Catherine Cook-Cottone, PhD, is full professor at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York; as well as a practicing psychologist. She has written two books on mindfulness and yoga for self-regulation—one for mental health professionals and one for school personnel. Cook-Cottone is on the scientific program committee for the Symposium on Yoga Research, and a consultant to the United Nations Foundation, UNICEF, and Africa Yoga Project. She is founder and president of Yogis in Service, Inc.