by Rodney Yee | April 1st, 2008 | Comments (2)
topic: Yoga | tags: cross train, cross training and yoga practice
Back in the day when I was a ballet dancer, I was using yoga as a way to balance my body and my emotional states of being. Yoga was extraordinary in balancing my dance body and advancing my abilities in dance. Injury prevention, improving coordination, balancing right and left sides, breath awareness and integration, greater ... read more
by Rodney Yee | March 20th, 2008 | Comments (1)
topic: Yoga | No Tags
Today, having a lot on our plate, Colleen and I offered to do a business call on Saturday with a respected Gaiam employee. He said something like, “No way, I won’t interrupt your family time during the weekend.” I got off the phone thinking how smart and respectful this man is.
With so many obligations, ... read more
by Rodney Yee | March 13th, 2008 | Comments (0)
topic: Yoga | tags: urban zend foundation and yoga therapy
Approximately one year ago, Colleen and I helped chair the Urban Zen Initiative with Donna Karan and Sonja Nuttall. This was a 10-day forum exploring the future of integrative medicine and the new healthcare paradigm. One of our immediate concerns in the Initiative was to train about 100 yoga teachers, mainly from the New York ... read more
by Rodney Yee | March 3rd, 2008 | Comments (2)
topic: Yoga | tags: Eastern Medicine, Integrative medicine, Mayo Clinic, wellness dvds and Western Medicine
I am in a small airplane on my way to the Mayo Clinic to do a satellite media tour with a Mayo Clinic doctor. We are going to talk about Integrative Medicine, and for me specifically, how yoga can help with many of the symptoms that patients deal with from their illnesses. The time has ... read more
by Rodney Yee | February 20th, 2008 | Comments (4)
topic: Yoga | tags: balance and Gesshu Soko
Zen Master poet Gesshu Soko writes:
Inhale, exhale
Forward, back
Living, dying:
Arrows, let flown each to each
Meet midway and slice
The void in aimless flight –
Thus I return to the source.
In asana practice, we try to balance right and left, front and back, top and bottom. On a very subtle level, we align the human body, so that ... read more