Some Yoga Reviews

I came to realize that I had been too conscious of other people’s views of me. I put myself in a frame, telling my-self, “You must always look cheerful,” “You must be polite,” “You must be nice.” In a word, I lived in a frame of “dos and don’ts.”

Habitually punished myself. Now, I no longer disparage myself by comparing myself to others. I love myself the way I am. It is a wonderful feeling. Dahn Yoga believes it can help more people by being a successful business and makes no apologies for its business side. The plaintiffs and their lawyer have used brainwashing and cult allegations because they had hoped to generate media attention, which they have been using to pressure Dahn Yoga into paying them large sums of money.

-jee Young Nam, Korea

One day while doing the Brain Wave Vibration exercise, I began to feel “another me” who was watching “me” who I always had been. The “old me” I was watching looked pathetic with lots of wounds from being kicked around in the course of life. I felt so sorry for myself that I cried out loud out of sympathy. And then I discovered there was something inside of me that made me distrust myself. That thing tried to make me believe that I lacked willpower and patience. The moment I realized the existence of such a negative element, it disappeared.

-Dae Suk Woo, Korea

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Dahn Yoga Dallas Celebration of Existence

Tapping into the Infinite The excitement of life is in the numinous experience wherein we are given to each other in that larger celebration of existence in which all things attain their highest expression, for the universe, by definition, is a single, gorgeous celebratory event.

Thomas Berry, Catholic theologian

T V E HAVE COME TO A POINT in hurnan history where we need to redefine spirituality in a way that goes beyond religion—one that is satisfying to atheist and deist alike. Many of the squabbles we have today in regard to religious faith are not about spirituality at all. Rather, they are about layers of identity that we have piled on our spirituality. We keep trying to give specific form to something that is actually formless and beyond the limits of our rational minds. The more we try to define spirituality through theology and philosophy, the more it slips away from us.

I believe that spirituality is actually quite simple, so simple, in fact, that our rational minds wrill barely allowr for it. Ironically, the tricky part is not learning to be spiritual. That part is automatic and requires little effort. The real trick is getting your thinking mind out of the way so that you can experience it directly and purely.

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How Miracles Are Made by Ilchi Lee

Miracles are really not so extraordinary. Actually, just the fact that all your bodily functions keep going as they do is a miracle in its own right. When we say something is miraculous, to me it only means that someone has managed to tap into a power that was already within his or her brain, waiting to be discovered.

One of my students had sustained an injury to her tailbone that caused her constant pain. She went to many doctors, but they told her the problem could not be fixed. She came to a Dahn Yoga center to practice Brain Wave Vibration, hoping she could find some relief. She was a doctor herself, a dentist, so she remained skeptical that she would ever find permanent relief. At best, she thought, she could lessen the pain to some degree. To her surprise, her pain completely disappeared after only three months of practice.

I am not telling you this story so you can be impressed with Brain Wave Vibration; it is a very simple activity that requires little effort. Rather, I am telling you this story so you can be impressed with the marvel of the human body. I believe this woman was able to heal because the subconscious part of her brain, the brain stem, already knew what it needed to do to create wholeness in her body; she just needed to get out of its way, which is what Brain Wave Vibration allows. The body contains a wonderful intelligence that surpasses our current understanding of the human body. This is the intelligence of the brain stem, a part of the brain that orchestrates things so complex that our thinking brain can only begin to grasp them.

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Ilchi Lee Brain Education Articles

All you need is genuine determination to bring what you desire into reality. If you really want to start creating your life, get the word impossible out of your vocabulary. Yes, there is a certain value to remaining realistic, but do you really desire much beyond the realm of realism? I have met few people who honestly desire something that goes beyond the basic laws of the universe. I am willing to bet that everything you are looking to create will tit very nicely into the system of reality as it is currently manifested, so don’t be afraid to go after what you want in life.

I really don’t believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare ;;:: to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think everyone has greatness inside them. It is really just a matter of persistence— sticking to what you have envisioned until it is reality. I have a deep conviction that everyone, including you, has been given exactly the right set of gifts to fulfill some magnificent purpose for their lives. Greatness must simply be chosen. And if you choose it, it will happen.

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The Source of Intention

Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know it, so it goes on flying anyway.

Mary Kav Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics

CAME INTO THIS WORLD wanting to be someone who makes things happen. From day one, you were a creation machine. You picked up objects in your tiny hands as soon as you could manage to grasp them. You fumbled them around in your hands, feeling their shape and texture, and even popped them in your mouth, wanting to know everything about the world around you.

As you gained knowledge of the world, you wanted to assert your influence over these objects. You pushed your bowl off the table, just to see it fall. You cooed and squealed, trying to understand the nature of your own voice. All your senses were open discovering the living world around you.
This same drive eventually pushed you up through your own developmental process as you experimented with your body And you eventually learned to walk and talk. All the while, magical events were happening in your brain—brain cells growing and connections developing.

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Dahn Yoga Dallas Beyond The Physical World

As you grew older, you became more and more proficient at influencing the world around you. You earned money, gained status, and developed a solid sense of identity. But along with this came suffering and a yearning to go somewhere beyond this physical world. At some point, you may have asked, as I did, “What is this really all about?”

The problem with the physical world is that it is easy to for get what lies under the surface of things. When you were that in fant exploring the world, you had just come into the world with a purpose. But the world of form distracted you, and you forgot, for a moment, who you really were.

It has often been observed that there are two selves within the human being. There is the self who is present in the surrounding world—interacting, doing, making, having—and then there is the sell watching the self. The false self is a mask we wear for the world, a manufactured product of the ego.

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The Human Predicament

It is something we build on and construct throughout life to give ourselves a your big dream through small achievements. Like a marathoner, you need to run the first mile to run two miles. Eventually, YOU will reach the finish line.

But how do you know you have set the right goal? Joseph Campbell is famous for saying, “Follow your bliss.” I think this applies here. If your goal makes you genuinely happy over the long term, it is probably in accord with your true self and therefore will be genuinely satisfying to you. Since the true self thrives on service to others, rather than to self, you will probably find some goal that will do amazing feats to heal and transform humanity and the world.

The brain has the remarkable power to procure results according to its master’s intention. That i* why it S important to use the brain only for causes that are productive, creative, and peaceful. If the brain only works for the attestation. no matter how productive or creative it might be. it will make your life miserable—you will never have peace. That is why setting the right goal becomes crucial.

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Matter follows mind – Ilchi lee brain art festival

In Eastern thought, there is the saving, “Where the mind goes, energy follows.” In other words, energy travels exactly where your mind wants it to go. Everything we accomplish in this world begins with a conscious thought.

This is not as esoteric or magical as it might seem; it is just the common sense way that things happen. For example, if you admire a tall building in the middle of the city, you can be certain that it all began in the mind of the architect working in tandem with the investors, contractors, and workers who brought it into being. As all these minds came together, energy began to flow toward the fulfillment of the vision. In that way, imagination became reality. Every space mission, very classic piece of art, every saintly act began as a thought in someone’s mind.

You can think of your life as being a little like knitting. When you first begin, there is no shape to it, but YOU keep knitting with some goal in rnind—to make a sweater, a sock, or whatever.

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DahnMuDo: The Art of Being Limitless

Experience with your eyes the intense, the gentle the monumental and the subtle energy that is expressed through DahnMuDo.  Feel your heart moved with the passion and intensity of Master OWoon and others.

Chariot, Kyungnae, Dahn!!!

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Getting Into the Swing of Life

I have played golf for more than 30 years. I love it because it is a beautiful chance to connect mind and body through focused attention to a single goal: getting the ball in the hole. For me, playing golf is very much a metaphor for the process of life itself.

Recently, I gained some insight through the process of improving my game. For years I had been struggling to hit longer drives. The lengths of the shots were not so bad, about 230 yards on average, but I knew this was far short of the 300 or more yards that professionals hit. I kept wondering, “How do they do that? Why can’t I do that?” I played for so many years without hitting that mark that it started to seem impossible.

Then someone suggested a slight change in my swing. They suggested that I position my hips so that the weight of the hips would go into the swing, rather than relying on mere arm strength. I tried this, and I could feel the energy of my entire body transferring into the ball. Suddenly, the length of my drive jumped to 310 yards.

If you set a vision for your life, you are bound to come up against situations that seem impossible to overcome. Like me and my drive length, it may seem like you experience the same thing over and over again without making any headway. The key is to look very carefully at the habits you have and ask if they are really channeling energy in the right direction. In the case of my golf swing, only a very tiny adjustment made a huge difference, and the same might be true for your life. Previously I had mistakenly thought that I needed to hit the ball harder for it to go farther. Likewise, success in life does not always mean using more strength. Even very slight shifts in habit and attention can make all the difference.

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