Sundar Balasubramanian

Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian, PhD, C-IAYT, is an associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology/Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina and founder of PranaScience Institute. His yoga research provided the first evidence linking salivary biomarkers and pranayama (breathwork). Sundar's studies how breathing practices could promote well-being in health and disease. His current work includes testing a yoga breathing app for cancer survivorship, developing a web portal for yoga breathing in cancer health disparity, and a gentle yoga and yoga breathing program for older adults and those with scleroderma. He has also developed several tools to improve pranayama practice in various target populations. Sundar is an author, musician, speaker, and coach. A winner of the J. C. Bose Award from the Indian Science Monitor, he was also named one of the world’s top five experts in the field of breathwork by Mr Feelgood magazine.