Have you ever stopped to realize that you owe everything you are to your brain?
If someone asks you who you are, what do you say?
Maybe you say something like, “My name is John. I am a twenty-seven-year-old man of African descent, and I currently work as an elementary school teacher in Dallas, Texas.”
Instinctively, you and John both know that there is much more to you. John loves most of all to be in the presence of greatart. The hair on the nape of his neck stands up when he smells freshly fallen rain. Both of you have experienced a great range of love and suffering throughout your life. How can one name
or one identity sum up all of this?
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 emotional 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.

The conditions of your life at the present moment are also dependent on the condition of your brain. If you love the conditions of your life, you must use your brain to help you maintain that life. If you want to change the conditions of your life, it will also require effective use of your brain.

From the book “In full Bloom” by Ilchi Lee

Posted: September 19th, 2008 under Brain Education, Dahn Yoga, Ilchi Lee.
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Benefits: Increases circulation to the spleen and stomach.
1. Place your right foot forward and your right palm on your right thigh.
2. Inhale and reach your left hand back behind your head, your palm facing the ceiling.

    Let  your head drop  back as you follow the movement of the hand with your eyes.
3. Exhale and slowly return to the original position.
4. Repeat 3 times and then repeat on the opposite side of the body.

from the book “Power brain Kids” by  Ilchi Lee.

Posted: September 17th, 2008 under Brain Education, Dahn Yoga.
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The Dahn Yoga Headstand method promotes blood and energy circulation is recommended to all Houston Dahn Yoga members.

Benefits

1. Dahn Yoga headstand promotes efficient blood circulation to the head and brain stem, relieving headaches.
2. Stimulates the brain and enhances memory, concentration, and focus.
3. Regulates hormonal functioning.

TIPS

1. Massage the neck prior to performing a headstand.
2. If you find balancing in the middle of the room too difficult, brace yourself against a wall.

Method

1. Place your forearms on the floor and interlace your fingers, pulling out your elbows so your forearms create a triangle on the floor.
2. Cradle your head in your interlaced fingers.
3. Walk your feet toward your head on the floor, and feel your weight shift from your feet to your head and forearms.
4. Find your balance using your head and forearms, and slowly bring your legs up into the air until they are directly above your head and your spine is straight.
5. Breathe naturally through your abdomen and hold this posture for as long as you feel comfortable.

Posted: August 15th, 2008 under Dahn Yoga.
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Hi, Houston Dahn yoga members.

Welcome to our new Blog.

This is space where you can share your experience about Dahn yoga practice.

As Ilchi Lee said, “Good news create good brain,” so let’s make Houston positive and active by sharing our own good news with each other.

I am looking forward to your vivid experiences!!

HSP  ^ _ ^

Posted: August 5th, 2008 under Dahn Yoga, Uncategorized.
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I am sometimes frustrated by myself, especially when I failed to keep the promises I made to myself. The next day I thought, “I don’t keep my promise. I am not good enough.” That’s my life pattern. Also, I have a typical thinking patterns I don’t like. I repeat some negative thought over and over again in my mind. I tend to make up a story in my mind that someone will do something bad to me or I will be taken advantage of. I do those things not because I want it, but my brain does that without my intention. I just habitually follow those thoughts. The thoughts create emotions. Emotions create another habits.

I read Ilchi Lee’s message on There is always a new you. I really liked this message. When we first come into this world, we are like a clean blank page. As time goes by, we draw something on the paper. We write something on it. Sometimes we draw positive pictures, and sometimes negative ones. However, the paper itself is never good or bad. We have an countless, infinite number of blank sheets in our brain.

I am very impressed by this: There is always a new you. I can always erase the current drawings on the paper and draw a new one. The thing is we should make a deliberate choice and take relentless action. I really want to apply this into my life. I want to create a new me! That’s one of the biggest messages I learn from the Dahn Yoga Center.

Posted: August 3rd, 2008 under Dahn Yoga, Ilchi Lee.
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