Dr. Meera Jo Kachroo will present this public lecture as part of her week as a short-term visiting scholar this semester.
As a member of a biomedical research team, Meera presents her reflections on yoga as a biomedical intervention at two First Nations reserves in Treaty 6 territory, Canada. The project navigates intercultural transfer, collaborative and community-engaged research, and Indigenized research practices. In this talk, we will explore congruence between yoga’s integrative approach and the Medicine Wheel model of Indigenous well-being, while sharing challenges and lessons in the processes of Indigenous health research
Meera Jo Kachroo (PhD, McGill University) is a Post-Doctoral Fellow affiliated with the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology in the College of Medicine, and is an Adjunct Professor in the department of Religion and Culture at St Thomas More College, both at the University of Saskatchewan. Meera is an experienced ethnographer, whose doctoral research brought focus to contemporary south Indian Śrīvidyā ritual communities. Her current research includes medical anthropology and intervention studies, co-created by on-reserve members of several Treaty 6 First Nations in Canada. Meera’s research interests include esotericism, meditation and yoga, interculturality and Indigenous ceremony and spirituality.
This event is free and open to the public.
Location
Yoga-Well-Being is located at 296 W. 4th Avenue on the 3rd floor. There is free street parking and a parking lot adjacent to the building.
What To Bring
Yoga-Well-Being does not allow shoes on their studio floor. Socks are required. Please bring your own socks.
Accessibility Note
The yoga studio is not wheelchair accessible. If you are unable to navigate stairs, please contact MacKenzie DiMarco: dimarco.33@osu.edu so we can develop an accessibility plan.
Yoga-Well-Being
296 W. 4th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201
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