Dahn Yoga Health Centers in Nevada

You live with many thoughts, emotions, and habits at the surface of your being, but at the same time you have another eye, another mind capable of watching all these things.  A practitioner finds that mind, lives with that mind, and dies with that mind.

-81 Chun Bu Kyung cards for Daily Meditation

What is life all about? Somehow in a Dahn Yoga class it makes sense. We have a body and need to take care of it — it is the home of our mind and spirit. We run much of our life with our mind, so we need to deep it in good shape — calm, focused, and creative. And we have a soul or true self; the more we are in touch with it and the more we live from it, the more meaning and fulfillment we can have in our life. We are definitely a wonder of the universe. Enjoy it.

It is so easy when doing Dahn Yoga exercises to let the mind wander. We are told, Where the mind goes, the energy goes. And the goal of the exercises is for new energy to flow and heal us and give us the vitality for living. So, if I am stretching my lower back — which really needs it — I need to keep my mind in my lower back, or else the effect of the exercise is much reduced.

I love to go to class and do Dahn Yoga exercises. I also do them at home or the office. I focus on the positions — where to put my legs or arms, what to do and how often. Then I realize: I am not consciously breathing. Especially the exhalation is important to release tension and toxins. So, I catch myself, breath more, and feel much better!

“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”  – Paul Valery, author

We face a very troubling future with challenges to the Earth as we know it and thus for humanity — its quality of life and even its very survival.  We need to be strong, focused, creative, cooperative and global to hope to make it for ourselves, our loved ones and humanity. This is where Dahn Yoga is a virtual training program for how to live today and have a positive future. The holistic — physical, mental/emotional and spiritual — fitness exercises work to give us the concepts, energy and willpower we need to work for a better world, today and in the future.

“Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it.”  - Loudon Wainwright, quoted in Life, 1/28/72

Almost daily we get news about the problems facing the Earth and thus us. These include climate change, rising oceans, disappearing species, spreading deserts and drying up water sources. It is not easy staying positive and even sane about the future of humanity and the people we love who will live in the future longer than us. But all is lost if we do not stay positive and take action with others to help save the Earth and the people in it. This is why Dahn Yoga training is so vital to me and others who attend classes and workshops. A healthy body, a calm, positive and creative mind, and a sense of spirit are important to face the future that is rushing toward us. Ilchi Lee has address this subject in many ways; visit www.ilchilee.com.

EXPANDING CHEST WITH ARM RAISING

1. Extend arms parallel to the floor with your palms down.
2. Inhale, and raise your left arm up slowly with your palm facing inside.
3. Simultaneously extend your right arm alongside your thigh, hip, and beyond your body.
4. Exhale and return to STEP1.
5. Alternate arms. Repeat three times.

This is good exercise for woman.

1. Kneel with your toes flexed under you.
2. Grasp your ankles with your hands.
3. Inhale and raise your abdoman.
4. Exhale and return.

TIPS
Do not overdo this exercise if you have back pain or hypertension.

Around the tailbone, there are eight acupressure points. When there is a blockage in the points, the intestines harden and Ki energy can not freely flow.
Gently pat the tailbone where the acupressure points are located.

BENEFITS
Flexes whole body particularly the neck, hips, waist and shoulders ; rlelases tension
Controls Yin-Yang energy flow thereby harmonizing the balance in the body.