Untimely death at Dahn Hak RetreatOn July 12th Dr. Julia M. Siverls died on Tiger Mountain, while participating in a Level Three "Master" initiation at the Dahnhak Yoga Retreat Center in Arizona.
Her family said, "We are devastated by her untimely death."
Dr. Siverls's sister-in-law posted this announcement on July 28th at a Yoga related message board.
Siverls was a professor within the Department of Social Sciences at Queens Community College of the City University of New York.
Her death appears to have been both sudden and unexpected.
Dahn Hak is a controversial organization that was founded in Korea by Seung Huen Lee.
Another New Yorker also once involved in the group warned, "Blind faith does not make you wise--beware of with whom you place your trust. It is entirely possible that a group may actually be a cult whose leader uses ancient references and exercises that have dynamic and profound effects to gain the trust of people--so that he or she may cultivate their own ego and riches."
Seung Huen Lee, a self-proclaimed "Grand Master," says that his practice of "Brain respiration strips away the mysticism from enlightenment."
But for the family of Julia Siverls, one Dahn Hak retreat will always be associated with tragedy.
[Posted by Rick Ross at 01:14 PM][Link]
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