It can be hard to do things you know are good for you. In this 2001 instruction from the Lion’s Roar archive, Cyndi Lee offers advice and a sequence of yoga poses for pushing through your own resistance.
Take Refuge in Your Body
When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. Cyndi Lee says it starts with making friends with your body.
How to Practice Embodied Mindfulness
You don’t just practice mindfulness with your mind. You practice it with your body too. Yoga teacher and Buddhist Cyndi Lee teaches us how.
Yoga to Open the Heart
“Your shoulders, arms, neck and ribs can either be a restrictive cage for your heart or an undulating, comforting protector.”
Breathing Lessons
Four teachers compare breath practices in yoga and three schools of Buddhism—Theravada, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism.
Breathing Room
Cyndi Lee, founder of the OM Yoga Center in New York, on our relationship to the breath, breathing techniques, and poses to recognize our “authentic breath.”
How do Buddhism and yoga work together?
I’ve been practicing yoga for many years and love it. Recently I’ve become interested in Buddhism. How do the two practices work together?
I was “completely unprepared” for cancer — but mindfulness and yoga helped
Esther Brandon recalls how — though they never met — Rabbi Alan Lew’s words helped her to persevere through her battle with breast cancer.
The Goddess Pose
Andrea Miller sits down for a Q&A with celebrated yoga teacher Shiva Rea about the true and transformative nature of yoga.
Sharing the Mat
Three well-known teachers and practitioners of yoga and Buddhist meditation discusses the benefits and pitfalls of bringing both to your mat.