iyengar yoga. In 2004, she collaborated
with Laurence Freeman OSB and Kim Nataraja of the World Community
for Christian Meditation (WCCM) and Sifu Dr Mark Green (Green
Tai Chi) to produce an introductory seminar on meditation,
tai chi, and chi gung for an audience of 20–40 year old professionals.
Shanida is also a member of the Scientific and Medical Network,
an organisation promoting open exploration in science and
human experience whose common objective is to deepen understanding
in science, medicine, and education through both rational
analysis and intuitive insights.
To see a copy of Shanida's CV, please click
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