Dahn Yoga Health Centers in Nevada

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Exercise: Century of difference.
- Imagine that you are living 100 years ahead, and looking back at today.
- What are the current conditions – positive and negative?
- How did these conditions happen?

Exercise: My business changes.
- What changes are affecting your business these days and in the future?
- What are their likely impact (positive or negative) and likely occurrence (high or low)?
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Exercise: What changes in my business are the most troublesome for me to deal with?

Exercise: Islands of stability.
- What can I do to create islands of stability for myself?
- How can I help others in my organization/work group do this?

- Making the case for the leader’s need for physical health and energy flowing – especially opening of the meridians (energy channels).
- Promoting awareness to monitor one’s body – to relieve specific energy blockages.
- Knowing how to get messages from body on physical-related matters (doubts and fears) – such as head (hard to think), eyes (hard to see), ears (hard to hear), voice (hard to express views), chest (hard to feel love), hands (hard to handle), stomach (hard to digest), legs (hard to take a stand), and feet (hard to go forward).
- Laying the foundation for greater communication and harmony of the body and the mind – for supporting not punishing each other.
- Developing the body as a tool for the performance of the mind and achievement of purpose – positive psychophysical habits for making things happen and achieving life’s goals.
- Starting to practice health- and energy-building body exercises – in this session and throughout the rest of the workshop.

Exercise: Who are we in the room? Find out non-work-related information – such as age, where from, family/children/grandchildren, hobbies, and what I would be doing if I had Bill Gates’ money.

Exercise: Goals and supportive behavior
–What would I like to get out of this workshop?
- What behaviors are important to help us achieve these goals?

Exercise: Life pride.
- Around 20 years ago, what were you doing that you were proud of?
- 20 years from now what will you be proud of that you were doing today?

Dahn Yoga provides these exercises to activate and enhance brain functioning:
- Sit in chair or on floor in half lotus position; close eyes; put hands on knees with palm facing up; slowly lift hands to chest level; put palms 5 centimeters apart from each other; inhale while spreading the hands, imagining energy between them expanding and filling with light; exhale while bringing the hands within five centimeters, imagining the energy between them compressing, thus squeezing out stagnant energy.
- Lift hands with energy field between them to within 5 centimeters of the brain; massage the parts of the brain, removing tension and smoothing the brain’s creases; sweep hands up side of face, over head, down neck.
- Gently use hands and imagine lifting the brain from the head and putting it in front of the chest; massage the brain area; inhale, move hands away from each other to enlarge the brain like a balloon; imagine white light going into the brain and filling it, with the brain turning a golden color; exhale, move hands closer together, squeezing the stagnant energy from the brain; imagine pure water falling over the brain to cleanse it of tension and negativity; slowly return the brain to the head; put hands on the knees with palms facing up; slowly open eyes.

Here is an exercise for accumulating energy in the power center of the body, the abdomen:  Darken the room; lay on back, legs slightly apart, arms 45 degrees to side, eyes closed; breath from upper chest, breath from mid-chest (solar plexus), breathe from abdomen – each a few minutes; lift arms straight up; lift upper legs with calves parallel to the floor; hold for a few minutes while breathing from abdomen.

These Dahn Yoga exercises should be done lying on the floor:

- On stomach, put arms out like flying; lift feet; bow the body; breath deeply so the body rocks slightly.
- On knees sitting back on legs: put head on floor; stretch out arms; bounce 10 times.
- On back; hands perpendicular to body; twist left leg close to right hand with head toward left hand; reverse twist.
- On stomach; right arm above head; left arm perpendicular to body; twist body so left arm is perpendicular on the other side; keep feet in same place; reverse the twist.
- Push-ups: facing the floor, extend the legs; on toes or knees, straighten arms, lower them; repeat as many times as possible, counting silently as individuals.

These are Dahn Yoga exercises done in the sitting position:

- Bend body so hands touch toes; bounce; stay down with breathing.
- Bounce legs; hands supporting from behind.
- Feet apart; wave feet in and out.
- Feet close; wave feet so sides of big toes hit each other.
- Feet souls touching; hands holding ankles; bounce legs up and down.
- Sit up; hold hands over thighs; roll back and forth on the spine.

Here are yet more Dahn Yoga exercises that are done standing:

- Roll neck clockwise; inhale as moving to one side and exhale while moving to the other side; counterclockwise.
- Roll hips clockwise; counterclockwise; inhale as moving to one side and exhale while moving to the other side.
- Twist body trunk side to side; keep legs, head, and arms in place, all relaxed.
- To strengthen intestines, put hands on hara; exhale so it extends; inhale and push with hands.
- Rub hands together rapidly; clap hands 10 times; rub hands even faster; sweep hands over face, hair, arms, body, legs (both sides and top).
- To fast drumming music, close eyes and bounce the body; let them move free form to the music.

Here are some more Dahn Yoga exercises to be done in the standing position:

- Weave fingers together, lift arms above head, palms up; stretch up; hands down; breath in and hands up, stretch to left side, gently bounce 10 times, breath into stretch for a few seconds more; repeat on right side; lift over the head and push arms back.
- With fingertips, tap the lobes of the brain – frontal or temples (thinking), above ears (hearing), back lower (vision), and top (movement).
- Weave fingers together; put hands behind neck; push head down; massage neck with thumbs.
- Turn head to left and bend it down; use fingertips of right hand to tap the back of the neck; support your right arm with the left hand pushing the right elbow; reverse.
- Tap with cupped hand: arms (top and bottom), legs (all four sides), and feet (arches, instep, and toes).
- Use fists of both hands to pound body parts: lungs, heart, ribs, stomach (left side above waist), liver (right above waist), and kidneys (both sides of back above waist).

Popular Dahn Yoga physical exercises – to be done while standing:
- With fists, small-finger side, tap the abdomen.
- Swing arms and body from side to side. Feet shoulder width apart. Swing at waist, then over the head.
- Touch feet (left then right), knees, swing around waist, and over the head; reverse; do it 4 times.
- Bounce feet and arms; feet slightly apart; in 3 parts – feet souls fully on floor, ankles up and down, slight jumping.
- Clap hand – up over the head and down below waist, front and back, above and below legs with bent knees; 8 times for each, 4 times, 2, and 1 (over and over again).