Sam Chase
Sam Chase specializes in working with communities that serve in high-stress circumstances. After graduating from Vanderbilt, he was invited to compete for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. Upon winning, he declined the award and left the field to pursue the work he continues today—exploring the science of the human mind and the factors of a flourishing life.
Sam brings that study back to the business world through his work with clients such as UBS, Bloomberg, and others. He has shared mindfulness with world leaders through an ongoing yoga and meditation program he developed for staff at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and also with the service men and women of the National Guard, where he created the yoga program for a pioneering resilience intervention led by researchers at Weill-Cornell Medical Center.
Sam leads yoga and meditation programs for students at New York University and the Columbia-Bassett medical school. He is also author of Yoga and The Pursuit of Happiness, a down-to-earth guide to the philosophy and science behind yoga. He has trained more 1,000 yoga teachers in more than 40 programs around the country during the last decade. Sam holds a master’s degree from Harvard, where he was the national recipient of the Jacob Javits Fellowship. He is a graduate of the Kripalu School of Yoga where he currently serves as the Lead Facilitator for the RISE™ program.
Upcoming programs with Sam:
RISE 4-Week Live Series
Navigating Adversity with Resilience
June 8–July 1, 2020
Learn more about this presenter’s work:
Resources
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How Mindfulness Can Make Us Happier and More Effective at Work
In a country where 66 percent of us find our work unmotivating, what can we do to give ourselves a fighting chance at working in a way that’s engaging and effective?
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The Consequences of Compassion
Metta meditation has been extensively studied, and its transformative potential ranks it one of the most promising single practices of all.
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Can Stress Be Good for Us?
There's another side to the story behind stress that's been largely lost along the way—and it's one that might not only change how we think about stress, but also what stress does to us.
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3 Things to Do at Work Instead of Talking About Politics
If you've seen a surge in the presence of politics at your workplace, you're not alone. And if it's wearing you down, you're not alone either.
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We Need to Talk About Stress and Mental Health at Work
We can’t afford to let the seconds keep ticking away on this conversation. A full 80 percent of American workers feel regular stress on the job, and half of them say they need help dealing with it.
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Five Myths (Some) Men Believe About Yoga
The first time Sam Chase went to a yoga class, he hated it. Growing up as a bookworm who suffered from asthma, he thought of his body as...
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The Art of Haiku: Clear Eyes, Clear Mind
I tried to describe the frigid lake, the singed pine needles, the sticky texture of my fingertips, and I fell into a self-directed calm that was new for me.
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From Yoga Student to Yoga Teacher: Getting Hooked on Inquiry
Through immersion in the practice and study of yoga at Kripalu, Sam Chase discovered a calling to teach.
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How to Choose Happiness
We've been conditioned to believe that we were either born with the ability to be happy, or not. But biology is not destiny.
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A Meditation Practice You Might Actually Enjoy
Metta meditation is about extending compassion first to yourself (a common place to start, though there’s no right or wrong way to begin) and then to others.
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Kripalu Perspectives: Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness with Sam Chase
Yoga teacher Sam Chase tackles the topic of happiness in this edition of Kripalu Perspectives.
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