Then November came around and my wound was healed. I was ready catch up and start my training again from the 10th. On Nov 6th, I lost my brother (age 24) in a car accident. Then on Nov 8th my grandmother followed him and passed over. They were both living at my parents home, my grandmother in her last days suffering from cancer and my brother seeking acceptance and peace.

“What the HELL?!” I was angry, lost, confused, and traumatized. “THIS CAN”T BE REAL, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!” It was painful…but I was grateful for friends who comforted me with supportive words and gestures.

I sought out help to get physical and emotional comfort by going to my favorite kinesiologist and a therapist. That helped in the beginning…but I still just wanted to forget about it all. I would go out to drink with friends until the brink of dawn….clubbing and “just having a good time.” That helped but was temporary. I had several messages from my Dahn Instructors by this time. Finally, after seeking support and trying to fulfill my needs from external sources, I realized that I needed help getting back on track by trying to heal from within. I showed up last week out of the blue for the Brain Wave Vibration training. The first day it felt awkward, and at the end of the session I felt sleepy, very sleepy. Then in the days to follow, my body started to connect, ignite, and remember the power from within.

The Head Instructor featured a video clip from Ilchi Lee that talked about death and that it’s just part of the process of transitioning to become a enlightened spiritual being. It was comforting to see it and it also confirmed to me that my brother was at peace and is Free. My heart resonated not only with this special message but also with the music from the Brain Wave Vibration training. So powerful and healing…music, message…my body, mind, and spirit freely captured in the RYTHYM. A few days later, during the training I was given a message, “PEACEFUL” and shown a picture of a long shiny Sword cutting open the shell of my dark self and bringing out a bright light. The training sessions felt shorter and shorter as each time passed…and easier to just step into the flow.

The final day, I felt as if I was with the flow of the music and at ONE. It felt blissful, peaceful, and serene. Somewhere and sometime between the last training days my anger and confusion dissolved. I have confirmation from within…MY body, mind, and soul…that everything is fine and at peace. I am again ready to ROCK! and to continue on my path. Gaining insight, strength, and gratitude from the recent events, I feel resilient enough to proceed to serve my humanity.

Thank you to my instructors and to Dahn Yoga for the opportunity to discover and share my extraordinary experiences from Brain Wave Vibration training. Whether that may be the community service of protecting and leading the way to a better quality of life or sharing and creating a much needed awareness of healing our planet…. it shall be done!! and So it is…
–Tomoko

Years ago as a child, I was introduced to the concept of yoga by my father. I always felt in my heart that I could use this art to better my life. However, I never knew how. Initially I started doing yoga at home from pictures I cut out of yoga magazines.
Through yoga movements, breathing and poses, I realized that there is so much more to me than meet the eyes. I guess I always knew this but I could never touch it and feel it with my heart.
I began to see that with coaching and direction, I could apply the moves and use them in a way that can help me get in touch with my inner self.

A couple of years ago I went to the lowest level of human existence, which is the feeling of shame and guilt. I was able to pull out of that but I needed more help and guidance. I felt lost.

Joining Dahn Yoga has opened my inner eyes to a part of me I always knew excited but could not fully touch or feel.

I found out that I have been on the “right” path. I realized that I must continue to use my heart as my guide. I found that it has always been my heart that saved me from depression, and anxiety. It has been my heart that has always been there for me. I just never appreciated it the way I do now.

I realized that we are not ever alone.

Doing the shim sung workshop was an amazing experience. I went into it with a goal and came out with so much more than I ever thought possible.

For me it has been confirmed through these classes, the workshops and the guidance of the masters that searching for who I am is an ongoing process, my purpose in life is to continue staying close to my heart and to myself so that I can continue to reach out to others.

I know that all of us human beings on this planet are connected and we all have amazing, giving hearts that needs to be respected, loved and nurtured on daily basis.
I know now that by keeping peace in my heart, I can reach out to so many people. We all have a beautiful inner self. We can use that to help ourselves. Knowing that we are all connected and a part of a much bigger picture, we can lessen the pressures of daily life.

To live life fully, one must embrace the good and the bad and to welcome all that there is.
For without sorrow, there is no joy, without sadness, no happiness and without hate, no love. It is when we embrace it all and laugh all our laughter and cry all of our tears that we know we are one with ourselves and with others. It is only then that we can say we have lived a full life no matter how short or how long the length of our physical existence.
Yoga keeps reminding me on daily basis that I am the master of my life and my body and that every day I have a choice to make my life better or………..

I guess what I am trying to say is that all the knowledge that we need is within us. We just have to listen to our heart and make a choice.

“What arises from your heart can only land on another heart.”"
–Marjan Behjatnia

My first visit to Sedona included a lot of physical pain in my body. It was as if being there brought about all the pain my body had ever felt. There were times when I did not think I could stand the pain any longer. I wanted to run away but where could I hide from this pain, I certainly could not run from it. On the third day everything changed. While in class we were given instructions on healing our own bodies. In just one split second it happened. All the pain left me. It was gone my body healed itself. The intestinal pain that was unbearable was gone. Along with that those two whiplashes that had caused me decades of neck and headaches also left me. My knee, my ankle, those injuries that had caused me pain, gone??? Had a miracle occurred? It has been almost three years and none of these past pains have revisited me. Even sleeping patterns have changed allowing me to sleep straight through the night.

When you attend Healer School you meet people from all over the world. They come with a common goal. That common goal is to heal and once you heal your own body you can help to heal others. In Mago Garden you are surrounded by pure unconditional love. It wraps its loving arms around you. On the sacred grounds all this pure loving energy offers perfect healing conditions. They say when a student is ready to learn the teacher comes. In Mago Garden there are many exceptional teachers.

When you balance the energy in your body you then can experience many wonderful things. You soon learn what it feels like to have true inner PEACE!!
–JoAnne Stafford

–Gale McKay

A few days later, I found a Dahn Yoga and Tai Chi advertisement in a NY Deli restaurant where I was having lunch. I called that day and set up an appointment in the Beaverton, Oregon center for the next morning. When I walked in, I felt a peace and love exude from the Dahn center and the members. Master Lee took me for my consultation, and though I had told her very little about myself, she knew exactly where I had health and mental problems, and what I needed to get these fixed. I started a 3 week trial, and after one week, I knew I was in the right place. I had tried other yoga centers, but none had the energy circulation, breathing techniques and spiritual meditation needed to help my life. My finances were very limited, and despite knowing I needed the workshops and healing, Master Lee helped me to use the original money from the 3 week trial to extend to a one year contract for the daily classes. Over the next few months I began to grow and feel warmth and peace, similar to the feeling as a child. The physical aspect came fairly easy for me, but focus was difficult, and I struggled with the meditation and breathing. Master Olga from the Portland center helped me with my breathing, learning to breathe through my Dahn jon, rather than just my lungs, which in turn helped my focus immensely. After 5 months with the center, I learned that Master Lee would be leaving to train in a different state. I was very upset, and did not go to class for a few days. Master Ahn had scheduled a private meeting with me, and I went to class for the first time with a new Master. I instantly fell in love with Master Ahn, the love and understanding that she had helped me remember that everything happens for a reason, even if it doesn’t seem like a good thing at the time, it will always help us strive toward our path. That day Master Ahn knew I needed Shim Sung, and helped me to get me into the workshop by finding a a way to work with my financial abilities. The timing was perfect, two weeks later I went through Shim Sung and was enlightened in such a way that can only be felt. I let go of my past dwellings, and was now living for my present in the best way I could. I lost much of my ego and neuroticism, and my husband even said my energy and demeanor as a whole was very appealing! Our relationship, as well as other family and friends has grown in a loving, healthy way that has helped everyone, not just myself.

It has now been about a month since I took the Shim Sung workshop, and I know now that I am meant to become an instructor. Every job I have ever had I have worked well with, but I was never happy, and did not feel as though I belonged. I know now that being active with love and peace in my heart is the way to live, and I want to share this with others. There are so many good people that have been bogged down by Western thinking and society, and I know would benefit from this training. With the economy as bad as it is, I have had much trouble finding a job, and do not have the means to take the BMC training as of yet, but I know that Master Ahn and my husband and family are very supportive, and I don’t just believe, I know that the money will come. Money is not so important as it once was to me, the training and ability to help others is! Through my experience with Dahn Yoga, I have come to know that through my love and devotion all will come as needed, and with peace, love, happiness and a smile, I will work hard to make my dreams come true!

Thank you for the chance to share my story!
–Ali Dahl (Beaverton)