Rina Deshpande is an educator, author, and artist.
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She loves Yoga and art as much as her cat, which is a lot.
Deshpande is a lead advisor for education organizations.
She\'s been published in Self, The Huffington Post, Headspace, Talkspace, Sonima.com, and Learning & the Brain.
She currently authors and illustrates a monthly Yoga Journal magazine column on the culture and science of Yoga and is a faculty member.
Raised with Yoga as an Indian American, Deshpande completed her ERYT-500 Yoga certification and earned a masters in neuroscience and education at Harvard, designing Yoga and mindfulness research curriculum.
After teaching in NYC public schools, she was a founding Assistant Professor of Practice with Relay Graduate School of Education in 2010.
Rina Deshpande is an educator, author, and artist