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Energy Dance

Phil — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:45:18 +0000

This exercise, also known as Dahn-mu, will increase your energy awareness while also releasing your natural inner grace and expressiveness. It is also very healing, as your body will take postures that will help realign the body and improve circulation. You should develop some ability in the previous exercise, the Energy Meditation, before attempting this. In the third step of Brain Wave Vibration, you may find that your body naturally moves into this Energy Dance.
Begin by follow the directions for the Energy Meditation on page 150.

Focusing on the palms, allow your hands to follow the flow of energy freely. Allow your body to be enveloped by the energy and move accordingly, free from inhibition and restriction.

Jang-saeng Walking

Walking is a natural way to bring rhythmic vibrations to your body, which perhaps is why it is so healthful and refreshing. With every step, you send a wave of energy through your body. Jang-saeng Walking capitalizes on this by adjusting the posture of the body for ideal energy flow.

Your hands and concentrate fully on the space

Phil — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:43:32 +0000

Now allow about 2—4 inches of space between your hands and concentrate fully on the space. Imagine that your shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands are floating in a vacuum, weightless.

Pull your hands apart and push them closer together again as you maintain your concentration. You may feel a tingling sensation or a magnetic attraction pulling your hands toward each other or pushing them apart.

When the sensation becomes more real, pull your hands farther apart or push them closer together. The sensation will expand and become stronger.

Breathe in and out, slowly and deeply, 3 times. Rub your hands together briskly until they are warm, and then gently sweep your palms over your face, neck, and chest.

Dahn Yoga Books Value To The World

Phil — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:46:37 +0000

An extract from Ilchi Lee Books

What I do know is that whatever your mission in life, you will be of great service to humanity. I believe that every person has a great internal desire to find a harmonious way of living on the planet and to contribute something of value to the world. In Korean we call this the Hong-ik ideal, which refers to the desire to be beneficial, not just to you but also to all of humanity.

This sort of mind-set can be a great source of continual hope in your life. People who have a clear sense of purpose are never hopeless because they always know they can make a difference, even if just one step at a time.

There is a natural progression to life that unfortunately many of us have stepped away from. It is like many of us are caterpillars who have decided not to become butterflies. Or maybe we have just forgotten that we are able to become butterflies.

Ilchi Lee Educator Develop a Wide Benefit Brain

Phil — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:28:30 +0000

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.

Develop a Wide-Benefit Brain

The best thing you can do to bring a sense of hope to your life is to discover a sense of purpose. But how can you know your real purpose? Maybe you have searched for that for thirty or forty years and have never found the answer. I cannot answer that question exactly for you because it is ultimately up to you.

Ilchi Lee Earth Citizen Nature Deficit Disorder

Phil — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:28:14 +0000

Author Richard Louy, in his book Last Child in the U’ocds: Saving Our Childrenjrom Nature-Deficit Disorder, suggests that mam of the mental and emotional problems that have become increasingly prevalent in children are linked to their decreasing amount of direct contact with nature. 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.

Ilchi Lee Educator & Nationalistic identities

Phil — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:26:40 +0000

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. 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.

Ilchi Lee educator words about nutrition level

Phil — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:16:28 +0000

To determine your information nutrition level, ask yourself three basic questions:

Is the information I am receiving empowering to me?

No piece of information is worth having if it weakens you or detracts from your ability to realize your full potential. Throughout their lives, many people receive discmpowcring information, messages that tell them “You arc not good enough,” “You are not pretty enough,” “You are not smart enough,” and so forth. You must learn to view these beliefs as tragic pieces of misinformation that have given rise to disastrous results in the world. You must be willing to reject this kind of information, because if you believe any of it, even a smidgen of it, you have unconsciously allowed a destructive virus into your brain.

The worst is when you give yourself this information. Your brain will take you very seriously if you tell yourself that you are not good enough or that you are lacking in any way. It will live up to what you tell it you can do, so always give it clear and positive information about yourself. You can acknowledge that you have shortcomings to work on, but you should not think that your faults are a permanent part of who you are. When doing Brain Wave Vibration, imagine that you are shaking all of this kind of limiting information out of your brain.