WHO'S EXCITED!!?

That would be me. Because.... who needs a reason life is to rediculouse for rhyme and reason.

SSSOOooo on

Monday the 8th of October

Allison Healer-Nim and I are thinking that a walk and picnic lunch in

Pound Ridge Reservation St.Pk.

would be a whole lot of fun. Bring the kids, the hubbies, and the wives, friends and all are invited for a noncomittal mosey in the woods. Gander at the folieage and get some color in those cheeks. I was thinking kinda like 10 ish or it can be later if any one has anything to say.

keep an eye out for (Friends and) Family Healing Night, here at our center, coming up in October i'll post ya with some more updates a little later.

OPEN CLASS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC EVERY SATURDAY AT 1130 am here at the center. =D

Olga is our new Kids care Lady. Ask her about bringing your children to the center while you enjoy your class. And you can inquire about Kids classes and parent - child combo classes as well.

The Sale

We laughed. We had a Bar-B-Q. We napped (or maybe it was just me). We practiced Dahn Mu Do. We ate cookies, and sold a couple too. And we sold some donated goods. Yes all in all The Bedford Hills Tag Sale / Bake Sale on Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd went well. Saturday we got unexpected rain and so we closed down early. Sunday the clouds had parted and the Sun shone beautifully all day and so the goods walked off easily. By the afternoon we decided to take the show on the road and packed Olga's car with the remaining stuff and trekked down to Port Chester, where we suspected our eclectic collection would be well received. We dropped the selling price to $1 for anything and it flew out our hands to the happy public. It was a long day but we finished happy and strong and our scholarship fund for YEHA / Phoenix grew a few hundred dollars larger.



Stay tuned in for the members greeting card design, coming up in October. We are asking any and all to participate with any and all talent. We will print out postcards and greeting cards to sell to members and the general public starting mid Oct. I look forward to presenting the talents to the world and to see the our members express themselves.



Also coming up is the 50/50 raffle -- 50% of the purchase price of a raffle ticket will go into a prize money purse and the other as a donation to the scholarship fund. We will have a drawing every month at the friends and family healing night (which will become monthly now because its so much fun.)



see ya soon. :)

Keeping the Mind

Amy DoowooNim made a good point to me reguarding the school program, the students do hear the information it just takes time and patience for it to settle in.

A steady stepping of jaeng saeng walking with mind and heart. Perserverance. All trials serve to grow the soul that is why we create HSP in every moment because it is our soul's desire to live this life with the ego we have. Our ego creates the friction that our soul learns from. So when i feel doubt i will remind myself not to loose my mind like a deer in headlights but to graceful move to the other side -continue what i set out to do when all was calm and i could clearly see where it is that i wanted to get to. The other side of the road didn't disappear i'm just blinded for the moment and something is coming at me that i didn't really expect.

Push yourself to do more then you think you can. Recall those times in the past when you did and use them as evidence and support, that your possibilities are far greater than you think. Every moment is a choice -- feel the weight and reality of what you choose at any moment. Do not waste time being distracted by the static noise of your life. Tune in and focus past the noise, into the depth of where it emminates from. Become aware of life in infinate fascates -- beyond our favorite cliches is the awareness of the reality of the cliche the simple rich and abundent infinity of the form of life.

School Daze

Once again Tuesday rolled around on the weekly run and so i dutifully trekked up to Ridgefield CT to the Alternative High School for the weekly class i teach. Don't get me wrong its a duty because i committed to it and i committed to it because i believe in the Dahn Hak Vision. I believe in helping these students and i believe that in a beauractic world where everyone wants proof before trust that this is a vital avenue to actualizing the vision. But Man when people don't want to learn its difficult.

Just lately (interestingly enough) someone posed this thought to me: Buddha was sitting under a tree one day worrying. A disciple approached dismayed that his enlightened master would be worried about anything. The sight shook the disciple to the very core and he insisted on knowing what in the world was goin on with the master. Buddha said, "My worry is not your worry. I do not worry about food or clothing or shelter or companionship for i am one with the universe and all is provided."

"Then what worries you so, master?"

--At this point my friend asked me "do you know what he said?" of course all i could do was stare blankly. I had no clue why an enlightened master would worry about anything all things are taken care of inately. So i stood there like a deer in head lights, "no what?" -----

Buddha said "I am worried for all of my beloved disciples. How can i convey the wonder and simplisity of enlightenment so that all of you may understand it?"

This left the disciple like a deer in headlights.

As a Dahn practicioner dedicated to the cause and organization i don't bother myself with to many concerns at any great length. Yesterday i left the class completely lost. On the one hand i was happy because this means oppertunity for growth. On the other hand, how do i help a thirsty horse drink from a river if it does not understand that the water will quench her thirst?

It Has Happened

Yes it has.

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Keeping the Party Going

Today i'm opening a new blog for the CGI region. Stay tuned and i will post an update (of course) for access.
Saturday afternoon Rosanne Healer-Nim and I spent 3 hours in a New York and Northern New Jersey Healer meeting. It was a brainstorming session for bringing more HSP to our communities and support for one another as we each seek to fulfill our roles. The goal to is to use the Dahn Foundation to Extend Dahn Hak practices into businesses, schools, and government. The ideas and plans are many and multi directional.

I see the Dahn community affecting change not neccessarily desperately but with the same no holds barred tactic of use any and all routes to bring this to the people in any way shape or form. The energy is tremendous and the drive is strong.

It was an empowering afternoon, Healers were pushed to take charge of direction and thrust of the American Movement. A key move in keeping a profound and radical idea from becoming an institutionalized and bore. GIVE THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE; in some ways this in itself is a novel paradigm.

As the engines warm up i'm excited for the growing entity we're all co-creating, be you "just a member" or a person with a desire to take action reguarding your personal state of affairs and the affairs of the community, we all contribute. With little opinion we all rely on feeling the expierience of Dahn Hak Yoga and its positive effects in our lives. Stay Connected, just typing a few positive words you add to the HSP of the nation and the world. Comment on everything, if you never utter a word its hard to know what you're thinking.

Today was community cleaning day -- YYYEEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!
I am happy to report that after class we had a good turn out of big hearted people that gave a bit of their time. these efforts are great for the soul. I know a lot of the woman already clean their own homes as well as their sons' and daughters' apartments or do cleaning work for a living and a special thanks to those of you who fall into that catagory it takes an extra special heart to go that extra distance. THANK YOU for chipping in. To everyone who participated GREAT JOB the Center looks Great. and the energy is awesome. I'M off to a healing workshop now.

Family Healing Night

Sharing the Healing Expierience
Pizza is good for healing
Our 3rd place winner, Debbie is in the middle, and her prize, a book of her choice, Brain Respiration.
Our 1st place winner, Ramon and his daughter Elena. His prize was one free healing with Master Hun.
This is Rosanne Healer-Nim doing a "15" minute massage for our member Biagio DoowooNim.

It was a good time. As assistant manager to Hun JiWonJanNim, I was involved in more of the background work and did not get to participate in the healing part of the night. I was able to bask in the warm glow radiating from everyone's face afterwards. We played some simple games that elisited beautiful smiles and bright laughter right off the bat. As part of our games segment we tested the group with a sensory perception exersice, Milk, Juice, Water.

We formed three groups each with three cups filled with one of each of the liquids. We gave everyone a chance to feel the energy of each one while viewing the contents. Then we had them close their eyes and we switched the order of the cups and covered the tops with paper. Each person had 1 minute to perceive the contents of the cup through Extra Sensory Evaluation.

It took about 3 rounds to distinguish our 3 finalists. Then our finalists went through 2 rounds to determine the out come of winners. Our 3rd place winner was a daughter of one of our members, who had never tried this exercise before. 1st place went to a new member who only started a few weeks ago and also had never attempted a similiar exercise. 2nd place went to a member who was at the HSP Olympiad but missed out on the sensory perseption exercise. It would seem just from this outcome that its about clarity and confidence, just believe in what you feel.

We had a great turn out for the event and the food was good. People smiled and the ensuing conversations were engrossing. Every participent left with a smile and a full stomach and master Hun and I felt the night had been a healing success for all.

High Schoolers are fun

I just returned from the Alternative School - so much fun! The students had a tons of energy although it was all totally up in their heads. Just about all of them had huge smiles and plenty of laughter to go around. I don't remember a quiet moment through out the whole class but it was a first time for doing any type of yoga for just about all of them so I didn't mind the excitement. Its been about 10 years since I was in school and I have forgotten what the "Breakfast Club" really means. Being an Alternative school the student body is comprised of those characters and a multitude of variations from that movie. Having become aware of themselves and being lost in the mix of the regular high school these people have applied to a school that undestands, the boy caught up in the jock role even though its not him, it gives the drop out grundge punk a chance to get to know the beautiful girl, it lets the shy quiet girl blossom into a socially able person, and gives the nerd a chance to become socially adapted to people outside the realm of esoteric theorized academia. These are the born rebels of the next generation. People who want to fight a system of homoginization and are just looking for how to personalize the revolution. I am excited to be apart of their lives and offer the expierence of Dahn Hak as an addition to their growth into adulthood. Chunjikiun - Hong ik ihn gong.

Family Healing Night

Tomarrow night is a family healing workshop and potluck party. I love food especially homemade food from other people. Big smiles and relaxed people make for a happy time too. Right now I am heading out the door to teach yoga to the students at the Ridgefield Alternative High School, who are so excited about it they have volunteered to give up their lunch time for the class. Stay focused on you Dahn Jon.

A couple more pics for you

Convey some really huge concepts,

have some more fun,
behold some of the beauty of enchanting Sedona,
and share some more.

Some Pics for fun

We're seriouse about Peace and fun


AAaaahhh Sedona

A start

Today we open our blog for the first time. I just returned from Center Management Training in Sedona Az. Full of vision and energy I do bowing and meditation five times daily, Intestinal exersices before lunch. After lunch I spend 1 hour in energy meditation. Each day I preform a minimum of 1 healing for our members. Later in the afternoon I prepare advertising strategies, monthly parties for the members to enjoy, and special training classes to keep the members interested in the vast array of healing techniques and energy uses. We as a whole in the Dahn Hak community are very excited by the extent of our growth world wide. We all look forward to presenting the art of healing to anyone eager to learn and could only be happier for all who walk into our centers in search of a healthier, happier, more peaceful life.
See you soon.
-Matthew Healer-Nim