Posted by: Editor on: 03/25/2010
Letter to the Editor (Rolling Stone): RE: That Cult Yoga Article I have been an admirer of Rolling Stone and reader since my teen years. I have always had a great deal of respect for your publication. But to see this issue (Issue #1098) bothers me tremendously. As a filmmaker, reporter, editor and seven year [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/24/2010
Attn: Will Dana, Managing Editor Will.Dana@RollingStone.com Dear Mr. Dana, Rolling Stone is very familiar to me due to my music background and it is often quoted in various news media. Over the years, I have grown to respect your editorial philosophy and your thoroughness in covering all sides of an issue. However, your coverage of [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/23/2010
I wish to express my gratitude towards Dahn Yoga, in contradiction to the current negative press that is bombarding this helpful organization. I have been practicing Dahn Yoga for 1 ½ months, and I have seen more improvements in my mind and body in this short period of time than I had ever thought were [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/22/2010
Dear Mr. Dana, I’m writing to you as a concerned reader of Rolling Stone, and a former employee and current practitioner of Dahn Yoga. I am also writing as someone who trained, lived, and worked in the Boston Dahn Yoga Centers with many of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit currently pending against the company and [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/21/2010
Dear Mr. Dana, You recently wrote an article about Dahn Yoga describing it as, among other things, a “cult.” I find this very disturbing because your report is one-sided and biased. It focuses on those people who decided to leave their jobs and stop their yoga practice because of their feelings about Ilchi Lee or [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/20/2010
Dear Editor, My name is John Thompson and I am a manager at a New Jersey Dahn Yoga center. I am writing now in response to your story about something which has great personal meaning for me–Dahn Yoga. I am disappointed that you did not do a balanced piece. You missed out on many interesting [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/19/2010
Dear Mr. Dana, Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. My name is Erin Carter, I am an instructor at the Dahn Yoga and Healing Center in Arlington Massachusetts. It was brought to my attention that you are preparing to write an article about the current lawsuit against Dahn Yoga. It’s obvious [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/18/2010
Dear Will Dana, I understand that you have the freedom to write whatever you want, but don’t you have any standards of journalism and fair reporting? The article entitled “Yoga Cult” in your February issue was not only severely biased against Dahn Yoga, it was filled with inaccuracies, slander, and outright lies. What kind of [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/17/2010
To: Will Dana, Managing Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine My name is Danielle Gaudette and I am an employee of Dahn Yoga. I have been reading Rolling Stone Magazine since I was young, as my father is a bass player and always had me involved in the music world. We also always appreciated your articles [...]
Posted by: Editor on: 03/16/2010
Hi, my name is Arthur Babakhanov. I know Rolling Stone to be a well known and widely read magazine. I myself read it often, so when I noticed that you had published a negative article about Dahn Yoga that could be based on false information, I felt compelled to write to you. I have been [...]