Dahn Yoga
Humble, TX 77339
Phone: (281) 540-3246
User Reviews for Dahn Yoga
03/14/2008 Posted by NoMaster
As a former "master" of Dahn Yoga, I feel compelled to set the story straight. The exercises and some of the concepts are beneficial. I know many people who experienced health benefits. Each Dahn Yoga center will be run somewhat differently depending upon the headmaster of the center. So some centers may not have the standard Dahn sales pressure. A member's experience will depend a lot on their headmaster. Yet my experience is that the negatives far outweigh the postives with Dahn. There are many masters out there who have great hearts and good intentions, in fact most started off this way. Unfortunately, the Dahn system is corrupt. The system is built upon disempowering the members AND masters so that they don't trust themselves. Members trust their masters above themselves and masters trust Ilchi Lee above themselves. Regular members probably won't hear much about Ilchi Lee. The organization has gone through great lengths to separate his name from the business, and yet he still controls the organization. He tells the masters what they need to ACHIEVE every year. He sets the goals (the VISION) and masters are taught to have the mentality to "achieve your vision or die." This is why masters will do anything to get a member to sign up for programs and pay a lot of money. I've seen crazy unethical actions performed by masters, but done with the zealous belief that their soul and the member's soul depends on it. Even if you just sign up to take "yoga" classes, the masters will always have a hidden agenda for how to save your soul through enrolling in Dahn programs. Dahn masters are encouraged to have a plan for each member and to focus on the members with the most "potential." Dahn yoga suffers from a case of spiritual arrogance. Ilchi Lee and Dahn masters truly believe that Dahn yoga is the only path for enlightenment. This is how they justify many deceptive and manipulative actions - the end justifies the means. Don't buy into it.
Pros: health benefits
Cons: hidden agenda, unethical
10/20/2007 Posted by ambrosius
I thought it was strange that I couldn't see or participate in one class before signing up and I had to go through an evaluation, and an orientation before going to class, but I signed up for one month, because it had a 72 hour cancellation anyway. I have been to many, many yoga classes, and I actually taught yoga for a few years before I started a family. The evaluation was very strange and painful, but I thought, hey, it's a different culture, be open minded etc., see a class before judging. The next night was my orientation, again very strange, but I hadn't seen a class yet, and I really wanted to get back into yoga. I went to my first class after orientation on the same night. This was extremely strange, scary, and cult like. Beating your stomach, beating your chest. The next day I went in for my refund, it had been about 36 hours, remember I had 72. Well is was very difficult but he finally gave my refund minus the class I had attended and my orientation. There was nobody there and he kept saying he was too busy, and he had to call someone first. I explained I could call and there was nobody there and I wanted my refund. Do a search of Dahn Yoga before you go in there. There are many articles and news stories about it, that I wish I had looked at before going.
Pros: location
Cons: cult, scam
