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