Comments on: I Wonder if I Should Start Dahn Yoga

By: Jessica Sideways

Jessica Sideways — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:56:04 +0000

I have been looking up stuff about Dahn Yoga since posting this article and Rak is right, Dahn is from Korea. There are also a number of other things about Dahn that are quite unsavory and make Dahn Yoga look more and more like a cult.

If only Scientology were as unsuccessful.

By: Rak

Rak — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:58:29 +0000

Dahn is not “Yoga” and definately is not associated with any indian philosophy.

Dahn is from Korea.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:59:05 +0000

DO NOT go to Dahn Yoga. I have been a member for 6 months and absolutley loved it when I first joined. It made me feel relaxed and calm. Since you feel so good, they manipulate you into spending more money so you can keep feeling good.

I recently have seen the negative effects that have accumulated over the last 6 months. I have lost contact with family and friends and have no money. There are many other types of yoga. I suggest you find another type of yoga.

By: Leland

Leland — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:37:43 +0000

Stay away from Dahn. 26 former masters/employees just filed a lawsuit that reads like a script of a horror movie; Ilchi Lee raping and sexually molesting women, labor exploitation, brain washing, mind control, enrichment of Ilchi Lee, and illegal immigration.

I currently have a loved one in this cult and I have had to resort to seeing the help of a professional therapist who specializes in cults. Think about that for a second, people get so “into” this organization that a professional therapist is needed to get out.

STAY AWAY!!!

By: jean

jean — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:12:24 +0000

I was involved with Dahn Yoga in West Bloomfield, Michigan for a few months. At first, things were lowkey and I did enjoy the classes. Some of the stuff we did seemed silly and not at all like yoga, but I left feeling calmer. It felt like part of the purpose was to build a family like support group. After about 2 months, there was pressure to schedule and pay for another evaluation. So I did, and many blockages were supposedly discovered. They wanted $200 for one healing session. I put them off, then noticed that the young man who had led our sessions wasn’t there anymore. No one would tell us why.

I do think that this is at the very least a psychogically coercive group who takes advantage of the stress and anxiety many of us feel. I left Dahn, but it is still going in my area. I take real yoga now – Ashtanga and Vinyasa. I think Dahn is called yoga as part of marketing – there was no yoga that I recognized.

By: Jazmine

Jazmine — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:27:11 +0000

Just warning you about these dahn yoga people…i first went to the center not knowing anything about them… after she talked to me for 5 mins, she pressured me to make appointment and pay 15 upfront for assessment fee…..i said no…and i told her no..i will make the appointment but will not pay upfront. i left……..then 2nd day i went for assessment, i paid her 15…after that she told me her rates….then she told me i HAVE TO PAY 65 enrollment fee……..by the way that was a “surprise” fee… then i was pressured into getting a 3 month upfront fee…thank god i paid them postdated checks… when i came back home…i went on the website to find out that 1 month fee was $150, and she told me $180. THEN my mom told me about the lawsuit, after she saw my contract laying on the desk. even before i found out anything, I had such uneasy feelings from the first day. and i got such bad vibes from the so called “master”. THANK GOD I AM GIFTED THAT WAY. BUT I IGNORED MY FEELINGS THAT TIME. AND I HAVE LEARNED MY LESSON. I called her today to cancel my contract, and in the morning going to the back to stop the checks…also BE CAREFUL OF HOW THEY WANT THE CONTRACT TO BE CANCELED IN 3 DAYS, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAIL IN THE REQUEST BY MAIL. THESE PEOPLE ARE CROOKS. THEY WANT YOUR MONEY, AND THEY WANT YOU “HOOKED IN HAPPY LIFE” WITH YOU PAYING FOR IT.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:54:49 +0000

I think sticking with Bikram sounds like a great idea. I know several people who had very strange and negative experiences with Dahn yoga – with so many other options out there, it seems like it would be best to avoid it. I wouldn’t want to be part of such a manipulative organization.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:36:37 +0000

Humm, well, I think I will just stick with Bikram yoga, I am going to start on Thursday!

By: Laurie Kramer

Laurie Kramer — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:12:25 +0000

I can see why you’d be worried. I saw some pretty negative things out there too. Had I let them get the better of me, I would have avoided it altogether.

I went into the center in Scottsdale, AZ about a year ago and signed up for a month, and at first, a lot of the stuff they said sounded a little corny. However, I kept coming to class because 1) it helped my digestion (the main reason I came in the first place), 2) it helped a lot with my stress at work and 3) I always felt better after class. I started to look forward to going.

The main thing you have to listen to is, how does the experience make you feel? If you try something for a while and it’s not working for you, why would you go back?