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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy International Yoga Day. Yoga is often seen as stretching, flexibility, or posture. But in its deeper meaning, yoga is a path of integration, wholeness, and awareness.

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

An invigorating meeting all around including yoga practice and dancing with Stephanie Correa and @aexolowski.bsky.social. Already looking forward to attending this meeting again!

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It was especially wonderful to see graduate students Sanutha and Pam share their work on breathing, stress and energy metabolism and receive thoughtful feedback.

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It was an absolute pleasure attending, presenting and learning at the @cshlnews.bsky.social Brain–Body Physiology meeting, organized by @karalmarshall.bsky.social , @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social, and Asya Rolls. An amazing conference bringing science of brain–organ interactions together in one place.

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thank you Wendy Suzuki for bringing such connection, joy, and flow to our @sinaibrain.bsky.social retreat this year. Sometimes what scientists need most is to get out of our heads and back into the body. The smiles say it all. 🙏✨

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thank you also to faculty speakers Filip Swirski, @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social and Gita Pathak and all the postdoc and student speakers. Special thank you to Paul Kenny, Veronica Szarejko Danny Roldan and all others who helped organize this retreat! ✨

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The @sinaibrain.bsky.social retreat on Friday brought amazing speakers working on the brain and the body at the historic Riverside Church! Thank you to our keynote speakers @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social and Wendy Suzuki!

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Such great conversations bridging basic and translational aspects of brain-body interactions with Sahib Khalsa, Laura A. Berner and Rita Z. Goldstein. @sinaibrain.bsky.social!

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Such an incredible night filled with personal, emotional, and deeply moving stories of science and beyond. Grateful to everyone who came, supported and shared, and to @sinaibrain.bsky.social for supporting this event!

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Another amazing Brain Awareness Week by @sinaibrain.bsky.social, with our lab members representing the Brain–Body Research Institute and the CEYE program. It is always inspiring to engage with students and the broader community, especially during these difficult times!

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

How much are our hearts craving peace in this time/moment? The monks walking for peace are following Buddha’s path (≠ religion). When humanity seems to be lost, this is quite a contrast reminder of peace, clarity, compassion, non-harm within ourselves and others as a choice! 🙏

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Such a pleasure meeting Dr. Kevin Tracey, hearing his talk, and discussing the #vagusnerve. Grateful he signed The Great Nerve in my office with Vesalius’ vagus illustration behind us! The vagus is central to our lab’s work, and my yoga teaching on parasympathetic regulation. 🙏

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives…. on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” -the Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan ✨🌏

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

This Lancet Neurology article emphasizes that lifestyle interventions like physical activity, nutrition, sleep quality and stress management are important for symptom management and disease modification in Parkinson’s disease. Lifestyle is not just fringe! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Such a nice collection of brain-body interaction articles in the special issue of @currentbiology.bsky.social. Love the beautiful vagus nerve on the cover by Andreas Vesalius www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Happy #Diwali to all who celebrate! First public school holiday in NYC. 🪔✨ Diwali reminds us to shine our inner light, illuminating wisdom and dispelling the darkness of ego, division, and ignorance. In Nepal, during Diwali the friendship and love of dogs is also celebrated.

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Academic path isn’t easy, but the joy of discovery, finding possibilities for healing and mentoring trainees keeps me going. Celebrating submitting two manuscripts on brain–body stress interactions & a master’s thesis defense. Grateful to my lab & special thanks to @neuromanonyc.bsky.social 🙏✨

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

So amazing that our graduate student Sanutha Shetty presented her work on the role of #breathing circuits on stress-related cardiometabolic outcomes at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Retreat and won a best trainee talk award! @sinaibrain.bsky.social 🙌

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Sometimes, even amidst the chaos and uncertainty, there is something to be grateful for 🙏🏽 #mindbody

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Incredible to see growing science on yogā-postures, breathwork, and meditation— for brain injury, metabolism, pain, reproductive health, pregnancy etc at Neuroscience and Yogā conference. Ancient interoceptive wisdom on body, mind, thought awareness is holistic medicine!

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Stories of scientific journeys help us understand the human behind the data or discovery! Another year of a fantastic night filled with stories of science — stories that inspired, connected, and reminded us of the human spirit! @sinaibrain.bsky.social

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Kicking off the #brainawareness week with these fabulous scientists. For our lab, the most exciting part is sharing the importance of brain and body interactions 🧠🙌🏽✨. @sinaibrain.bsky.social

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I am so thankful to our entire team of wonderful beings! This one from our holiday get-together yesterday!

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

First time at #acnp2024 conference and totally doing great making a new desert 🏜️ friend! 😆

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Loving this illustration which is described as “A mouse breathes in air to form a brain-shaped cloud, which pours rain down onto a wildfire that represents the hot emotions of anxiety and panic.” by Salk Institute! #breathe

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Festschrift of dear mentor Michael Fanselow. So great to honor his scientific legacy and mentoring 🙏🏽✨. @stevemaren.bsky.social @ginapoe.bsky.social @sjo09.bsky.social

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Representing Nepali 🇳🇵neuroscientists at SfN with Prerana Shrestha and Prabhat Kunwar! Amazing meeting many others. 🙏🏽

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

We are excited to announce that our Brain Body Lab will be at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). We invite you to visit our posters showcasing new research on interoceptive mechanisms of stress. Join us on November 11th from 1 to 5 PM! 🧠🫀🌬️

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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

So grateful to be a mentor to these amazing humans! Welcoming Pamela Toh, Andrew Fajardo (Masters students) and Gabriela Picazo ( CEYE) into our brain body team.

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