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  • Description: Ramel Rones, Tai Chi Master, demonstrates Qigong and Tai Chi techniques with a focus on the spine, which can be practiced sitting, standing, or lying down.

  • Description: Mind Body Studio Policies
    1. Please do not attend a class if you have any cold, flu, or COVID-like symptoms. If you are unsure of whether your symptoms might cause concern, please call us. Learn more about preparing for a visit to Dana-Farber.


    As of Monday, Dec. 18, masks are required in all public and patient-facing areas on Dana-Farber properties. Use these directions to find us from the screening area on the first floor of Dana-Farber’s Yawkey Center for Cancer Care.


    2. Pre-registration on MyZakim is required and limited to 11 participants per class in order to ensure adequate physical spacing.

    Please register for class ahead of time on our online platform, MyZakim. You must have an account to register. Sign up for an account here if you don’t already have one and allow at least one business day for activation. Use the Class Schedule to search for and sign up for class!

    3. Please arrive no more...

  • Hydration 101

    26 Jul, 2023
  • Description: In this 30-min class, you’ll incorporate core strength and stretch movements to improve your core stability and body wellness. Sessions involve a mix of yoga, barre, Pilates, and muscle conditioning with controlled breathing and alignment that builds strength and endurance. Props: core ball, block, strap, elastic band, blanket, yoga mat. Level : beginners welcome; all levels

  • Description: In this 30-min class, you’ll incorporate core strength and stretch movements to improve your core stability and body wellness. Sessions involve a mix of yoga, barre, Pilates, and muscle conditioning with controlled breathing and alignment that builds strength and endurance. Props: core ball, block, strap, elastic band, blanket, yoga mat. Level : beginners welcome; all levels

  • Description: In this 90-second video, Ramel Rones, Tai Chi Master and Mind/Body Consultant, demonstrates a short Tai Chi form performed at Masada in Israel. Use the rising sun and the power of the mind to cleanse and nourish every cell in the body to help with neuropathy symptoms, improve mood, and upgrade your energetic system. 
    You can follow along with the movements and visualizations by standing, sitting, or lying down. The movements of the form gently massage your feet which may help with numbness and tingling and the slow, meditative shifting of your weight from one leg to the other improves physical balance. If you perform the Tai Chi Form in a low stance (bent knees) you also increase the muscle mass and bone density in your legs. 
    You can practice this ancient visualization mentally, as well. Imagine the beams of the rising sun in your Lower Energy Center, first cleansing and then nourishing your entire body, especially the areas where you feel neuropathy. If yo...