peace

isn’t a cool concept to have peace in the brain?  I  hope we can all achieve this like Ilchi Lee says…then we would be creative, peaceful, productive

peace

isn’t a cool concept to have peace in the brain?  I  hope we can all achieve this like Ilchi Lee says…then we would be creative, peaceful, productive

Ballet Hang Gong

Since I was very young, I trained in ballet, jazz and lyrical dance. My favorite exercise has always been ballet bar. When I came to dahn yoga, I realized that the reason I enjoyed ballet bar so much is because as I was working through my foot and balance routines, I was meditating — the [...]

A very good posture in Dahn Yoga

Relax lying comfortably on your stomach on a mat placed on the floor. Place your palms on your lower back. Cross your hands with your palms facing up (it’s okay not to cross your hands if you’re less flexible). Pull your toes toward your knees so that your ankles form a 90 degree angle. From [...]

Bladder Merdian Systemin Dahn Yoga

The autonomic nervous system controls, unconsciously or reflexively, all functions necessary for the maintenance of life, such as respiration, digestion, circulation, absorption, excretion, and reproduction. The Bladder Meridian contains a total of 134 acupuncture points, 67 on each side of the body, and has a tremendous influence on all bodily functions since it is connected [...]

When you feel fatigue, do this Dahn Yoga practice

Stretching from the crown of the head down along the spine to the tip of the toes, the Bladder Meridian is the longest of the twelve energy meridians. As an organ, the bladder is a place where urine from the kidneys is stored temporarily, but as part of an energy system, the bladder is very [...]

activating acupuncture points through Dahn Yoga

Whether you’re sitting or standing, exhale slowly as you bend your upper body forward to stretch your upper and lower back. Anyone doing this movement slowly and repeating it several times will feel their body and mind relax, and their abdomen in particular will feel more comfortable. This result occurs because, as the exercise simultaneously [...]

Meridian flowing in Dahn Yoga class

In your regular Dahn classes, you learn to brush your hands down the back side of your legs, from your lower back to your feet, when you change to a sitting posture after doing standing meridian exercises. Why do we do this? We do it to stimulate the Bladder Meridian flowing down the back of [...]

i teach at my center

and it has been the best job i’ve had so far–it doesn’t even seem like work–i have fun with the members, focus on my health and sharing love with myself and others–it’s really a great job.  I am so happy that Ilchi Lee created dahn yoga so we could have these type of jobs–we don’t [...]

Balancing of left and right sides

I’ve noticed that my left side is weaker than my right side.  does anyone know how i can make them more balanced?