| We usually assume that getting older means a loss of | | | | to see my chiropractor only five times in the past 3-1 |
| energy, strength, flexibility, purpose and even hope. | | | | 2 years. I gained back one inch in height. I felt full of |
| And in their place: one or more major diseases and | | | | energy. Then my body changed. Weighing the same |
| several minor conditions. For more and more people in | | | | as I had six years before, I lost 19 inches in my |
| the United States and around the world, the answer | | | | arms, thighs, waist and bust. I am wearing clothes I |
| is holistic fitness training. In size, reach and reputation, | | | | wore when I weighed 20 pounds less than I am now. |
| one of the leading training systems globally is Dahn | | | | Even my eyesight got better. I went from 2.50 to |
| Yoga & Health Centers. | | | | 1.25 magnification." |
| In her early 60s, Sandra lives in the Midwest. As a | | | | As typically occurs with Dahn Yoga training, |
| Dahn Yoga practitioner for more than three years, | | | | improvements in physical conditions lead to feeling |
| her case is typical of people who improve their | | | | better emotionally. According to Sandra, "Driving in |
| physical health and emotional state through regular | | | | heavy traffic has always been a challenge for me. I |
| classes, individual healing sessions, advanced | | | | became angry, frustrated and impatient. Thanks to |
| workshops, and practice at home or the office. | | | | my Dahn practice, it no longer bothers me. Switching |
| With Arthritis, Sandra experienced a life of pain and | | | | lanes is not a contest or a personal insult any more. |
| limitations, and other related health problems. Here | | | | I'm relaxed, thinking, 'It's just traffic.' The traffic has |
| are her words, "Before I started Dahn Yoga,several | | | | not changed, but I have." |
| life events combined to create depression and | | | | "A number of deep personal issues from long ago |
| several physical challenges. I retired from a 45-year | | | | have resolved themselves. Because of the various |
| working career, my sister had a mentalbreakdown, | | | | programs that I have taken, which Dahn Yoga's |
| and my elderly mother passed away. Arthritis, two | | | | founder Ilchi Lee created, I do not feel guilt or shame |
| degenerated discs in my back, and soft tissue | | | | for not succeeding in some life choices made a long |
| damage from a car wreck 40 years prior made | | | | time ago. After carrying these failure feelings for |
| getting out of bed in the morning very painful. | | | | years, now I am free. This freedom improved my |
| "I had to walk bent over from the waist for a few | | | | self esteem to where I felt good enough to start |
| minutes before I could stand up strait. I had standing | | | | Internet dating. I am now in a serious relationship |
| appointments with a chiropractor every 10 days. | | | | with a gentle, kind, thoughtful and funny gentleman." |
| Activity always put me in pain, and without a routine | | | | In a total health program, meditation plays a key role. |
| to follow inactivity took over, thus losing interest in | | | | This is Sandra's viewpoint, "Meditation calms and |
| life. Although I did not do much, I was tired all the | | | | centers me. I value the serenity. Dahn Yoga has |
| time. The local senior center offered free access to | | | | taught me that there are many ways to meditate. |
| physical fitness machines, but somehow I could not | | | | The exercises in class put me into a meditative state. |
| get out my door by 10:30 a.m. to drive two miles and | | | | When I start my day with meditation, everything |
| take advantage of those machines." | | | | goes better. Little things simply do not bother me, |
| Then Sandra found Dahn Yoga. As often happens | | | | and I handle the big stuff better. After being a typical |
| with new members, her health improvement was | | | | Type A personality most of my life, I am happy now |
| quick and dramatic. She reported, "Within two weeks | | | | to be Type B." |
| of beginning Dahn Yoga classes, I noticed an amazing | | | | Dahn Yoga provides holistic health and brain education |
| increase in my energy level. I painted walls 13-feet | | | | in the form of energy-training programs to individuals, |
| high from a ladder. I felt alive again. Many of my | | | | families and communities. Dahn Yoga offers a wide |
| women friends asked, 'What are you doing? You're | | | | range of innovative, highly effective preventive and |
| glowing!' I replied, 'It's Dahn Yoga.' Although the drive | | | | restorative methods. |
| from to my home to the center is often an hour, I | | | | Through the 600 Dahn centers worldwide - currently |
| still go at least three times a week." | | | | in the United States, Canada, South Korea, Japan, |
| Like many other Dahn Yoga practitioners, Sandra | | | | United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and Brazil),around 1 |
| made progress in several physical health areas. As | | | | million people use its methods daily. In the United |
| she put it, "I noticed an immediate improvement in | | | | States since 1991, Dahn Yoga has 120 centers in 15 |
| my back. I could get out of bed easily. I have been | | | | metropolitan areas. |