Benefits of Yoga

Practitioners often begin a Yoga exercise class with a specific health goal in mind, such as increasing flexibility or reducing tension. However, it is not unusual for them to soon report additional benefits they had not anticipated such as improved sleep, reduction in food cravings, or an overall sense of well-being. In addition to the physical benefits of yoga, you may also experience enhancements to your mental and emotional well being.

Dahn Yoga will make your body healthy and strong, while also helping you to relax and release your stress. Based in the principles of Oriental Medicine, the benefits of yoga include the release of tired, stagnant and toxic energy, while increasing the circulation of fresh, oxygenated blood to internal organs and throughout the entire body.

Listed below are some specific Benefits of Yoga

Weight Management

Yoga exercises enhance circulationBenefits of Yoga - Weightloss and metabolism, allowing your body to burn fat more effectively from the inside.

"Lost 79 lbs., Healed my Back,
Got off Anti-Depress"
start with, I had a back injury and torn tendons in my wrist and couldn't do
much physical exercise. I had a lot of physical pain throughout the backs...

- Lisa

Stress Relief

Breathing and relaxation techniques will help you relax and release your daily stress, and give you tools to manage stress and emotions more productively.

"Stressful Life to Blissful Life" My life was a living roller coaster.
Full of terrifying turns, spins, barrel rolls,
and even the occasional derailment.
I wasn't sure how much longer I'd be able to balance school, work, church, and finals in the coming weeks....

- Ryan Johns

Personal Well Being

Through regular class and special workshops you can care for body,
mind and soul together.

"Body is catching up
where my mind wants it"
I started right before
Thanksgiving, did Initial
Awakening, Shim Sung,
and still going, now to
Healer School So
physically I have
MS(Multiple Sclerosis)
So when I first started
coming...

- Cecile

Increased Physical Fitness

Feeling Younger

Benefits of yoga include releasing stress and improving blood and energy circulation which will leave you feeling revitalized, refreshed and ready to face the world!

"One year of training
makes a 30 year difference"
I joined the D.C. Dahn Yoga Center nearly a year ago now, after picking up a brochure one day and calling for a health assessment a week or so later. I have found that the healing sessions, classes...

- Pamela Mandel

Disease Recovery

Daily yoga exercise restores proper blood and energy circulation which strengthens the immune system, thus increasing the body's natural healing power.

"Relief from back pain" Its been the most amazing month of my life. Experiencing tremendous change in my body. Feeling the energy flowing through me like never before, and in particular I am feeling freedom from lower back pain that has plagued me for 30 years...

- Robert

And much, much more!
Thousands of Dahn Yoga enthusiasts around the world have experienced the extraordinary Benefits of Yoga and DahnMuDo (qigong), and are happier, healthier
and more peaceful because of it.