Changes in the EEC of Children Through BR. Training
Brain Respiration (BR) training is unique breath-work that aids in developing human potential abilities by facilitating brain functioning. It is known as an effective method to improve the scholastic aptitude and to stabilize the emotions of children. The present study was designated to investigate the characteristics of children’s EEGs. Spectral analysis was applied to examine the mean relative power in the EEGs of 12 children practicing BR training compared with those of 12 matched control subjects who relaxed during the Dahn Yoga training time.
BR trainees showed a lower theta rhythm than the control group before the training and lower beta2 power than the control group before, during, and after the training. On the other hand, the mean relative alphal power of the BR trainees was significantly greater than the control group in the left frontal region during BR training and strongly persisted during the BR training and continued after the stage where the eyes are closed. On the basis of several pieces of evidence supporting a relationship between EEG readings and several other factors, including the emotions and educational evaluation of children, it was found that theta and beta waves positively correlate with changing emotions while alpha frequencies are positively associated with strong educational evaluation. Taken together, changes in EEG readings in the trainees suggest that BR training positively influences emotions and maturation seen in the EEGs of children. Dr. Ilchi Lee says that these findings enhance our understanding of the neurophysiology basis of the effects of BR training on emotion and maturation.
We evaluated the effect of Brain Respiration training on brain activity using Karhunen-Loeve (KE) decomposition as a method for spatio-temporal analysis of the electroencephalogram (EEG). BR training is breath-work that optimizes brain functioning by concentrating Ki energy in the brain. Spatio-temporal analysis showed a significant difference between the EEG dynamics of the BR trainees and the control group in right pre-frontal, right inferior frontal, posterior temporal, parietal, and occipital areas.
The amplitude of the BR trainees in the area of the frontal, temporal, and occipital cortexes was larger than that of non-trained children, except in the parietal cortex, with remarkable high amplitude alpha coherence all over the scalp. Compared with the control group, the trainees’ EEG was of a state, with global coherence, which results in maintaining a tranquil higher alpha activity during BR training. These results suggest that BR training possibly activates the brain functioning through the changes in the activity of the frontal association area where higher mental integration and creative activities appear.
Posted: October 21st, 2008 under Dahn Yoga, Ilchi Lee.
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