Tosca Braun, PhD, is a certified MSC teacher, certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT), qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher, and clinical health psychologist. Tosca has significant experience working with trauma survivors of diverse identities and individuals that suffer from anxiety, depression, eating and weight difficulties, addiction, stigma, and experiences and feelings of oppression and non-belonging. Since 2013, Tosca has spent over one year in silent meditation retreat with her meditation teachers, including during a period of residence in South Korea. She has been involved in the scientific research of yoga and self-compassion since 2006 and has been teaching yoga since 2008. Her work and teaching orients towards the foundational values of community engagement and cultural humility.