• Table of Contents
  • Integration and Ecstasy by Swami Veda Bharati
  • Darshan with Swami Veda by Sharon Fruechte
  • Hungary Silence Retreat by Dea Frankó Csuba
  • Patañjali in Budapest, June 2011 by László Mészáros
  • Yoga Documentary on OHM TV By Daan De Lange and Kries Mannie Singh
  • Guru Purnima in Orissa by Sudhir Chaitanya
  • After Silence: Full Moon of May 2010 by Steve Siegel
  • If you had just a minute ... by Valerio Gullì
  • Meditation, Mysticism, ... by John David Wilson
  • UK Retreat: The Joy of Yoga by Denise Martin-Harker
  • Ware … A Fantastic 3 Days Workshop by Sabina Cesaroni
  • Thirty-One Graduate from Sewing School
  • Family Serving Soldiers by Swami Veda Bharati
  • World Peace and Prayer Day By Jim Feketa and Swami Nitya
  • World Peace - Summer Solstice By Sabina Cesaroni
  • Swami Veda's letter to the Hungary Facebook community
  • Jenny Lee and DunHuang Energy Dance
  • 2011 Events and Beyond
  • Full Moon Meditation Dates
  • Location of our SRSG ashram
• AHYMSIN Newsletter Archive

Jenny Lee and DunHuang Energy Dance

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Jenny Lee has kindly offered to serve as a volunteer at the Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat in December 2011.

Jenny Lee comes from Taiwan and was initiated by Swami Veda five years ago. Jenny had worked for CYC (Chinese Youth Corps) almost 20 years focusing on education training and the outdoor activities of youth. During her service in CYC, she had organized a yoga group visiting Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama and studied TTP there. She had also invited Swami Veda and other teachers to teach yoga in Taiwan  several times.

Jenny Lee has also been learning DunHuang Energy dance since 2008 and has been teaching it in some schools and centers. In addition to Yoga and DunHung Energy dance, her interests also include painting, traveling, and meditation.

Swamiji has written "dance does not need words to communicate, it is a language everybody understands."

Jenny Lee writes, “I am very happy to go to ashram for helping the Childrens' Retreat in December this year, to offer my expertise to the youth, such as ‘DunHuang Energy Dance’, ‘Yoga Dance’and ‘Free Movement and Creation’ …I would like to be a volunteer and share the responsibilities if the program needs it.”

DunHuang Energy Dance

By Jenny Lee

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DunHuang Energy Dance originated from the DunHuang Wall Paintings in China. The S-type of gesture generates energy, joyful happiness and healthy learning.

The Dunhuang Energy Dance involves body movements; the Tai-chi and Chi-Gong practices are breathing techniques. The fusion of these two takes the dancer to a higher state of consciousness.

S-shape of DunHuang Dance -- The Way of Generating Chi

Initiated from DunHuang cave paintings, DunHuang Energy Dance has her major gesture on S-shape of figures. The S-shape, according to DunHuang historical records, symbolizes the flow of Chi or breath. S-shape also resembles Yin and Yang (female and male) in ancient history. The type of practice DunHuang Energy Dance is proved as actually a breath dance.

According to Chinese study, breathe exercise may induce Chi (氣) within our body. Chi will lead the human body to create or generate energy. One has Chi to circulate in the body and blood circulation turns out smooth and healthy. If one has constant exercise on Chih and its circulation, he will continue on increase of immunity in the body.

Breathe Exercise -- Increase Energy within Your Body

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A particular brain wave experiment has been conducted by Professor Li (李嗣涔) of Taiwan University along with several doctors from Hsin Kuang Hospital many years ago. The result of the experiment shows that when DunHuang breathe exercise has been experienced the brain wave goes into "tranquility". Professor Li explained that when one’s brain wave goes into "Vibration", it is in primary step of this exercise. But when he is in "tranquility", he is on top of practice.

It is delightful to know that DunHuang Breathe Dance has certain effect on human body especially brain wave.

Body, Mind and Spirit -- All Dimension Study for Good Health

People live in a world of pressure and stress today. Various kinds of sickness such as neurosis bring  a decrease of immunity in our body.

And whenever our body, mind and spirit were under attack by pressure and stress for a long time, we are exhausted. This is a so called energy crisis in our body, making us unbalanced. It is a good thing to practice DunHuang Energy Dance to balance our body, mind and spirit; especially when you meditate stilly  and keep silence after dancing, it is helpful to relax the body and easier to focus on the mind.

The Sixteen Patterns of Practicing DunHuang Energy Dance

1. Appropriating palms and generating Chi
2. Rejoicing and being comfortable
3. Standing Buddha in Meditation
4. Being auspicious and satisfactory
5. Being spirited and disengaged
6. Being graceful and delightful
7. Collocating lotus on blossom
8. Dispelling cloud to the Sun
9. Worshipping Buddha of a Child
10. Swinging between Heaven and Earth
11. Being substantial like flowers
12. Flying fairies to spray petals
13. Pacing up and down like lotus
14. Performing in merriment and flow
15. Presenting Buddha on blossom
16. Appropriating palms and accepting Chi

Three Dances of DunHuang Energy Dance

There are three dances that comprise the Dunhuang Energy Dance. The basic one is the “Zen Melody” dance, intermediate is the “Chi” dance, and the advanced one is the “Flying Fairies” dance. They were created by my teacher Ms. Hsung Chung-hwa.

You may download a Powerpoint slideshow with some additional images showing DunHuang Energy Dance with its Indian origins.