• Dahn Yoga tip: Focus on Yourself

    Without a goal, we have no choice but to endlessly chase after the thoughts of others. We envy those who know more or have more than we do, and we live out our lives completely forgetting our own brains. Such things happen to us often unless we are focused on ourselves. - Dahn Yoga
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    Bowing Meditation: A Short History and Explanation

    Saturday, January 9th, 2010

    This is an article I wrote for dahnyoga.com and dahnyogavoice.com. I feel like it’s time to share it on this blog. I find bowing meditation a deeply fulfilling practice, and I want others to know more about it. Of course, the only way to really know about it is to try it for yourself. Written instructions are in […]

    Healthy Body, Healthy Brain

    Monday, July 13th, 2009

    From Dahn Yoga founder Ilchi Lee’s book, Brain Wave Vibration: Getting Back into the Rhythm of a Happy, Healthy Life:
    “Just by moving your body, you will activate your brain in ways that sedentary behaviors, no matter how mentally rigorous, cannot. Why? Because all parts of your body are connected to your brain, and when you […]

    YEHA Brain Art Camp

    Thursday, May 14th, 2009

    YEHA Brain Art Camp? I realize that the title of this post uses a lot of terms that only a person with some experience at a Dahn Yoga Center would understand, so let me break it down for everyone else.YEHA stands for Young Earth Human Alliance. Earth Human is a term coined by Dahn Yoga […]

    Ilchi Lee Poem–”More Precious Than Life”

    Friday, May 1st, 2009

    Happy May everyone! On this beautiful May Day, I would like to share one of my favorite hope messages from Ilchi Lee. I think it exemplifies the real Dahn Yoga practice–what the exercises are really all about and what they can ultimately give you. It also illustrates the type of consciousness Dahn Yoga hopes to create in […]

    Dahn Yoga Founder Ilchi Lee Wins Book Awards

    Friday, April 24th, 2009

    Two of Ilchi Lee’s books won Living Now Awards on Earth Day, April 22, 2009. Brain Wave Vibration: Getting Back into the Rhythm of a Happy, Healthy Life [BEST Life Media, June 2008] won first place in the Meditation and Relaxation Category and In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging, co-authored with Jessie Jones, PhD, […]

    Ilchi Lee’s New Movement for the Earth

    Thursday, April 9th, 2009

    Because of their concern about health and peace on the earth, Ilchi Lee and the International Brain Education Association (IBREA) have begun a new movement called the Earth Citizen Movement. Their first project is the “One Dollar Project to Save the Earth.” It invites everyone to donate $1 a month, or just […]

    Ilchi Lee’s Prayer of Peace at the United Nations

    Saturday, April 4th, 2009

    In 2000, Dahn Yoga originator Ilchi Lee was invited as one of 50 pre-eminent spiritual leaders in the world at that time to speak at the Opening Ceremony of the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders in the General Assembly Hall. When he came to the podium, he offered this prayer of […]

    Inspirational Reading

    Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

    While I believe the best and deepest knowledge can only be sought inside yourself, I am often inspired by the words of others that resonate with that inside. There are some fairly well-known books that I’ve read after I started my Dahn Yoga practice that not only touched me inside, but validated and resonated with […]

    Brain Awareness Week 2009

    Monday, March 23rd, 2009

    Yesterday marked the end of “Brain Awarness Week” (March 16-22). According to the Dana Foundation website, “Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is an international campaign dedicated to advancing public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. Founded and coordinated by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and its sister organization, the European Dana Alliance […]

    ChunHwa Shim Sung

    Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

    Last Sunday I participated as staff in the ChunHwa Shim Sung workshop held by the Sedona Dahn Yoga Center. Unlike the regular Shim Sung, this workshop was one day instead of two, and only featured a couple of elements from the other workshop. This was my first time experiencing the ChunHwa Shim Sung workshop, which […]

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