I wish to take this opportunity to relate my experience with Dahn yoga over the years and why I continue to find it a vital discipline as part of my daily life. I first came to Dahn yoga approximately 4 years ago. It came at a time in my life when I felt as if [...]
Published by: Ilchi lee
Brain Respiration purports to allow someone to be the true master of his or her own brain by controlling the quality of information that is input and deleted. It purports to tell everyone that the brain is just another tool that human beings can use to better their lives. Depending on how [...]
The more Ilchi Lee consider the brain, the more excited I become. In particular. I am more than ever interested in the brain for its potential for peace. I have no doubt that when we create harmony with each other, when we help one another, our brains produce hormones of health and good feeling. Although [...]
Yet despite my ordeal, let me emphasize that this awareness does not require any kind of physical trauma or test. It is simply (as I found out later!) a matter of surrender, which can be achieved any number of ways. It is at the moment of absolute surrender of everyday consciousness that one encounters a [...]
Although I studied anatomy and biology as a clinical pathology major in college, it was through my personal experiences that I came to understand my brain. The greatest lesson came during my desperate search for the meaning of my life, when I engaged in a twenty-one-day sleep-deprived fast on a remote mountain in South Korea.
As [...]
Purpose: For this exercise Ilchi Lee tells that open the Im-maek and Dok-maek meridians that run along the front and back of the torso.
Concentration: Feel the stretch along the spine, even if this means you cannot keep your knees straight.
Breathing: Exhale slowly and comfortably while focusing on the spine.
Time: Three to five minutes. If holding [...]
Purpose: Stimulates and opens the Bladder and Kidney Meridians, which run along the legs.
Concentration: Straighten the knees as much as possible.
Breathing: If breathing through the nose becomes easier than breathing with an open mouth, start breathing with mouth closed.
Time: Three to five minutes. If holding the posture causes pain or becomes too difficult, change to [...]
If your chest feels tight, try chest breathing before you start Jung-Choong Breathing. Lie comfortably on the floor face up, spread your legs to about the width of your shoulders, and move your arms to the sides, about 45 degrees from your body. Close your eyes and take three or four slow, even breaths while [...]
Benefits: This exercise helps strengthen the hips and works the buttocks and hamstrings.
Note: As you do these exercises, Ilchi Lee instructs that it is most important to feel the area surrounding the hip joint. Focus on each particular point when rotating your hip joints. Bring your mind to the inside of your legs, then the [...]
We often compare life to a journey, but more often than not, it is closer to a wandering. This is because for many, the destination is not clear. A wanderer does not know where to go, while a person on a journey has a specific destination in mind.
When we have a clear idea of who [...]
