the REN DAO Wellness Center Blog

 
November 28th the RDWC hosted demonstrations of Kyudo (Japanese Archery) and Tameshigiri (Test Cutting with a Japanese Sword). Guest instructor Phil Ortiz Sensei from the New York Budokai and Louis Rodriguez Sensei demonstrated Tameshigiri. Guest instructor Mito Morales Sensei of the Traditional Japanese Martial Arts Morales Dojo demonstrated Kyudo techniques. Many of those attending the […]

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A few nights ago, while sleeping with the TV on, I managed to wake long enough to catch a portion of the Charlie Rose Show. Charlie was interviewing a neurologist who was an expert on neural brain imaging and visually viewing brain activity related to thought patterns.  Charlie’s guest gave a simple exercise to help […]

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Events
·        12/7 – Kettlebell Exercise Introduction Class with James Alexander – Sunday 10:30am to 12:00pm.
·        12/7 – Past life regression workshop / Group Hypnosis with Joan Perez – Sunday 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
The cost of both workshops is Fifteen Dollars.
 
News
·        Our blog has been updated with articles from our past newsletters. The […]

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By Joan Perez
Something Old – Something New. Actually hypnosis is a pretty old practice that is being given new applications. The ancients understood the process of “speaking” to their inner conscience mind and giving it suggestions or commands. Hypnosis was used in shamanic practice as well as in ritualistic ceremony. The Chinese used (and still […]

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Last Sunday (10/26) I ventured down to Central Park to go roller skate. This was maybe the third time this year I had a chance to go. This was also the last skate day in the 2008 Central Park Dance Skate Association season and their annual Halloween Costume Day.  As usual, DJ Nick @ Night […]

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November 8th - Energy & Light Share @ the Wayne Nursing and Rehab Center – Saturday 2:00pm to 5:00pm. The RDWC will be hosting a Reiki Energy and Light Share for clients and staff of the Wayne Nursing and Rehab Center (3530 Wayne Ave., Bx, 10467).
Participants can meet at the REN DAO Wellness […]

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By Dr. Shaa Bae
 “It’s not what you are eating. It is what is eating you.” In a nutshell, this could be said, to be the distinction of a meta-psychologist, from all other practitioner’s in the healing art-science community.
 In order to more fully understand this difference, we must look carefully at the term meta-psychologist. Simply […]

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October 4th – Reiki / Energy practitioners gathering (site tba) - Saturday 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm [Cancelled]
October 11th – Iaido / Swordsmanship Class with Instructor Louis Rodriguez - Saturday 12:30 pm to 3:00pm
October 11th – Energy and Light Celebration with Peter Goldbeck - Saturday 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
October 12th – 6th Intra-Dojo Martial […]

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From Sensei Fitzpatrick
Everyone,
    I returned from Arizona on Saturday morning.  While there, I sorted through the life’s belongings of Sensei Monroe at the request of his sister.  It was emotionally difficult for me to do so, yet I was able to retrieve several historical documents and photographs from his time.  He saved […]

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September 6th - Iaido / Swordsmanship Class with Guest Instructor Debra Klens Bigman - Saturday 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
September 13th – Yonkers Riverfest
September 20th – Reiki Healing Circle - Saturday - 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
September 27th – Practitioner Health Fair at the Vitamin Shop - Saturday 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
October 4th – […]

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Many people are aware of the uses of acupuncture as a successful treatment for acute and chronic pain.  For many, their first experience with acupuncture is part of a pain management program. Most do not know that acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine can successfully treat many conditions including; asthma, allergies, gastrointestinal problems, male and female […]

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By Umar Sharif
The earliest records of martial arts training identify wrestling as the first martial activity. This is based on icons like a copper stand, dating back to the ancient African Babylonian civilization around the third millennium, BC. So ancient is this legacy that it remains coded in our genes to this very day. Early […]

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With the passing of another outstanding human being who stretched, produced and became the best that one could be and more, we all are firmly reminded of our transitory existence and our infinite possibility to realize our true nature and fully manifest it here on this earth, in this lifetime. As humble a man […]

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When we eat a balanced diet of whole foods, we will be consuming a wide range of healthy nutrients and oils in there right proportions. Whole foods means good nutrition.
Sources of healthy dietary oils include:

Whole food sources (whole grains, leafy green and richly colored vegetables, beans, seeds, nuts, etc.).
Healthy animal and fish products raised in […]

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The Gunto is the military swords which were mainly used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the Meiji (1868 – 1912), Taisho (1912 – 1926) and Souwa (1926 – 1945) eras. There are mainly two types of Gunto:

Kaigunto (Navy Swords)
Rikugunto (Army Swords)

Approximately 75,000 Japanese military swords are believed to […]

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