Meet Sundar Balasubramanian
Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian is a cancer biology and yoga researcher specializing in breathing exercises (Pranayama). He is the Founder & CEO of PranaScience Institute. Sundar’s Yoga research provided evidence linking salivary biomarkers and Yogic breathing. At the Medical University of South Carolina, he studies how breathing practices could promote well-being in health and disease. His current studies include testing a Yogic breathing app for cancer survivorship, gentle yoga and pranayama in aging, and a web portal development for Yogic breathing, all funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
He has developed several tools to improve Yogic breathing practice for employee wellness, cancer survivorship, aging, and scleroderma. In 2023, Sundar was named one of the world’s top 5 leading experts in breathwork by Mr.Feelgood magazine.
Sundar is the author of five books and several book chapters. His notable books include PranaScience: Decoding Yoga Breathing, Mind Your Breathing: The Yogi’s Handbook with 37 Pranayama Exercises (available in Tamil, English, and Hindi versions), and Breathe a Little Better: One Pranayama a Week.
He uses chanting as another way of practicing breathing regulation, and these chants are available as audio albums such as Chanting Is Pranayama, Kandhar Anubhoothi, and Thirukkural Maraimozhi.
Sundar grew up in Tamilnadu, India, with a traditional Yoga and Tamil Siddha medicine-practicing background. He has been conducting workshops and training programs and giving talks on the scientific aspects of Pranayama globally. He is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and the Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA), and he is an IAYT certified Yoga therapist (C-IAYT) and is a resource person at the MUSC Health & Wellness Institute. His popular TEDx talk has over 1 million views.
Website: PranaScience.com, email: info@pranascience.com