Benjamin’s Musings

Dahn yoga

I have tried many different forms of yoga, but recently I found one that is all encompassing and has really helped me beyond any other form.  This type of yoga is the study of life energy and is based on the mind body training of the ancient Korean’s.  Many forms of yoga focus more energy on the body and less on the mind and the emotions.  This form of yoga, unlike any I have ever come across before is more a brain based yoga.  The focus is primarily on the brain as the center of the body.  The brain, they believe is the absolute key to all things good in the world.  They believe that having a strong yet peaceful mind helps center every aspect of your health, both emotional as well as physical.  They believe that this is not only the key to true health but to world peace as well. 

This falls in line with my belief systems totally.  I have always believed that the mind was by far the most powerful tool that we as human beings have.  I believe in meditation as well as keeping the mind healthy to allow the forces of the universe to flow through you.  I always tell people my one perfect example of how powerful the mind truly is.  That example is the fact that you can take a weekend seminar and they can teach you to be able to walk on burning coal without getting a burn.  I think that if this can be accomplished with the mind, and we know that it can, that just reinforces that everything in this world is merely mind of matter.  That being the case, than don’t you think that investing energy in providing the mind with more balance can be a very powerful tool? Well I definitely do.  I have seen people brainwash themselves until they so powerfully can see something and believe it, that they bring it into existence.  I have seen this with people’s health.  For instance a very familiar medical doctor, Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, frequently talks about treatment options for people.  He says that if a person draws a picture of chemotherapy as a bright yellow ray with them smiling then they should definitely take the treatment, however, if someone draws a picture of the chemo and it looks dark and gloomy and miserable, then they should not.  Very simply what he is saying is that when the mind thinks that something is good for the body, than it may help them, and if they think it will be harmful, than it probably will be and they should try a different treatment.  This is a similar philosophy to that of Dahn Yoga and rings very true to me.