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