Shirley Telles, MBBS Ph.D., is the Director of Research at Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, India. She is also the Head, Indian Council of Medical Research for Advanced Research in Yoga and Neurophysiology, a federal research center of excellence. Dr. Telles is undeniably the most prominent researcher in yoga, coauthoring over 85 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and is first author on almost half of these.

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Yoga teaches a person to live in harmony, where there is a balance within themselves, and in their emotions and their intellect. Balance between themselves and other people around them. And very hopefully, balance between them and the environment.