Elisa Kozasa

Elisa Kozasa, PhD, has been studying the psychophysiology of meditation, yoga, and tai chi as well as performance training and well-being since 2002, when she finished her PhD at Universidade Federal de São Paulo. In 2015, she was the first Latin American nominated fellow of the Mind and Life Institute due to her scientific contribution in international journals and in the field of contemplative practices. She is a researcher in the field of Neuroscience and Behavior at the Brain Institute/Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and has been working with a multidisciplinary team in a multimodal platform. Some of their recent studies are related to yoga and aging, yoga for multiple sclerosis patients and the effects of meditation retreats. Her group developed a well-being app evaluated in a sample of women workers in a top hospital which was launched with more than 30,000 downloads in the first month. Elisa’s contemplative background includes a 5th dan degree in Aikido (a Japanese martial art), meditation, yoga and surfing.