In one experiment, scientists showed fake flowers to highly allergic people. Almost invariably, the subjects, not knowing that the flowers were fake, had allergic reactions when seeing the flowers (Sapolsky). And for centuries physicians have noted the placebo effect, in which a patient’s beliefs about a given medicine may create as much healing as the medicine itself. It stands to reason then that all sorts of negative thoughts and beliefs may have a detrimental effect on the body and that positive thoughts may assist in the healing process.
Once I had a student who was a video arcade owner. He had a quick temper and found himself constantly irritated with the kids in his arcade. This anger spilled over into every part of his life. His body became very tense, and eventually blisters appeared all over his skin. Worried about his health, he came to a Dahn Yoga center and began practicing Brain Wave Vibration along with the regular Dahn Yoga class.
After only ten sessions, the blisters disappeared and his mind-set totally changed. He not only got along better with his young patrons, but he suddenly felt motivated to teach kids Brain Education techniques in a special .after-school program. This man learned to reverse his negative brain waves, and the effect on him and those around him was almost miraculous.
In the tradition of Shin-Sun-Do, the process of the completion and birth of the soul is called “Sung Tong Gong “Wan.” “Sung Tong” refers to awakening, or enlightenment. “Gong Wan” refers to the real effort and work required for a person to actualize enlightenment in the real world. Therefore, the process involves both profound internal awakening and real effort to actualize this new awareness in the world.
Healing Chakra of the Soul
In Words of Ilchi Lee do you remember your immediate past? I am not asking you to recall your previous lives, but rather to think about your recent past in this life… on a biological level. This may be a trick question of sorts, but no less true because of it.
You were a sperm. And you were an ovum. Then, you were an embryo and a fetus. Then, you were a baby, born into this world with the body of a human being. Some of you were received warmly, while others of you were not. This is not too important in the overall scheme of things. Do you know the odds of being born as a human being, not in a metaphysical sense, but in a biological sense? In the Buddhist tradition, they say the odds of being born as a human being are the same odds as a sea turtle encountering a wooden plank floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as it comes up for air. Let’s examine the odds in a biological sense. We all know how a baby is conceived. With each ejaculation, between 100 and 150 million sperm are released.
This game is great for parents and other family members of play with children. It helps create openness, overcomes shyness, and promotes self-awareness.
01. Sit down with a partner on the floor. Sit cross-legged with your knees touching. Hold hands.
02. Look directly into each other’s eyes for 3 minutes. If this is uncomfortable or culturally inappropriate, just close your eyes and hold hands.
03. Take turns sharing what you felt with each other.
About this exercise Ilchi Lee writes this exercise encourages kids to express themselves through movement. It can also serve as a positive symbolic starting place for any change that may be taking place in their lives. Play some light music that your child can dance to during this exercise.
01. Pretend that you are a little caterpillar, crawling around the room. You love to eat the leaves and watch the grown-up butterflies flying about. What kind of butterfly do you want to be?
02. Now crouch down on the floor in some safe hiding place in the room. Wrap yourself up in a blanket or sheet. This is your cocoon. What does it feel like in the cocoon? Do you want to come out?
03. As the music plays, slowly wriggle out of your cocoon. You are now a little butterfly. How do you feel to be out of your cocoon? Slowly unfold your brand-new wings.
04. Open up your wings and “fly” around the room, feeling and moving to the music. Express what kind of butterfly you are in the way you move.
This story is copied from Ilchi Lee founder of Dahn Yoga’s articles about brain education. Ilchi Lee writes once upon a time, there lived a group of caterpillars in a great big, green field filled with flowers. Every morning, when the sun came up, they yawned and stretched, and rubbed their fuzzy tummies. “I’m hungry!” they would say before taking big, juicy bites of leaves.
Then they would slide down the leaves, playing and eating all day.
One day, Baby Caterpillar was taking a sunbath on his leaf when he looked up and saw a beautiful butterfly flying in the sky. “Come fly with me,” the butterfly said. “You can fly, too!” But Baby Caterpillar looked at his own short legs and said, “How can I fly? I don’t have any wings!”
A few days later, Baby Caterpillar’s older sister showed him a picture of their father when he was little. She told him a story: “Once, our dad was a baby eater-pillar just like you.
One day at caterpillar school, Daddy said, “I’m going to turn into a flying butterfly someday!” All of Daddy’s friends pointed at him.
Extract from book of Ilchi lee about identity drawing. Confidence begins with a solid sense of identity and purpose. Help your child examine that creatively.
Have your child draw a picture of his or her life. Be sure to include all the important details family, friends, pets, etc. Use more than one piece of paper if you need to, but limit the time to 15 minutes. Ask the child to explain the picture and why certain details were included or left out. Then ask, “What would you change if you could?”
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This game requires quick thinking, and it will help kids learn the locations of organs in the body. Begin by explaining the basic function and location of the lungs, heart, stomach, kidneys, and liver. Have kids place their hands on each location Ilchi lee writes.
01. The Lungs bring oxygen to the blood every time you breathe.
02. The Heart pumps oxygenated blood throughout the body.
03. The Stomach uses acids and enzymes to break down food to make energy for your body.
04. The Kidneys filter blood to remove excess liquid and wastes.
05. The Liver removes toxic substances from the blood.
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Children may not be aware at first that the brain either consciously or unconsciously controls everything that they do and feel. Tickle a child’s foot and ask him, “Where do you feel the tickle?” The child will probably say, “On my foot.” This is a chance to explain to the child how the brain is the place where the tickle is actually felt. If the foot is removed from the body, it can no longer send the tickle message to the brain. Likewise, all the body’s organs and muscles are connected to the brain, following its commands.
While it is true that the brain is “in charge” of the human body, it can also be said that the brain is useless without the body. The brain gives the orders, but it is the body that puts these orders into action. Brain Educator Ilchi Lee writes sometimes, we are not in conscious control of these actions—as in the beating of the heart or breathing while we sleep—but for the most part we have conscious control over our bodies’ movements. We can control our bodies because we can control our brains.
It is important, therefore, that children have a good basic understanding of the body and its functions. It is helpful to speak of the various organs of the body as “little brains,” organs that are in charge of specialized functions within the body. Through familiarity with various organs and their connection to the brain, children gain the ability to take charge of the body and its overall state of health.
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Here are some exercises suggested by Ilchi Lee. Ilchi Lee is currentlythe chairman of world earth human alliance and the new millenium peace foundation.
Barking Sea Lion
1. Lie face down on the floor. Place your hands beneath your shoulders and inhale as you push up.
2. Look up to the ceiling, keeping the abdomen on the floor. Hold for 5 counts.
3. Exhale and return to the original position. Repeat 3 times.
Flip-up Toe Touch
1. While lying on your back, push your legs and feet up into the air, supporting the weight of your body with your arms and hands. Make your body as straight as possible.
2. Slowly lower your feet to the ground behind your head. Keep your knees straight, bending only at the hips. Hold for ten counts and return.
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Mr Ilchi Lee writes that just as you guide your children to create healthy habits for nutrition and cleanliness while they are young, guide them also to make physical movement part of their healthy lifestyle. As you may know from your own personal experience, it can be difficult to establish a habit of regular exercise in adulthood. If your child gains this habit now, it will be very firmly established in the actual circuitry of the brain, and he or she will naturally crave physical movement of all types, rather than avoid it as an unappealing chore.
The first section consists of a collection of basic stretching exercises for kids. These yoga-like movements are designed to open up the body’s joints, to stretch and strengthen the muscular system, and to promote relaxation. Exercises of this type are well suited to brain development because they require the child to use a wide variety of muscles ir unique combination. Any kind of exercise is good, but these are especially effective for creating a balanced and strong bodily structure while at the same time unity of the mind and body. And kids will become more aware of their own body as they gain flexibility and coordination. If you would like to adapt them to make them fun and appealing to your child, feel free to do so. The important thing is to move! Read Ilchi Lee’s articles here.