 Lakshyan Schanzer, PsyD
Dr. Lakshyan Schanzer is director and founder of BodyMind Therapies. For over 30 years Lakshyan has been providing an integrative approach to psychotherapy and yoga classes. He is a licensed psychologist in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and has a private practice in Cranston, RI. Locally based, Lakshyan has been invited and has often presented his work in other USA locations and as far away as in India and South America.
As a therapist and trainer, Lakshyan has worked with individuals, families, couples, and professional groups in a variety of clinical and meditative settings. Having been trained directly by Ron Kurtz in1979, he is a senior Hakomi therapist and teacher and among the first certified to teach this method of psychotherapy.
Lakshyan began teaching yoga in 1971 and has taught almost every conceivable type of group or location. He founded 'The Yoga Studio', one of the first yoga teaching centers in New England, in 1979 in Worcester, MA. Lakshyan has studied with many famous yoga masters in the United States and in India. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Swami Satchidananda, and B.K.S Iyengar have most significantly influenced his yoga teaching. His teaching style is precise, systematic, compassionate, and inspires you to begin from where you are and go to your limits. Lakshyan has advanced teacher's certification with the Yoga Alliance.
Lakshyan's Personal Statement |
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Click here for the abstract to Lakshyan's Dissertation: "Does Meditation-Relaxation Potentiate Psychotherapy?".
His Master's Thesis - "An Assessment of the Effects of Yoga on the School Problem Behavior of Seventh Grade Students" - is also available. [.doc]
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