An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher IN owes YOU HAS ARRIVED at the most important part of Brain Wave Vibration the actual practice of the method. The principles behind it are important, and I hope you will keep them in mind for continued inspiration and guidance. But they are all of no use unless you put these principles into deliberate, intentional practice.

The mind-set you keep during this practice is very important. Please approach it with an emphatic sense of intention. Plan on using this as a tool by which you will transform yourself, not just as a physical fitness routine. Believe fully that a perfected version of you waits just below the surface of your existence, and use this method as a way to shake off all the false layers of identification that have been standing in your way.

As you practice, hold in your mind a picture of the person you want to be. Visualize the picture in full color with every minuscule detail in place.

Posted: September 28th, 2009 under Dahn Yoga Books, Ilchi Lee Brain Education, Ilchi Lee Day, Ilchi Lee Earth Citizen, Ilchi Lee Sedona, Ilchi lee educator.
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He cites one study in which kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were found to focus better on tasks when in natural settings instead of urban surroundings.

If you find yourself unable to concentrate, perhaps you will agree that not only children can fall victim to nature-deficit disorder. I would contend that part of the reason adults are increasingly stricken with anxiety, depression, and other forms of psychological distress is because they are simply not grounded.

I mean grounded here in the most literal sense: people are disconnected from the very Earth that sustains their lives. It is evident in the ways we produce our food, choose to work, and interact with one another. As we disconnect from nature, we also seem to disconnect from each other; our relationships sour and our mental health is compromised. And, as we continue to ignore the important role of the Earth in our lives, we allow the planet to slip ever closer to environmental ruin, and we unintentionally invite the physical illnesses that accompany this cancer, respiratory disorders, endocrine disruption, and so forth.

Posted: September 22nd, 2009 under Dahn Yoga Dallas, Ilchi Lee, Ilchi Lee Brain Education, Ilchi Lee Earth Citizen, Ilchi lee brain art festival, Ilchi lee educator.
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Humanity, as they see it, is just a microcosm of the Earth. We have been given the gift of musical, verbal, and artistic expression not for our own glory but as a means of giving expression to the Earth and all creation (Kalweit).

I would like to propose that direct, positive experience of and interaction with nature is essential to your health. Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, humankind has become increasingly disconnected from the Earth that sustains us, and the effect has been regrettable. In the most obvious ways, human health is currently threatened by environmental problems, such as pollution and ozone depletion. But I would also like to suggest that the effects of this go deeper, that disconnection from nature is essentially a spiritual problem that subsequently leads to problems of the body and mind as well.

Author Richard Louv, in his book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, suggests that many of the mental and emotional problems that have become increasingly prevalent in children are linked to their decreasing amount of direct contact with nature.

Posted: September 18th, 2009 under Dahn Yoga Dallas, Ilchi Lee, Ilchi Lee Brain Education, Ilchi Lee Day, Ilchi Lee Earth Citizen, Ilchi lee brain art festival, Ilchi lee educator.
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No matter how different you look or how strange your culture may seem to me, we both rely completely on this Earth. As seen from space, the Earth has no real borders, except where the planet ends and space begins. We must rally around the Earth soon, or we risk losing her along with our own survival. We need to realize that she, the Earth, is our one common bond and the source of our only true identity.

We speak sometimes of being Americans or Koreans or Brazilians or Africans, but in reality, all we really are, are Earth humans. Nationalistic identities and borders are nothing more than illusions of separation. Imagine how this simple shift in consciousness could transform our environmental and political outlook for the better.

The Hopi, the native people who inhabit land near my home in Sedona, Arizona, apply a system of energetic physiology to the Earth that closely parallels the physiology of the human being. According to their tradition, the Earth turns on an axis, which functions like the human backbone. Along this backbone can be found a series of energy centers, analogous to the chakras in the human body, which resonate a primal musical tone in harmony with all creation.

Posted: September 14th, 2009 under Ilchi Lee Brain Education, Ilchi Lee Day, Ilchi Lee Earth Citizen, Ilchi Lee Sedona, Ilchi lee brain art festival, Ilchi lee educator.
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If people act selfishly, it is only because they have been momentarily blinded by their current situation. Give up your need to judge or cast blame on others, regardless of how rotten their behavior may seem. The most effective action you can take is to act on your own true nature, and soon others will do the same when they are ready. Go beyond the world of thought, put your true nature into action, and the rest of the world will follow.

You need only one thing in the world. It is not money. It is not fame. It is not even food. All you need in the world is hope. As long as you have that, you have everything. This is your birthright that you should never lose. If you keep hope, all your other necessities will come soon enough.

You Are the Earth

I suggest that we all seek reconnection to the Earth as a source of hope in the world. First of all, the Earth is our one common value, and it can be the means of reuniting humanity.

Posted: September 10th, 2009 under Dahn Yoga Dallas, Ilchi Lee Day, Ilchi Lee Sedona, Ilchi lee brain art festival, Ilchi lee educator.
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I believe that this music, like a lot of other traditional musical forms, possesses a remarkable ability to affect the brain positively. It may be that rhythmic music has a great psychological effect because the first experiences we perceive with our brains are rhythmical.

Medical science has confirmed that infants begin responding to sounds around them long before they are born. When you were developing in your mother’s womb, your ears were practically the only sensory organs taking in information. Your skin could sense the warmth of your mother’s body, but it was a consistent, unvarying temperature, and you were suspended in the amniotic fluid, an environment with very little variety of texture. Your eves were closed to the dark interior of your mother’s body and your mouth had no food to taste.

You lived alone in a dark world where the unceasing rhythm of your mother’s heartbeat was your constant companion.

Posted: September 5th, 2009 under Dahn Yoga Dallas, Ilchi Lee Brain Education, Ilchi Lee Earth Citizen, Ilchi Lee Sedona, Ilchi lee educator.
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