Ingrid Yang

Ingrid Yang, MD, JD, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, is a deeply knowledgeable, creative, and inspiring yoga therapist, meditation teacher, and physician. She earned her doctorate of medicine from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. She then received postgraduate residency training at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, where she specialized in physical medicine and rehabilitation, completing a year of inpatient rehabilitation medicine training. Dr. Yang subsequently completed an internal medicine residency at Scripps Hospital in San Diego, California. She was awarded her juris doctorate at Duke University School of Law and received her bachelor of arts in economics at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York, NY. Dr. Yang now practices as a hospitalist in San Diego, CA. Dr. Yang leads teacher trainings, workshops, and retreats all over the world. As one of the most influential yoga and mindfulness teachers in the world, she integrates her background in allopathic medicine with the ancient teachings of the centuries-old traditions in yoga and Zen meditation. Her teaching is seeded deeply in dharmic philosophies and an expert grasp of movement kinesiology. Her special focus on the physiology of healing through breath work, meditation, and mind–body connection brings a unique and joyful perspective to the practice and study of yoga. Prior to her current work, Dr. Yang was an intellectual property attorney; founded and owned Blue Point Yoga Center; and entertained audiences as a jazz singer in Australia.