I met my first Master, and started classes over the next month. That was the beginning for me over four years ago. Since that time, I have been to healer school, master healer school and healing chakra training. I have taken the lessons that I learned in daily class and multiple healing sessions with many Masters as well as Tao lectures and incorporated them into my daily life. I have found a greater sense of calm and peace since starting a daily practice. I have begun to feel the life force that inhabits us all and have achieved greater stamina with which to pursue my chosen profession. Furthermore. I have realized that the principles taught in Dahn yoga are a way of life and may be practiced at home, abroad with your family or by yourself, in a group setting or with just two people. Associations with the many Masters that I have come in contact with have grown my spirit immeasurably.

Words cannot explain the experience that will come to you by sincere, application and practice of these enlightened principles. I heartily recommend that anyone who is interested in achieving growth of their soul begin the practice of Dahn yoga. I would also implore that anyone who is serious about his or her personal growth pursues this for at least a year wholeheartedly before making a judgment or evaluation of the program. While some people feel the effects immediately in order to really understand the benefits and the principles. As with all good things, it takes time. It is likewise important to realize that to be a part of the Dahn healing principles you do not have to leave your religion,, culture, ethics or previous experiences behind. Truth is truth, regardless of your religion or culture Dahn yoga is simply a way to help you achieve those goals, which in all probability, you already have for yourself. Dahn yoga is not for everyone but it has been helpful to me. I continue to think for myself and live my own life but it’s a much broader life now.

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 you use this tool, the quality of your material life and—far more important—the quality of your spiritual life will change for the better,

Brain Respiration is a training regimen maximized to meet the needs of the twenty-first century. Ilchi Lee said through Brain Respiration, you will obtain physical health, feel mental peace, and ultimately experience that the Creator lives within you. Brain Respiration is the tool you can use to obtain enlightenment in your everyday life to find your True Self. Brain Respiration is the essence of the Enlightenment Revolution.

This book is a summary of all I have learned, and of the messages that have emerged from it. I offer them humbly to you as a gift. I hope that you find them valuable, as you continue your own personal journey.

In truth, I share these understandings not so much to help you as for you to assist me in moving further into my own self-realization. For it is my vision to do whatever I can to help make ours a better world, to assist in healing humanity. And this requires that you achieve your own self-mastery.

It is a paradox. It involves entering a world of nonconscious-ness while being more fully conscious than ever before, Enlightenment is becoming one with that consciousness. It is the ultimate human experience. In such a state you will realize who you truly are. Furthermore, I am wholly convinced that this state of enlightenment is a function of the brain. It is stunningly physical and spiritual at the same time.

Enlightenment is the experience of the integration of the body, mind, and soul. It is the experience of congruence, It is the melding of All That Is, manifested in your personal experience as one integrated expression of the Essential Self.

Not too many people will last twenty-one days without sleeping. And as          Il chi Lee have said, it is not even necessary. Even if you did endure such an ordeal, there is no guarantee that your experience would bring you the answers you seek.

As you might have experienced, Ilchi lee says that, going without sleep is much more difficult than going without food. After three days without sleep, I started muttering to myself; after five days, I was not able to control my body or mind. In fact, I really went out of my mind. It was in that nearly delirious state, however, that I learned to peer into that “place beyond thought.” I had to go to the very edge of conscious awareness. Only then can one access what has been called universal consciousness. Even a tiny bit of “self”" consciousness can block a person from experiencing this realm fully.

When I couldn’t stand any longer, I gave up in the most absolute and utter sense of the word. At that very moment, a voice rang out loud within me: “My body is not me but mine.” Therefore, it followed that it was not me who was hurting; it was just my body that was in pain. It was so unbearable that I was about to give up my body. It was at that very moment, with a lightening realization, that I became aware that my body is not me but mine. I heard the sound of a huge explosion inside my head. Suddenly, my consciousness became very clear, and everything became clear.

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 the posture causes pain or becomes too difficult, change to the next posture.

Contraindications: Weak physical condition, pregnancy, obesity, or spinal disk injury. Avoid this posture and return to Postures 3 or 2.

1. From the previous posture, bring both legs completely over the head.

2.    Keep the heels pushed out as you stretch and straighten the knees. If unable to straighten the knees, just flex your ankles back. It is okay if your toes float above the floor.

3.    The arms should remain stretched out above the head, holding the feet in order to promote proper energy circulation.

4.    Relax the shoulders as much as possible. Focus on exhalation, not on the tailbone.

When we feel fatigued, we don’t usually want to move our bodies, and we often decide to skip training. However, these times are when we need training most. When you feel you don’t have enough strength to take the regular Jung-Choong Breathing sequence, try these modifications.

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 the next posture.

1.    Firmly hold the front or sides of your feet as Ilchi Lee instructed. Slowly stretch and straighten both legs to the best of your ability.

2.    Keep your head on the floor and your lower back as close to the floor as possible. The pelvis will lift off the floor. Vibration is likely to occur as the Bladder Meridian opens.

3.    Completely relax your chest and shoulders.

4.    Be sure to push out your heels to fully stretch the Bladder and Kidney Meridians.

5.    If there is too much tension in the shoulders when you try to grab your feet, try the modified position (holding ankles or calves) to avoid tension in the shoulders.

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 counting to four. Breathing out slowly through your mouth, exhale the energy, releasing the stuffy, restless feeling in your chest. Breathe out slowly, to a count of six. Exhale quietly, with your lips parted slightly. Once you become comfortable with this step, concentrate your awareness on the tips of your fingers as you exhale, imagining that energy congested in your chest goes out through the ends of your fingers. If lying down, picture the energy leaving your body through the tips of your toes, as well as fingers.

The Jung-Choong Breathing postures are most effective when you adjust the sequence of the postures to your own condition. For beginners, Ilchi Lee recommend a 20-minute routine in which the practitioner decides on the duration of each posture. Switch between Postures No. 2, 3, and 4 for 15 minutes, according to your comfort level, A rough guideline is provided for beginners who are not sensitized to energy flow. The ideal sequence should be Posture 2->3-*4-+3^2, but do what feels most beneficial for your body. If you feel a sharp pain or it becomes too difficult to keep the posture, move on to the next one. The autonomic nervous system governs most of our bodily functions and encompasses the sympathetic and parasympathetic networks.

The sympathetic nervous system activates the “fight or flight” response, triggering increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, inhibition of digestion, and release of energy stores for use by the large muscle groups. In contrast, the parasympathetic nervous system activates the functions of “rest and digest.”

The vagus nerve is part of the parasympathetic nervous system, extending from the medulla in the brain to the base of the spine, forming a network of vital links to the heart, liver, lungs, and other major organs.

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 outside, and continue rotating in this fashion.

1.    Relax the upper body and gently curl up the tailbone while standing up straight. When doing this motion, create firm but gentle tension in the lower abdomen.

2.    In an “at ease” posture, lift the right knee up to the lower Dahn-jon level and rotate outward 10 times.

3.    Change legs and do the same motion 10 times.

4.    Lift the right knee again and rotate it 10 times in the opposite direction. Change legs and do the same motion 10 times.

5.    Relax the chest and rotate the hip joint while trying to make sure the feet do not touch the ground.

When we have a clear idea of who we are and why we live, our lives become a journey. A story is created about our lives. And when the end comes, even if the story adds up to only one line, the story reaches a settled conclusion.

Like many others Grand master Ilchi Lee tells that, I also heard that voice one day. I was not necessarily attentive to that voice from the beginning. However, I began to like it as time passed. I grew closer to that voice, and we started to share many things. I shared my sadness, joy, sense of defeat and victory, my pleasure and pain. Ultimately, we shared peace and a smile.

I discovered something long after I became friends with that voice. I realized it never ceased to speak, regardless of whether I paid attention to it. Tlmt voice had been talking to me not only while 1 was awake, but also while I was asleep. I simply had not heard the voice due to other noises drowning it out. Sounds oj the body, thoughts, and emotions arc usually louder and rowdier than the voice of the soul. 77vy tend to speak more, causing the voice of the soul to get lost easily.