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By YOAV GONEN Education Reporter
\nNew York Post<\/em>
\n(Courtesy of Underground News<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Thousands of city public-school students and teachers are participating in a “Brain Education” program run by a group with ties to an alleged cult.<\/p>\n

For the past three years, the Department of Education has shelled out nearly $400,000 for 44 schools to participate in the Power Brain Education company’s lessons and workshops.<\/p>\n

But dozens of former employees of an organization called Dahn Yoga — whose founder developed the teachings for Brain Education — said the school program is run by a group that is part of a vast web of interrelated companies conning participants into investing all their time and money in unproven health and healing activities.<\/p>\n

The former workers of Dahn Yoga, which operates 130 health centers and two training retreats across the country, filed a federal lawsuit in Arizona in May charging that its activities are abusive and grow increasingly devotional over time to the group’s founder and spiritual leader, 57-year-old Seung Huen “Ilchi” Lee.<\/p>\n

“If my child was [participating in Power Brain], I would pull them out in about two minutes,” said lawyer Terry Brostowin, who settled a wrongful-death suit against Dahn Yoga last year. “I would be very scared.” Read more: click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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