Dahn Hak Center
Houston, TX 77079
Phone: (713) 464-7012
Editorial Description for Dahn Hak Center
Dahn yoga classes concentrate on yoga fitness, breathwork and meditation. Intensive master class includes weekend seminar and weekly trainings.
User Reviews for Dahn Hak Center
02/13/2008 Posted by pippakay
to be honest, i haven't taken a class here, i went in to get information about a drop-in class, which is a completely normal thing for a yoga studio to do--but dahn doesn't allow drop-ins! i was told i had to purchase an entire series of classes, it wasn't possible to take just one. what kind of a yoga studio won't allow you to take a single class to see if you like them? that's de rigueur for a 'real' yoga studio. the woman i spoke with was a 'close talker' and made me very uncomfortable, set off all my alarms. there's something creepy about this, and it's not really yoga. best i can figure, it's a hybrid of yoga, tai chi and meditation, which is fine, but if you google it you'll find that others have had some odd experiences there. i'm not sure what it is, but it's not yoga.
Cons: it's just creepy
12/29/2007 Posted by waitawhile
I attended the dahn yoga studio on Shepherd for 7 months, up to 3 to 4 times per week. I never found a better stretching exercise anywhere, nor nicer people, and that's where it ends. They are very secretive about taking your picture and posting it on the board there, unbeknown to me! Why the secrecy (sp) I don't know, but I objected strongly to that practice. Turns out, you give them permission to take and use your picture as the wish when you sign the contract - small print!. I came to see that this is not simple yoga. After 6 months they started "brain wave training", with strange intense drumbeats getting louder and louder, while the students sat on the floor with eyes closed and body swaying side to side. I was waiting for them to serve grape Kool-Aid! This exercise was increased to 3 classes per week and as I wanted only the physical yoga exercise, there were only 3 days I could attend class. The fee is very expensive. I have a number of other serious problems about the unbusinesslike way the studio was run, but by far the worse, was that I began to see this is a cult-like organization. One should Google the founder's name, Ilchi Lee, (founder of "brain respiration") for surprising, or not so surprising, info on this man. Not without controversy. I will say again that for my needs, keeping my muscles flexible, I never found anything better, but as you get to know the organization, you will find it is certainly not only about yoga. At times they use a small plastic vibrator shaped just like a brain, and place it on some spot on your body. It's rather interesting to go just to see what they do next. It's really too bad they don't keep the part of their teaching separate from the physical yoga training.
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