MIND-BODY WELLNESS

Yoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind and Heal Your Pain (New Harbinger) will be available in January 2010.

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.

2005 Editorial as Incoming Editor in Chief: The Future of Yoga Therapy

Regular Columnist: Body Knowledge. Inner Idea Body-Mind-Spirit.

April 2009: "Yoga for Empowerment"
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"

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.

Mind-Body Continuing Education: 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).

Mind-Body Continuing Education: 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).

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 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.

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.

PSYCHOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Go Ahead, Make a Fool of Yourself -- No One's Watching. Human Nature Column.

Payback is Sweet, Whether Revenge or Reward. Human Nature Column.

The Height of Fashion. Human Nature Column.

Why We Love A Flip-Flopper. Human Nature Column.

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.

To request a reprint or propose an article, contact me by email (kmcg @ stanford "dot" edu). Any PR pitches should be strictly for newsworthy topics in mind-body psychology and health/wellness.