C. Kenzie Corbin's journey to mindful medicine
Interview on The Distant Moon Podcast
In this episode, I talk with Kenzie, an amazing fourth-year medical student interested in integrative medicine, mindfulness, and psychology. We talk about her experiences that sparked her interest in holistic aspects of health and medicine and how her experiences in medical school shaped these interests and her passion in women’s health and OB/GYN. She has found ways to bridge holistic ways of healing into obstetric care through a research project bringing musical therapy to antepartum patients. We talk about the ways in which mindfulness can help one deal with and process the emotions of healthcare and being a medical provider.
A Little More About Me
Stay Mindful & Resp;rez
About C. Kenzie C. Yoga & Photography
C. Kenzie C. Photography was first founded by Catherine "Kenzie" Corbin in 2017 during a semester abroad in Paris.
Initially started as a way to combine a passion for photography and creative writing and raise awareness in the mental health community, our focus is to utilize photography as a medium for bringing daily moments of mindfulness into your life.
In addition to encouraging others to "Stay Mindful", we offer a series of services and products, including professional and senior photoshoots, LinkedIn headshots, and custom prints. If you are interested in booking a photographic service, please contact us.
Like a yin to a yang, the "Yoga" to C. Kenzie C. Photography was officially added in August 2020 after Kenzie completed her 200-hour yoga teacher certification and became a RYT-200 through Sacred Paths Yoga. She then became a certified prenatal yoga teacher, completing her RPYT through Ma Yoga in 2023. Kenzie has also had experience teaching Chair Yoga and Mindfulness classes to senior citizens with varying cognitive and physical limitations. C. Kenzie C. Yoga & Photography has one major aim: increasing access to mind and body holistic healing services, appropriate for ALL bodies.
Current classes offered include vinyasa, chakra-based hatha flows, prenatal yoga, restorative, yin, and meditations with an emphasis on tantric teachings, cultural sensitivity, mind-body awareness, and trauma-sensitive movements.
About the Founder
C. Kenzie C. MD, RYT-200, RPYT
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Kenzie is a 2018 summa cum laude graduate of Lafayette College. Kenzie graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience, A.B. in French, and a minor in Bioengineering. Although heavily involved in the sciences, art has always been something integral in her life.
At Lafayette, Kenzie was a Creative and Performing Arts Scholar for photography and creative writing. For her semester abroad, she studied cinema at the Nouvelle Sorbonne and photography at Studio Vermes in Paris. She has performed her poetry at numerous community open mic events, performed at the Easton March for Our Lives, and was the Co-Winner of the 2018 H. Black MacKnight Poetry Prize. She is a self-published author and her mindfulness photography book Do You Mind will soon be re-available online.
One of her most noteworthy accomplishments was being recognized as the 2018 George Wharton Pepper Prize. Watch her 2018 Commencement Speech here.
Kenzie spent 2018-2019 working as a TAPIF English Teaching Assistant, a "nanou" (babysitter), and a Free Walking Tour Guide in Lille, France. Considering herself the ultimate francophile, many of her photos are either taken or inspired from her time in Lille and Paris. Additionally, meditations and classes can be taught in French by request.
Kenzie graduated with her MD from the University of Michigan Medical School and is currently an OBGYN Resident Physician at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Her specialization is as an integrative OBGYN, focusing on mental health during peripartum periods and combining the ageless wisdom, ideology, and spirituality of the East with Western evidence-based scientific principles.
As a busy physician, dog mom, partner, and brujita, Kenzie is currently teaching community and private yoga classes by request only.
Send a message today if you're interested!