Ilchi Lee

The spirit of giving back

Dahn Yoga for MS is an initiative inspired by Cathy Downie. Cathy suffered with MS for 13 years and is now volunteering her time to spread Brain Education System Training (BEST) principles and tools in the form of Dahn Yoga to people who are suffering from the symptoms of MS.

As a member of the Glendale Dahn Yoga Studio in Arizona, Cathy was able to alleviate her MS symptoms through various BEST programs including Dahn Yoga, Dahn Mu Do, Dahn Tai Chi, and Dahn Healer School among others.

The Dahn Yoga for MS program consists of stretching, breathing, and self acupressure techniques. The various poses open the joints and improve the overall blood and energy circulation throughout the body. The results are not only a reduction in muscle pain, but also spasticity, and fatigue while boosting energy and stress management.

Inspired by Cathy Downie
Instructed by Dawn Quaresima

Gain strength and curb the symptoms of MS with Dahn Yoga for MS, an instructional DVD that focuses on achieving balance, clarity, and energy through breathing, meditation, stretching, and acupressure stimulation. The DVD also includes firsthand testimonials from MS patients who use Dahn Yoga. Purchase it now.

All these things do have one thing in common, however—they were generated through the brain. John’s brain
enabled him to become a school teacher, and it is through his brain that he feels awe when standing before a powerful
painting. A symphony of sensory input and memory within his brain gives rise to his reaction to freshly fallen rain. It is also
within his brain that he stores his definition of what it means to be a man, twenty-seven years old, and African-American.
In some sense, you could say that you are your brain. Or, at the very least, the brain is the instrument through which you experience all reality. And it is through it that you interact with reality—in every  motional reaction, in every choice that you make, and in every dream that you dream. Everything you
ever have been or will become is because of your brain.

from ‘Brain management’ by ilchi lee

A member at my Dahn center shared her experience with using the power of her brain stem.

She had met with our headmaster and discussed with him that one of the most difficult habits she’d like to change is to wake up earlier for work. After doing some brain wave training, she was advised to focus on her brain stem as soon as she wakes up in the morning and then to watch how she reacts differently.

When she woke up the next morning, she did as she was told, and amazingly enough, she felt very awake and bright at 7 am. And please let it be noted that she is someone who normally snoozes through noon….

The more I do the brain wave exercises Ilchi Lee is teaching, the more I am amazed how something so simple can make my body so relaxed and my brain so peaceful. I rely on them for my neck and shoulder tension, and whenever I want to have a more open, happy mind and attitude.

The headmaster at my Dahn center just started brain wave vibration training. He explained that, through accessing the most regular vibration of your brain stem, you can access the infinite healing powers that reside within your brain stem and the rest of your body’s cells. I also started reading Ilchi Lee’s paper on brain wave training. Click here to go to the paper.

The training was deep and pretty intense. It helped me to go into much deeper meditation than in the classes we used to have, which seemed a little ironic to me since you’re moving in constant vibration. ^^

In August, Ilchi Lee met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban, Ki-moon. The agreed that the biggest problems facing the world today are global warming, war and hunger. Ilchi Lee’s solution to these problems is treating the source– the human brain. Using Brain Education, each person can create a happy, peaceful, and productive brain. They can manage their brains well and from that learn how to manage the earth well. They will be more aware of how they are intimately connected to the earth. By paying attention to the problem of managing the earth, they will find the solutions necessary to solve these serious and ongoing problems it faces.

Ilchi Lee has been talking a lot about brain waves recently. (See www.ilchilee.com.) He also teaches that each person’s body, mind, and soul are connected. All of humanity is also connected to each other and to heaven and earth. So each person is very precious, and each person’s brain waves are very precious. Their brain waves influence their body, their environment, and what they create in their life. That’s why Ilchi Lee seeks to help each person have healthy brain waves that will make themselves and everything around them healthy, happy, and peaceful

Ilchi Lee describes how our brain works as a Brain Operating System or BOS. He is always finding new ways we can all maximize the potential of our BOS and use 100% of our brain. There are 3 laws for a healthy and efficient BOS:

1. If you choose it, it happens.

2. Good news makes a good brain.

3. Wake up and pay attention.

As always, Ilchi Lee has given us simple but profound and effective tools for our own growth and happiness. You can find more of his tools and philosophy at his official website: www.ilchilee.com.

Dr. Ilchi Lee

“Feel your brain.” You frequently hear this at Dahn Centers, especially during Brain Respiration training. Although the brain processes all the information that it receives through its sense nerves, it does not possess receptors that allow it to feel itself. So, how then can we “feel our brain?”

To begin, we must understand that our body is composed of matter, energy and information. Matter flows through our body via blood vessels, information flows through our body via the nervous system and energy flows through our body via meridians. Just like the vascular and nervous systems, meridians direct energy to the organs of the body. Ilchi Lee
Although we cannot ordinarily feel the flow of this energy, we can when we concentrate, keeping our focus on the “here and now.” It is through focused awareness of energy that we can feel the brain. Each person possesses a different degree of this awareness, but anyone can easily cultivate this sense through concentration and practice. An example of this sense is the ability to sense the “atmosphere” of a place or situation. The degree of this sense depends on how sensitive your senses are and how focused your consciousness is.

The most effective way to feel your brain is to utilize your hands and head (scalp). Our palms are very sensitive to energy because they contain energy points that are connected to our entire body. Our scalp contains several important energy centers (or acupressure points) and functions as the conduit through which energy enters and exits. Important energy points include the Baek-hoe at the top of the head, the Ah-mun at the back of the head, the Tae-yang at the temples, and the In-dang at the center of the forehead. These energy centers are also linked to the various lobes of the brain: the Baek-hoe corresponds to the parietal lobe (sense of touch), the Ah-mun to the occipital lobe (vision), the Tae-yang to the temporal lobe (hearing and memory) and the In-dang to the frontal lobe (reasoning and emotion).

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