Dahn Yoga Hawaii Member’s blog

My Dear Dahn Yoga Healer Sisters:

I have a secret to tell you all.  I STILL GET NERVOUS WHEN I DO SOMETHING IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE.  Nownownow, don’t drop from the shock of it all.  You’d THINK that with all my years of experience as a Toastmaster (8 years total) and with my effervescent Ms. Alohaness, I shouldn’t have those kinds of issues.  I should be poised, confident, and ready to “geev um”.  But *sigh* yes, I still do.  Especially if I’m not confident in what I intend to present, or *gasp* when I don’t practice it enough.

That was one of the reasons why I decided to go beyond Healer School and take the Dahn Instructor class.  Speaking by itself is one thing, but speaking, doing body movement (like exercise), maintaining everyone’s attention and trying to project sincerity and confidence at the same time was a whole ‘nuther ball of wax.  And the classes didn’t take that long to get through.  There were two 4 hour days and two 2 hour evenings.  Then I was pau…with Part 1.  Parts 2 & 3 remain but that’s for another time.

I’m the kind of person that learns best by just jumping in and doing what I need to do, learning along the way.  So it is with this instructor thing.  I did it by coordinating a 1/2-hour class to do the Ilchi Ki Gong, named after Grand Master Ilchi Lee.  I focus on breath, stretching and relaxation.  I’ve marketed this exercise to my co-workers in my department as a “stress buster”, because we’re all under different degrees of stress here.  I taught this class to 6 people on 10/31, and then to 9 people on 11/6.  My next class to teach is on 11/20.

THEY LOVED IT! Especially the Women’s Health Associate at the Queen’s Women’s Health Center, who is personally feeling the benefits of the class.  She feels so much better, less stressed than she was when she first walked into the class.  She really likes the breathing and relaxation work.  We’re not going to be able to meet every week, but I’m booked with the Women’s Health Center until the end of January.  My coworkers are also feeling the benefits too.

I’ve heard Master Ahn and Master Lucky say many times that as healers, “First you heal yourself; then your family and friends, then your community, then the world.”  Please know that this isn’t all about me; this is my way to give love back to my work ohana at Queen’s. I’ve also heard them say that as a healer, you can heal one person at a time.  As a Dahn instructor, you have the opportunity to heal more than one person at a time.  It’s a lot of fun and, I PROMISE, you get back MORE than what you give!  It’s my hope that with the continuation of these classes that I’ll be able to assist my coworkers so that they can mend whatever is going on with their lives AND mend their working relationships with each other (VEEEERRRRY ROUGH).

I hope that you folks will consider going forward in your healer journey by becoming Dahn Yoga instructors.  We are SORELY NEEDED in this community!  My love and appreciation to Masters Ahn & Lucky for the time (and patience) to teach us, to my coworkers for allowing me to practice my teaching skills on them and to you, my healer family for having my back.