Tao Fellowship’s Sedona Mago Garden

An Extraordinary Place

Sedona Mago Garden (sedonamagoretreat.org) is a world-class, scenic-wonder and eco-harmony retreat site in the incomparably scenic Sedona, AZ, area – often called the most beautiful city in America.

“Mago” in Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden means “Mother Earth” in several Asian cultures.

Founded by Ilchi Lee in 1998, a world-renowned brain philosopher and educator and peace leader, Mago Garden is owned and operated by Tao Fellowship, a nonprofit organization committed to harmonizing humanity and the Earth.

Founded in 1998, Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden is located on 160 exquisite high-desert acres in the heart of Coconino National Forest.

Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden features spectacular mountain views, 126 casita-style guest rooms (for 250 guests), swimming pool and outdoor Jacuzzi hot spa, three vegetarian buffet meals daily, hiking trails, meditation areas, juniper and pine forest, three gardens (healing, herbs and organic), large lake, ponds, and a warm staff.

Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden is a recognized ecological and sustainable retreat center. On the Institute of Ecotourism’s self-assessment Green Checklist, it earned “Five Leaves,” the highest level possible (a score over 90 points on a 100-point scale).

Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden offers guests a variety of activities:  private healing sessions, exercise classes, health programs, horseback-riding meditation, rock saunas, and guided group tours of Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden’s vortexes, Sedona area vortexes and sites, and Northern Arizona (especially the Grand Canyon). 

Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden is ideal for having special occasions – be it a group/corporate retreat, rejuvenation vacation (for individuals, couples and families), family reunion, wedding and honeymoon. Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden’s staff helps make group retreats more creative and productive, and guests feel renewed and connected to Nature and themselves. 

Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden is a superb setting for our excellent educational programs in holistic health, brain education, youth leadership, and personal improvement.

Tao-Fellowship - Mago Garden has become the choice of ecological-minded guests from around the world who want greater health, happiness and peace in their lives.

It’s getting warmer and warmer and seems like it’s already Spring in Texas. When the weather changes some people catch cold and suffer from allergies.  I would recommend to practice Dahn Yoga at your home. It’s not difficult at all.  Any body can do it. First, sit down comfortably on the floor with the half lotus posture. If it is not comfortable for you, then you may sit on a chair. Second, place both of your hands on your knees having the palms facing upward. Close your eyes. Imagine that you are in the middle of a very peaceful, warm and cozy forest. Birds are singing and butterflies are flying in the sky happily. Breathe naturally. Watch how you breathe in and out. As you breathe in, you take in Cosmic energy which will make your body healthy and your mind clear. As you breathe out, you exhale stagnant energy out of your body.

Do this for 3 minutes. Remember, the thing is to relax and focus on your breath. Relax your shoulders. Let the tension in your chest go. It only takes a few minutes to practice Dahn Yoga for your health. This is a very basic and simple example of breath work for beginners. I hope all of you to enjoy energy training and breath work.

Have you ever stopped to realize that you owe everything you are to your brain?
If someone asks you who you are, what do you say?
Maybe you say something like, “My name is John. I am a twenty-seven-year-old man of African descent, and I currently work as an elementary school teacher in Dallas, Texas.”
Instinctively, you and John both know that there is much more to you. John loves most of all to be in the presence of greatart. The hair on the nape of his neck stands up when he smells freshly fallen rain. Both of you have experienced a great range of love and suffering throughout your life. How can one name
or one identity sum up all of this?
All these things do have one thing in common, however—they were generated through the brain. John’s brain enabled him to become a school teacher, and it is through his brain that he feels awe when standing before a powerful painting. A symphony of sensory input and memory within his brain gives rise to his reaction to freshly fallen rain. It is also within his brain that he stores his definition of what it means
to be a man, twenty-seven years old, and African-American.
In some sense, you could say that you are your brain. Or, at the very least, the brain is the instrument through which you experience all reality. And it is through it that you interact with reality—in every emotional reaction, in every choice that you make, and in every dream that you dream. Everything you
ever have been or will become is because of your brain.

The conditions of your life at the present moment are also dependent on the condition of your brain. If you love the conditions of your life, you must use your brain to help you maintain that life. If you want to change the conditions of your life, it will also require effective use of your brain.

From the book “In full Bloom” by Ilchi Lee

Benefits: Increases circulation to the spleen and stomach.
1. Place your right foot forward and your right palm on your right thigh.
2. Inhale and reach your left hand back behind your head, your palm facing the ceiling.

    Let  your head drop  back as you follow the movement of the hand with your eyes.
3. Exhale and slowly return to the original position.
4. Repeat 3 times and then repeat on the opposite side of the body.

from the book “Power brain Kids” by  Ilchi Lee.

The Dahn Yoga Headstand method promotes blood and energy circulation is recommended to all Houston Dahn Yoga members.

Benefits

1. Dahn Yoga headstand promotes efficient blood circulation to the head and brain stem, relieving headaches.
2. Stimulates the brain and enhances memory, concentration, and focus.
3. Regulates hormonal functioning.

TIPS

1. Massage the neck prior to performing a headstand.
2. If you find balancing in the middle of the room too difficult, brace yourself against a wall.

Method

1. Place your forearms on the floor and interlace your fingers, pulling out your elbows so your forearms create a triangle on the floor.
2. Cradle your head in your interlaced fingers.
3. Walk your feet toward your head on the floor, and feel your weight shift from your feet to your head and forearms.
4. Find your balance using your head and forearms, and slowly bring your legs up into the air until they are directly above your head and your spine is straight.
5. Breathe naturally through your abdomen and hold this posture for as long as you feel comfortable.

Hi, Houston Dahn yoga members.

Welcome to our new Blog.

This is space where you can share your experience about Dahn yoga practice.

As Ilchi Lee said, “Good news create good brain,” so let’s make Houston positive and active by sharing our own good news with each other.

I am looking forward to your vivid experiences!!

HSP  ^ _ ^

I am sometimes frustrated by myself, especially when I failed to keep the promises I made to myself. The next day I thought, “I don’t keep my promise. I am not good enough.” That’s my life pattern. Also, I have a typical thinking patterns I don’t like. I repeat some negative thought over and over again in my mind. I tend to make up a story in my mind that someone will do something bad to me or I will be taken advantage of. I do those things not because I want it, but my brain does that without my intention. I just habitually follow those thoughts. The thoughts create emotions. Emotions create another habits.

I read Ilchi Lee’s message on There is always a new you. I really liked this message. When we first come into this world, we are like a clean blank page. As time goes by, we draw something on the paper. We write something on it. Sometimes we draw positive pictures, and sometimes negative ones. However, the paper itself is never good or bad. We have an countless, infinite number of blank sheets in our brain.

I am very impressed by this: There is always a new you. I can always erase the current drawings on the paper and draw a new one. The thing is we should make a deliberate choice and take relentless action. I really want to apply this into my life. I want to create a new me! That’s one of the biggest messages I learn from the Dahn Yoga Center.

Recently there was a National Press Release titling, “American Stress Levels Reaching an All-Time High.” Research at Cornell University proved that Dahn Yoga will help to not only reduce stress but, “participants in a cohort study reported fewer depressive symptoms, less anxiety, and greater self-efficacy.” You can read the article below:

National Press Release

    --  Gas Prices at all time highs
        --  From $25/barrel in 2003 to $134/barrel for August 2008

    --  Housing Market & Foreclosure Rates
        --  1 out of every 501 households

    --  Unemployment Rates
        --  National Average 5.50%

    --  Economic Recession & Inflation
        --  June 2008 Inflation Rate: 5.02%

    --  International Conflicts
        --  Iraq, Afghanistan & Africa

    --  Obama vs. McCain: Election 08 atypically polarizing

    --  Baby Boomer Health, Aging Concerns & Social Security

     Contact:
     Lee Ann Fleming
     VolumePR for Dahn Yoga
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Dahn Yoga is an integrated mind-body training method that combines deep stretching exercises, meditative breathing techniques, and energy awareness training. Its objective is to help practitioners achieve their highest level of personal potential.

The traditional name for Dahn Yoga is Dahnahk, which literally means “the study of energy.” In Korean, Dahn refers to the primal, vital energy which is essential to all life forms, and hak refers to the sudy of a particular theory or philosophy. Thus, a Dahnhak practitioner is one who studies the system of energy for the purpose of overall self-development.

From Meridian Exercise by Ilchi Lee

Has anyone visited Ilchi.com yet? It’s a new website that was created because Ilchi Lee wanted a way to interact personally with Dahn members. It’s a very ineractive website where you are welcome to a numerous amounts of activies.
It shows his personal story about how his personal story. http://www.ilchi.com/global-initiatives/  This one inspires me a lot, in that it shows that Ilchi Lee &  Dahn not only focus on healing single beings, but as a greater whole in reaching out to the world. Here you can also read a touching and inspiring poem he wrote about peace.

Also there are many online trainings which you can do at home. My favorite is the “Laugh and Walk” exercise. It’s really cute and funny to watch. Jangsaeng walking really helped me with my lower back pain. Not only do I think my posture’s getting better, with it and other exercises I do, plus it’s added a “spring” into my walk!

check it out and go to www.ilchi.com

 Please share your experience here with ilchi.com. What’s your favorite part??