Writers

Kyla Pearce, CBIS, RYT, MPH, PhD

Kyla Pearce (she/her) is the senior director of programs, research, and operations at LoveYourBrain, a national nonprofit. As a yoga and mindfulness teacher and researcher, she has pioneered the development of evidence-based yoga, mindfulness, and social connection programs for people with traumatic brain injury and caregivers, partnering with over 60 community-based organizations and 30 neurorehabilitation facilities to implement them across the US and Canada. She completed an NIH postdoctoral research fellowship at Dartmouth College investigating the impact of yoga and meditation for people with neurological conditions and led the publication of the largest study evaluating the effectiveness of yoga for TBI.