Pat O’Brien

Pat O’Brien, Ph.D is a Harvard Medical School trained immunologist and clinical research scientist who has been practicing meditation for 15 years and Hatha yoga for 12 years. Dr. Pat is a Baron Baptise Certified yoga teacher and is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RTY). Dr. Pat teaches meditation, yoga classes, and private therapeutic one-on-one yoga instruction.Dr. Pat’s clinical research efforts are ongoing and dedicated to the effects of yoga on health. Dr. Pat’s previous teaching experience in the Allied Health and Medical Sciences at the university level and thorough understanding of anatomy and physiology allow her to easily translate the alignment and biomechanics of yoga safely to her students.

Over the years, Dr. Pat has studied with a variety of Iyengar and Ashtanga instructors. After being attracted to hot yoga for the therapeutic benefits, Dr. Pat practiced Bikram hot yoga for several years before immersing herself into power vinyasa hot yoga as taught by the internationally recognized Baron Baptiste. Dr Pat has studied Tantra and meditation with Yogarupa Rod Stryker. She is a student of Lama Sumati Marut in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelukpa lineage. Most recently Dr. Pat has completed teacher training in Tibetan Heart Yoga with its founders Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally.

Dr. Pat’s yoga teaching emphasizes connection with the true self and healing. Although educated in traditional medicine, Dr. Pat has long been passionate in her beliefs of the spirit-mind-body connection and the use of the ancient practices of meditation and yoga.