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Relieve Work Stress and Tension with Four Dahn Yoga ExercisesFebruary 15 , 2008 by EditorSEDONA, ARIZONA – Does sitting at the computer for hours make your body ache and your mind tired? After lunch, do you feel drowsy sitting at your desk? Do long meetings wear you out and drain your energy? You are not alone, people in offices across American experience this daily. The good news is that there is something you can do to get relief – Dahn Yoga.At times like these, Ilchi Lee (www.ilchi.com), president of the University of Brain Education, located in South Korea, recommends, “Try a few simple Dahn Yoga energy-restoring exercises. They can generate vitality in the body, bring clarity to the mind, and develop the mental stamina for long periods of clear and creative thinking.”Lee offers four exercises from the Dahn Yoga body-mind fitness system, which he created, that are good for releasing the mental stress and physical tension that office work produces. You can find the full set of instructions for these exercises at this link.To follow the exercises, simply start here:1. Abdominal Breathing. Take deep breaths with your abdomen to provide your body and brain with sufficient oxygen. This releases the spine’s tension, relaxes the central nervous system, fills the brain and body with vitality, facilitates digestion, and eases drowsiness.2. Exhale through the Mouth. Our breathing deepens when we have adequately exhaled the air in our lungs. In eliminating stagnant energy with each exhalation, your body and brain relax.3. Spread Arms to Open Chest. Sitting at your desk, your shoulders can become stiff and head warm. Unable to circulate throughout the body, energy stagnates in your head. Spreading wide your arms makes your energy pass through your chest and go throughout your body, which revitalizes your brain.4. Neck Rotations. Neck and shoulder stiffness hinders the blood and oxygen flows to the brain, keeping you from having a clear head. By slowing rotating your neck, you refresh your neck and spine, and stimulate your central nervous system.Leaving the office to go exercise sounds great, but isn’t always the easiest of options for people. Doing these simple Dahn Yoga steps will help relieve aches, pains, stress, and keep you going until the five o’clock whistle blows.
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Fresh News India - Examining Dahn Yoga
By kusum Jain on Saturday, February 9, 2008
If you have ever looked into taking yoga lessons you will probably notice that there is an “adjective” that precedes a number of yogaschools. This adjective usually refers to a specific style of yoga or school of thought. Of these styles and schools, one of the most popular is Dahn yoga. Dahn yoga has emerged in recent years as one of the most popular forms of yoga. Dahn yoga also blows out of the water the notion that all yoga is the same. What? You mean all styles of yoga are different?
Styles of yoga
Contrary to popular belief, yoga (Dahn yoga or otherwise) is not a singular entity. That is to say yoga has many facets and subsets to it and it is not a singular entity. The reason for this is that yoga is a living and breathing organism so to speak in the sense that it is not based on fixed knowledge.
Despite the fact that yoga is many centuries old new material is discovered and learned about it. When new material is learned there may be modifications performed by certain instructors and these modifications may yield completely new schools of thought and methods of teaching the art. Sometimes the focus of these new arts may be different from others.
Some variants of yoga may be designed to relieve stress while other schools of thought may seek to serve the purpose of increasing flexibility and others may seek to increase stamina. As such, it should come as no surprise that new versions of yoga emerge and some other older versions of yoga that may have become forgotten may find itself at the forefront once again.
Dahn yoga originates in Korea and it places significant emphasis on the spiritual dimensions of yoga as opposed to merely physical benefits. This is significant because when the spiritual aspects of yoga are de-emphasized it becomes little more than a glorified exercise program that pales in comparison to the totality of the art.
The guiding philosophy behind Dahn yoga is that without a spiritual component incorporated into the study, the ability to improve one’s physical health is an impossibility. To a great degree, this approach to learning and teaching yoga is wildly popular among those wishing to learn the art form. The expansiveness of Dahn yoga schools across the world and its popularity proves as much. So, consider that a huge endorsement of this system of yoga and seek out a school this week.http://www.freshnews.in/examining-dahn-yoga-21245
Midweek - Dahn Hak: Searching for Energy
August 19, 2005By Linda Dela Cruz
Dahn Hak instructor Anita Ahn stands with knees apart as she instructs her students to swing their arms alternately, as if your thumbs point down to the earth and up to the sky.
“One, two, three, four, five, six,” Ahn counts rhythmicly as they practice one of their first exercises.
The students take turns counting off to 10 as they continue the movement. Wearing loose, comfortable white clothing, with bamboo mats in front of them, the students smile as they follow the series of exercises.
The hourlong Korean Dahn Hak class is described by some as a combination of yoga and tai chi. Dahn means energy or vitality, and Hak means study — Dahn Hak is the study of how energy can help the body. It involves stretches, breathing exercises, brief massages, IQ strengthening exercises, meditation and energy training.
In the energy workout, students sit on the floor with their legs crossed and palms facing up. Close eyes, lift arms up to chest level and face palms in toward each other. A tingling feeling between the palms and fingers is felt, and students spend some time feeling the “energy ball” as it expands and contracts.At the end of the class, students share what they liked about the session. After each student speaks, everyone claps.“Every time, I come in like this,” Sandra Wong says as she simultaneously tightens her jaw, heaves her shoulders toward her neck, and clenches her hands into claws. The class bursts out in laughter because they can relate to this four-year student of Dahn Hak who is a receptionist at a dental office. “And when we release the stress that’s been accumulated throughout the day, I feel the energy, and electricity of the earth,” confides Wong. “I release stress and have more energy.” Wong explains that they also try to educate people on their intuitive power, and to be kinder to others. “It’s a philosophical, mental and physical holistic practice,” adds Wong.Sumastuti “Tuti” Sumukti says her friend enjoyed the exercises so much, she invited her to take the class.“I had borderline high blood pressure, and after taking the class, three months later, at my checkup at Kaiser, my blood pressure was normal,” explains Sumukti, a semi-retired Indonesian culture consultant, who has been in the class for the past 10 months. “The doctor didn’t allow me to get off my blood pressure pills, but I feel healthier. Master Ahn said it is because we use the yin and yang concept of exercising. And I think the breathing is the good part of it, spreading oxygen all over the body.”Classes are held at the Japanese Cultural Center Do Jo, the Manoa Recreation Center, Kaneohe Community and Senior Center, Puunui Community Park and Magic Island.Master Ahn, who used to work as a nurse, has been a Dahn Hak instructor for eight years. As a nurse she was interested in naturopathic treatment because she had weak knees and digestion problems. Dahn Hak helped improve her health, and she says, it gives her “a deep connection with my soul.”“I feel a connection to any type of people, and I want to help people experience what I feel,” Ahn adds.Senior healing instructor Donna Taylor says she’s always been interested in integrated medicine. A registered nurse and the former director of the transplant system of Hawaii, she felt that Western medicine did little for prevention and didn’t work with the person as a whole.
“We have more stress now, and we’re busy,” says Taylor. “There’s more depression, more illness, due to all this stress. There’s 60 to 70 percent more disease in diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis and lupus; they’re stress-related. How do you prevent this in patients?”Taylor says that people are looking for something like this, and she likes it because it is a set structure to have new experiences and to keep growing.Students’ flexibility and energy blockages are evaluated. Three sessions per week are generally recommended. Memberships are available by the year, as well as lifetime memberships. Locally, there are about 36 Dahn Hak instructors. Dahn Hak is somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 years old. It was passed down from generation to generation of men to develop the mind and body. Eventually it was lost in culture over time, and for the past 2,000 years, it hadn’t been practiced.
Some time before 1980, Ilchi Lee started teaching a modernized version of Dahn Hak at public parks, and soon more people joined him. In 1980, the first Dahn center opened in the heart of downtown Seoul. Five years later, the principles and methods of Dahn Hak were published in Korean. More Dahn Hak centers sprouted up, and it began to penetrate corporations like Daewoo, as well as Korea’s athletes and military. In 1991, a Korean American who took Dahn Hak in Seoul opened the first Dahn Hak center in the United States, in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. In 1996, Japan and Canada opened Dahn Hak centers. Lee’s book, titled Healing Society
, is published in English and has made No. 1 on the amazon.com selling list. Lee’s newest book is called Human Technology. Today, there are more than 360 centers in Korea and 120 in the United States, 22 in Japan, six in England, one in Brazil and 10 in Canada.{embed=”elements/google_ad300×250″}Lee’s theories are also expressed in a series of brain respiration centers, and meditations called higher sensory perception (HSP).
Dahn master Ahn says that they’ve even taught Dahn Hak to third-grade students at Maryknoll. There are more plans to expand into the community in the future.
The Dahn Hak Holistic Fitness Energy Training center has a new location at 627 South St., #205C, and an open house will be held Aug. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Another center is located at 99-080 Kauhale St., #C-21.For more information on times and locations of classes, call 942- 0003. www.dahnyoga.com Find this article at: http://www.midweek.com/content/story/theweekend_extrastory/dahn_hak_searching_for_energy/
Treating Fibromyalgia with Tao Holistic Healing Program
February 6, 2008. The Tao Holistic Healing Program (http://www.taoholistichealing.com) is a 10-day intensive training helping people to take control of their health and lives. It has been successful in guiding individuals to relieve symptoms of fibromyalgia, sometimes leading to complete recovery. In the program, unrecognized emotional pain, rooted in the past, are viewed as often being a major contributor to physical pain in the present. The treatment is to feel the physical pain, and then the emotional pain, recognizing the connection between the two. Through this process, participants commonly experience dramatic release of pain from the body.Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 6, 2008 — Fibromyalgia afflicts 600,000 Americans, 90% of whom are women. This disorder involves chronic widespread pain, extreme tactile sensitivity, fatigue, and often problems with sleep, bowel function, emotions and cognition. From a medical point of view, fibromyalgia’s cause is not well understood, and no universally accepted cure exists. However, some doctors have successfully treated it as stress-related condition.The Tao Holistic Healing Program (http://www.taoholistichealing.com), or THHP, is a 10-day intensive training for people to take control of their health and lives. For two years, it has been successful in guiding individuals to relieve symptoms of fibromyalgia, sometimes leading to complete recovery.J.S. Hong, the program’s creator and principal instructor, believes that, “Emotional pain from the past produces the physical pain of fibromyalgia in the present. People with this disorder typically have deep life issues - involving close family members - that originated in their past. The physical pain derives from old memories, negative emotions and traumas, which they have never acknowledged or have yet to understand fully.”As for how THHP’s treatment works, Hong explains, “By feeling fibromyalgia’s physical pain, participants can uncover and examine their emotional pain, as the physical and emotional are connected. Once they deeply understand these emotional roots, the fibromyalgia pain can be released from the body.”Three recent participants with fibromyalgia explain how THHP has benefited them:Joan shares, “I came to relieve my persistent fibromyalgia pain of 25 years. Many doctors have recommended various healing techniques, none of which took away my pain. THHP taught me about pain as information, and the emotions that exist deep underneath the pain. We were guided to go through the pain and master it. We were urged to connect with and live our life purpose.”As Patricia expresses it, “I began the program with generalized anxiety and digestive distress, along with the fibromyalgia. Ten days later my body was much stronger than I thought possible, and my body and face reflected my enlivened spirit. After understanding my habits, I became pain free at last!”Mary states, “I enrolled with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, having had both for more than 10 years. During my waking hours, every movement I made caused me excruciating pain. I was depressed and without hope. Through the program, I learned how to circulate energy and take better care of my body. Now I feel strong and confident. I plan to lead a healthy life and accomplish my goals.”Regarding the effectiveness of THHP’s treatment, Hong observes, “By diligently completing the on-site program and doing the follow-up exercises, people can get substantial relief from their fibromyalgia. If the disorder is relatively mild, people can let go of the physical pain during the 10-day span of the program. If their physical pain is more severe, it can take longer to let it go completely.THHP is an in-depth encounter with the self. The participants are guided to solve issues that keep them from the lives and health they desire. All of their answers are inside of them, and are uncovered to facilitate self-healing through this four-step process: (1) Acknowledge everything that is in one’s body and claim it. (2) Watch the habits that keep one from healing and growing. (3) Find and integrate solutions throughout one’s whole body. (4) Practice with those solutions and form new habits.Hong points out, “All of our issues come from the disconnection of our three bodies: spiritual (life purpose), energy (mind and emotions), and physical (strength and flexibility). By deeply feeling the physical body, the connection of these three bodies can take place. By strengthening and activating the physical body, we gain the power to heal ourselves and live the way we truly want.”Hong’s program is based on the holistic-healing and brain-educational principles articulated by Ilchi Lee (http://www.ilchi.com), president of the University of Brain Education (South Korea). The program is comprised of exercises, deep relaxation, energy training, introspective work, and private consultations. Several of THHP’s methods are adapted from the exercises taught in Dahn Yoga classes (http://www.dahnyoga.com) around the world.THHP takes place at the Sedona Ilchi Meditation Center (SIMC), an inspiring, beautiful, and peaceful 160-acre retreat setting in Sedona, Arizona. SIMC is ideally suited to facilitate profound self-transformation, through training, education, meditation and healing. SIMC offers THHP twice monthly, for 10 days per session.For more information on the Tao Holistic Healing Program (http://www.taoholistichealing.com), watch http://youtube.com/watch?v=UuE8CnckucA and contact Joan Montoya at 928-274-0439.http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/2/prweb674024.htm
3 Dahn Yoga Exercises for a More Restful Sleep Tonight
Energetically Prepare Your Body and Mind for High-Quality Sleep
Phoenix, AZ 1/24/2008 10:10 PM GMT TransWorldNews
Every night, we turn out the lights hoping to get a good night’s sleep. But all too often, hours follow of tossing and turning, or waking up repeatedly during the night. Maybe this occurs for a single night, when we are stressed out. However, frequent nights like this may indicate a “sleeping disorder.” According to the National Science Foundation, 75% of Americans experience some form of sleep deprivation.
Ilchi Lee, president of the University of Brain Education (South Korea), observes that, “Sleep is like a barometer of what’s happening in your body and mind. The difficulty of falling and staying asleep arises from an imbalance of blood circulation and ‘Ki’ [Korean for ‘life-force energy’] in different parts of your body, and in the brain.”
Lee explains more deeply, “The natural flow of your blood and Ki-energy moves from your head down to your body’s lower extremities. When you’re under stress, the balance is interrupted, which reverses the circulation. In this imbalanced condition, warm, stuffy energy rises from your lower extremities and becomes congested in your head. This makes it difficult for your body to fully enter a state of restful sleep.” Symptoms of this imbalance include redness in the face, shoulder pain, and a feeling of blockage in the chest.
For people who prefer a natural (rather than medicine-induced) way to get past any sleep resistance, Lee has several basic suggestions. First, avoid daytime naps. Minimize food and drink during the two hours before bedtime. And if unable to fall asleep after 20 minutes, leave the bedroom to do a light activity, such as reading or sorting laundry – avoid checking email or surfing the Internet.
Vigorous physical activity during the day helps prepare the body and mind for sleeping. In particular, Dahn Yoga, an ancient Asian-rooted body-mind fitness system founded by Lee, provides an effective series of stretching, breathing, brain-balancing and meditation exercises that get the body and mind energetically ready for high-quality sleep.
Lee offers three simple Dahn Yoga exercises that can help to balance the flow of blood circulation and energy, and thus bring on better sleep:
1. Opening the Chest. This dissipates energy blockages in the chest area and relaxes the lungs as you breathe your way to sleep. Sit in a half-lotus posture or stand comfortably. With your finger tips on your chest, gently tap from your collarbone down your sternum. Lift your chin slightly and relax your shoulders. Open your mouth and make an “Ahhhhhhh” sound, as you continue to tap up and down your chest. Do this for 3-5 minutes, or until you feel adequately relaxed.
2. Toe Tapping. This pulls the heat out of your head to your lower body, thus relaxing your mind so your sleep-needing body takes over. Lie down and straighten your legs with your heels close together. Gently place your hands on your abdomen. Move your feet like windshield wipers so that your pinky toes almost touch the floor when you open your feet, and your big toes tap lightly against each other when you close them. Keep your heels comfortably together during this exercise, and rotate your legs from the hips. The faster and harder you tap your toes and focus on the sensations in your lower body, the more the exercise induces relaxation. Do this for a count of 100, or more if needed.
3. Ankle Rotation. Similar to toe tapping, this exercise transfers your focus and energy from your head to your feet and legs. Sit on the floor with your legs about 45 degrees apart. Bend forward from your trunk and grasp your toes with your hands; it’s okay if you can only reach your ankles. Rotate your ankles in a slow, circular manner, first inward 10 times and then outward 10 times. Repeat these inward and outward rotational cycles 5 times or more, until you feel rested.
Lee comments, “Doing Dahn Yoga classes regularly can help you sleep well every night. And these three Dahn Yoga exercises take only a few minutes each, but can yield hours of restful and renewing sleep.” For some sleeping disorders, such as those caused by sleep apnea or depression, medical attention is advised.
For more information about Dahn Yoga, visithttp://www.dahnyoga.com or phone 1-877-HSP-YOGA.
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=34222&cat=15
Lose Weight, Gain Health — with 5 Dahn Yoga Exercises
January 16, 2008. Ilchi Lee (http://www.ilchi.com) points to stressful living and poor diets taxing our digestion, which negatively affects our vital functions - even creating emotional issues. Under these circumstances, it is easy to put on weight, and a lack of exercise keeps it on. Dahn Yoga (http://www.dahnyoga.com), a body-mind fitness program from ancient Asia, increases blood circulation throughout the body, allowing it to burn fat effectively from the inside. The outcome is losing weight naturally and learning how to keep it off. Lee offers five exercises to decrease weight and improve overall health.Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) January 16, 2008 — Data gathered by Centers for Disease Control show that 65% of Americans are overweight and 31% are obese — and both rates have doubled in the past 25 years.
According to Ilchi Lee (http://www.ilchi.com), president of the University of Brain Education (South Korea), “Our stressful lives and poor diets have been bad for our digestive system and therefore for our health. People are experiencing a build up of waste in their intestines, which negatively affects all our vital functions — including the brain — and has an unfavorable mental-emotional impact. One common result is putting on weight. Once this happens, a lack of proper exercise often keeps the weight on.”
Dahn Yoga (http://www.dahnyoga.com) was founded by Lee to provide people in the U.S. and around the world with the tools to regain and maintain their body-mind fitness. Based in the principles of several thousand years of Asian health practices and modern brain research, Dahn Yoga classes (stretching, breathing and meditation) and individual healing sessions are ideal for weight and health management.
When asked why Dahn Yoga works, Lee explains, “When practiced diligently, this approach increases the circulation of fresh, oxygenated blood to your internal organs and throughout your entire body, allowing it to burn fat more effectively from the inside. This eliminates your accumulated toxins, especially in the digestive tract, caused by stress and tension.” It also restores the body’s sense of what foods it needs and how much is right for each person. The outcome is losing weight naturally and learning what is required to keep it off.What can people expect from doing the full range of Dahn Yoga exercises? Many testimonials report these results: Pounds melt away as strength and flexibility increase. People improve their digestion and normalize their elimination. Their abdomens and thighs became tighter and firmer. They feel lighter, breathe easier, and look healthier and more attractive, which in turn builds confidence and self-esteem.Lee recommends five exercises that have the specific benefit of decreasing weight and improving general health:1. Abdomen Tapping. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, with the knees slightly bent. Lengthen and relax your spine, shoulders, neck and arms. With your palms, tap your abdomen in a rhythmic, striking motion, focusing on the feeling of inner vibration it creates. Do it at least 100 times a session, 2-3 sessions a day.2. Intestinal Exercise. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, with the knees slightly bent. Lengthen and relax your spine, and relax your shoulders, neck and arms. Place your hands comfortably on your abdomen, with your two thumbs pointing toward the navel and your two index fingers touching each other to form a triangle. In a rhythmic pace, push your abdomen out as you inhale, and pull it toward your back as if you want it to touch your spine. Breathe comfortably. If your feel any pain in your intestines, stop and with your palms gently rub your abdomen in a clockwise circular motion. Start with 100 times a day, working up to 500 times.3. Rocking the Spine. Sit on the floor, pulling your knees to your chest, feet together. Clasp your hands and lock your fingers around your shins. Keeping your chin tucked at all times, roll back on your spine and extend your legs toward the floor behind you. Start with 30 a day, working up to 100 times. Afterwards, pull your knees to your chest and rock from side to side to massage your spine.4. Fish Exercise. Lie on the floor, with your arms and legs extended. Lace your fingers and stretch your arms up, while relaxing your neck and shoulders. Keeping your feet together, sweep your upper body and lower body in the same direction, toward the right and then the left, feeling your torso being stretched and stimulated. Do 30 repetitions, 3 times a day.5. Shaking the Extremities. Lie on your back, and lift your arms and legs straight up from the body. Relax your entire body. Rapidly shake your extremities so that your entire body vibrates. Keep breathing slowly in and out of your abdomen. Do this exercise for 2 minutes, 3 times a day.Lee points out, “Besides exercising regularly, it is important that you do two other things: First, modify your diet to ease the burden on your digestive system and absorb maximum nutrition and energy. And second, release the emotions that contributed to the weight gain, and access the inner resources needed to support the emergence of the new, thinner you.”For January 2008, certain Dahn Yoga Centers in the U.S. are offering free, open classes in weight loss and health gain. Find out their locations and schedules (http://www.dahnyoga.com/general/news_view.asp?id=445).
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Dahn Yoga Classes Taught by Volunteers Thrill Seniors
January 15, 2008. Sue and Wallace Yashima, both retired, are causing a yoga boom for Honolulu-area seniors. The Yashimas are recognized volunteers of the Dahn Foundation (http://www.dahnfoundation.org), which shares Dahn Yoga body-brain fitness expertise with the community. Having benefited from Dahn Yoga themselves, now the couple jointly teaches 270 elderly at five senior centers a week. The seniors report improved physical conditions, higher morale, and social needs satisfaction from the workout which includes stretching, breathing, body tapping, vibrating, and even laughter.Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) January 15, 2008 — Seniors face the life challenges of declining physical health, mental capacity and even social communication — all prime factors in making life worth living. But an increasing number of seniors in the Honolulu area are happily discovering that these declines can be softened and life quality enhanced by regular and gentle yoga exercises.Among Honolulu-area seniors, the retired Yashimas — Sue, 59, and Wallace, 74 — are contributing to a “yoga boom.” The Yashimas are recognized volunteers of the Dahn Foundation (http://www.dahnfoundation.org, which shares Dahn Yoga body-brain fitness expertise (http://www.dahnyoga.com) with the community.Each week, this couple jointly teaches 270 elderly, ages 55 to 92, at five senior centers throughout the Honolulu area. The classes consist of 95% women. (Men say that they are too shy to take a class with so many women.) With most facilities provided by the Honolulu City and County’s Board of Parks and Recreation, the Yashimas teach two one-hour classes, four mornings a week.Here is what the seniors get from Sue and Wallace’s yoga classes:1. Feeling good about themselves. The couple showers them with love and acceptance, from hugs for everyone, to advice on how to treat problems such as sore shoulders and insomnia. Sue explains, “I give them love and they feel it. With my hugs, I whisper, “I am giving you energy to last you all day!’ I am smiling all the time. My heart is one of the main reasons they come back to class.” They attend class for social reasons. 2. A comprehensive physical workout. The exercises are a means to the end of seniors feeling good about themselves. The classes combine the yoga and tai chi gong (a pain-relieving martial art). The exercise sequence is standing, sitting in a chair, lying on a floor mat, and standing again. The exercises include stretching, breathing and tapping (to stimulate circulation). Vibrating parts of the body and even laughing as an exercise are featured. Intestines, other internal organs, bones, muscles and joints all get attention.The seniors who attend the classes feel the need for exercise to improve physical conditions, keep their morale up, and fulfill their social needs. Many have heart, blood pressure, respiration and cholesterol problems, and contend with replaced hips and knees. According to Wallace, “Many of our yoga students tell us that their physicians are surprised at how their older patients have improved, physically and mentally.” Ilchi Lee (http://www.ilchi.com), founder of Dahn Yoga and president of the University of Brain Education (South Korea), states, “Systematic yoga exercises — by creating a positive mindset, opening the body’s energy channels, and stimulating blood circulation — can benefit the human brain, which in turn can affect how we age, how we stay healthy, and how long we live.”The Yashimas adjust the all-indoor classes depending on the weather (when bad, seniors feel sore) and the students’ physical-mental conditions (tired, sad or anxious). Sue points out, “We plan the class based on where they are at, and then take them to a state that feels relaxed, energetic and joyous.”The couple shares a healing vision and service commitment. Sue admits, “When we meet people at places all over Honolulu, many of them say they know who we are and have heard of our yoga classes. This feels very satisfying to us.”The couple calls what they teach Sambo Dahn Yoga. “Sambo” in Korean means “three treasures” (body, mind and spirit), and “Dahn” refers to “bright energy.” In 2001, they started taking yoga for their own health at a Dahn Yoga Center in Honolulu, one of 120 centers in the U.S. After a year of taking these classes, they realized how much Dahn Yoga would benefit older people.The Yashimas’ first step toward teach the elderly was to find a senior center at which they could adapt standard Dahn Yoga exercises to the specific needs of seniors. Sue states, “My parents are in South Korea and I’m in Hawaii. I deeply regret that I cannot take care of them. So by caring for my senior students, it feels like I’m honoring my parents.”In the Dahn Healing System program, Sedona, AZ, Sue acquired the skills to be a yoga instructor. Back in Honolulu, she overcame her fear of being in front of people as a teacher. So that the couple could volunteer together, she trained Wallace as an assistant instructor. After having five centers at which to teach, they trained their first instructor, a retired schoolteacher who had taken their class. Soon they will train eight new yoga teachers. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/1/prweb621911.htm
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