Aug 16th, 2008
Concrete Benefits of BEST
In a study conducted at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Dr. Sung Lee studied the outcomes for practitioners who had taken the Dahn Yoga regular class for three months. The participants were surveyed in eight areas related to quality of life, ranging from general health to social and mental well-being. The practitioners improved significantly in all areas measured, including self-efficacy, the critical can-do spirit.
According to Dr. Lee’s book these remarkable results are probably due to the effect of Dahn Yoga on the body’s stress response, which is one of the main reasons people seek the BEST 5 training method in the first place. And this is a very good reason to seek training since over-activated stress responses seem to contribute to many modern ailments, including auto-immune diseases, heart disease, weight gain, and high blood pressure.
In D Hak the abdomen warm, and energy circulates continuously throughout the body. The continuous stress that people experience is rooted in sensory input that over-stimulates the sym-pathetic response. When we meditate or practice deep breathing, we essentially turn off the brain for a while, which delivers it for a moment from the sensory burnout that has become a typical part of our lives. Multiple studies have confirmed the effectiveness of meditation. In actual fact, the brain is not turned off during meditation, but its lobes associated with the five senses are quieted and the regions associated with happiness and well-being are activated.