Dahn Yoga

Dahn Yoga is a practice learned through experience, rather than acquisition of knowledge. However, there are some key concepts that will help practitioners understand how Dahn Yoga differs from other exercise programs.

Three Studies of Mind-Body Development: Study of Principles, Study of Practice, and Study of Living

1. Principles The principles of energy transform a basic stretch into a yoga posture. Three main exercise principles are:

   Shim Ki Hyul Jung: From mind to matter. Energy follows your mind, moves your blood, and makes creation in reality. The basic application of the principle in regular class could be: bring your mind to the moment while practicing to actualize changes in your body.

   Seu Sung Hwa Gang: Water Up, Fire Down Water energy goes up to keep the head cool and chest comfortable. Fire Energy goes down to keep the lower body warm and healthy.

   Jung Choong Ki Jang Shin Myung: From Health to Happiness to Peace. Through stabilizing your physical health, you will purify emotional energy, leaving a clear mind that will light up spiritual energy.

2. Practice The principles aren't learned through intellectual knowledge, but through the body. If a person practices with honesty and diligence, then they will experience the benefits in body, mind, and spirit.
3. Living If the principles of yoga are practiced only in the center, a person will never master them. Practice naturally spills over into everyday life.

Feeling Ki Energy What is Ki energy? The Ki energy system, comprised of meridians and chakras, is inherent in the wisdom of many older cultures. It has been practically unknown to most in the modern day, especially in the West. Your instructor will refer to it as Ki, or just 'energy'.

Ki is not something you can see, or touch, or even prove that it exists. However, you will be able to feel it with practice.

Ki serves as a bridge between body and mind, and will help you feel how your mind's condition affects your physical health. By awakening the Ki energy in your body, you will become more aware of how keep yourself healthy, and how to communicate with your inner self and how to better relate to others.

Brain Management, using the Brain Operation System (BOS) "Our brain is designed to realize what we wish, without any minor errors. If you want success, it will create success. If you want happiness or health, it will create them. Anything is possible, as long as negative thoughts and emotions don't interfere." Ilchi Lee, Brain Wave Vibration

Brain Management is a term coined by Ilchi Lee to express the art of managing your brain, which includes managing every thought, emotion, and movement, to create what you want in your life.

Ilchi Lee created BOS - the Brain Operating System - to express how to manage your brain well. It is comprised of 3 elements:

1. If you choose it, you can create it. If you decide to create something with unshakeable determination, you will be able to make it come true.
2. Good news makes a good brain. Think positively on the path towards realizing your creation, turning obstacles into opportunities.
3. Pay attention! Stay in the moment and pay attention, and your brain will become aware of what action you need to do for achieving your goal.