Ilchi Lee’s Brain Education System Training is used by many individuals and organizations to help others achieve overall wellness. Founded in 2006, Power Brain Education is one of those organizations. Located in Bayside, Queens, New York City, Power Brain Education teaches its curriculum through a “variety of innovative on and off-site trainings to more than five hundred schools, businesses, senior centers, non-profits and community organizations in the United States.” It’s main project is the Brain Education School Project, which focuses on helping schools incorporate a 15-lesson program into their curriculum. To date, 330 schools, 10,000 teachers, and 50,000 students have been trained in Brain Education for Enhanced Learning (BEL).

BEL consists of “physical, emotional and cognitive exercises, games, dances, songs, drawings, writing and reflection, all based on 15 themes of brain utilization. Lessons focus on themes such as body & brain awareness, nutrition and the brain, improving concentration, mind-body connection, emotional control, confidence building, environmental consciousness and life purpose,” according to Power Brain Education’s blog: http://blog.powerbrainedu.com/

Teachers, parents, and social service professionals such as social workers, psychologists, therapists, etc, learn to teach BEL at the BE Teacher’s Workshop. They can then adapt the program to their specific needs. Let’s see the experiences and perspectives of two Bronx public school principals who have used BEL, and who were able to improve students’ focus and behavior problems, and the teachers’ ability to communicate with students:

Public Schools in the Bronx, NY use Brain Education to help improve students performance

BEL is now also taught outside of schools and homes at the first Power Brain Training Center, also located in Bayside. For more information about the center, you can visit www.powerbraintraining.com.

You can keep up with Power Brain Education through their Facebook Fan Page.

If you have experienced BEL yourself, why don’t you share your experiences here.

He knows that only when enough people experience Oneness can we really come together as a society, as a people, and as Earth Citizens. The time for the chosen few is over. The whole of humanity needs to realize the truth for us to change the fortune of the human race.

But we can start with one hundred million. One hundred million is a critical mass, just a little more than one percent of the total population of the Earth, the tipping point to a mass realization of every individual’s true nature and for what we should live–love for humanity and love for the Earth. Instead of killing and competition, this strong community of Earth Citizens Ilchi Lee has been working to form will engage in acts of healing to uplift our collective human consciousness until we are indeed living in Heaven on Earth.

To realize this dream of a spiritual civilization and peaceful Earth requires the will, discipline, and fortitude to see it through to its completion. It also requires training people so that they can experience Oneness and have the strength and ability to share it with others. These people will raise the consciousness of 100 million Earth Citizens and gather them together in one exemplary community.

You can do a quick self-check of your energy flow by putting one hand on the back of your neck and the other on your lower abdomen (Dahn Jon). If your neck is warmer, your energy flow is reversed.
When you have a headache or other symptoms of reverse energy flow, you can do some of these Brain Education exercises to bring the hot energy down from your head and feel better.

Two acupressure points you can press at the start of a headache are the Gallbladder 20 (PoongJi) points at the base of your skull in the back of your head. Press up into your skull strongly with your thumbs at these points. Repeat until you feel your pain lessen or disappear entirely.

Toe Tapping
Toe tapping restores the natural flow of energy in the body and helps you sleep more deeply and restfully.

1. Lie down on your back with your heels together and ankles flexed.
2. Tap your big toes together, then open your feet so that your little toes tap the floor. Repeat as rapidly as you can.
3. Begin with 100 repetitions and increase the number as you practice.

Pressing Temple (Tae-Yang) Acupressure Points

1. Using your thumbs, press your temples five times slowly.
2. Then using the pad of your hands, tap your temples thirty times.

Holding strong postures designed to draw energy down from your head, such as Sleeping Tiger, are also effective for relieving headaches. Sleeping Tiger is a lying posture done on your back with your arms straight up into the air, elbows bent slightly and wrists bent at right angles so that the palms face the ceiling. The legs are also raised with the hip, knee, and ankle joints at 90-degree angles. Stay relaxed and focused on the lower abdomen. Exhale through the mouth while you hold the posture. Start with holding it for five minutes if you can, and then increase the amount of time as the posture becomes easier.

While holding the posture, you may experience various sensations such as muscle fatigue, joint pain, heat, cold, burning, shaking, and vibrating. You may also experience emotional responses such as anxiety, fear, calm, and peace. These sensations often change. Within reason, it’s best to hold the posture for as long as possible. Ilchi Lee advises, “Try to enjoy these physical responses, as they are actually positive signs that the body is releasing toxic energy and becoming healthy and strong.” The emotional responses are also signs that blockages unhealthy energy is clearing.

To help prevent headaches from beginning in the first place, strengthen the energy center in your lower abdomen (Dahn Jon) with ongoing practice. Intestine Exercise, Dahn Jon Tapping, Sit-ups, and Jung Choong Breathing are very effective for creating and maintaining a strong center and a healthy energy state. Whenever you do these exercises, keep your mind focused on your dahn-jon, which is two inches below your navel and two inches inside your abdomen.

Intestine Exercise
Benefits: This exercise will increase the flexibility of the intestines and facilitate efficient circulation of both energy and blood. If you also tighten your rectal muscles during this exercise, you will be able to gather energy and feel warmth much more quickly.
Note: You should not overdo this exercise in the beginning since it may result in some discomfort.

1. This exercise can be performed standing up or lying down. When standing up, keep your knees slightly bent and toes turned slightly inward. When lying down, lie on your back with your legs shoulder-width apart.
2. Form a triangle by touching your thumbs and forefingers together and place them lightly on the lower abdomen.
3. When pulling in, pull as if the front wall of your abdomen is trying to touch your back. Tighten your rectal muscles at the same time.
4. Then, push your lower abdomen out slightly, making it more round. You will feel outward pressure in your lower abdomen.
5. Repeat the movement. Start with one set of 50 and work your way up to a set of 300 as you advance.

Dahn-jon Tapping
Benefits: By rhythmically patting the lower abdomen with the palms of both hands, blood and energy is distributed throughout the entire body. Abdominal exercises will assist in the prompt removal of excess gases and waste from the body, and you will feel increased warmth in the Dahn-jon, as well.

1. Spread your feet shoulder-width apart and bend your knees slightly.
2. Lengthen and relax your spine. Relax your shoulders, neck, and arms.
3. Point your toes slightly inward and feel a slight tightening of the lower abdomen.
4. Rhythmically strike the lower abdomen area with both palms.
5. Begin with 100 strikes. You may increase the number and force of the strikes with more practice.

Here is one tip from the book for managing negative emotions:

“It may be difficult at first to redirect your emotions in a positive direction. You may find yourself returning to the destructive emotion, even after you have made up your mind to change. Remember, though, that it is just a habit of the brain that keeps bringing you back to that point. As with any habit, it will take time to practice and break it.

To keep yourself on the positive track, find a way to remind yourself of the constructive action that will replace the negative emotion. For example, you might want to get a small stone and write an inspiring word on it. Or wear a ring that reminds you of your promise to yourself. Every time you see it, your mind will be redirected in a more positive direction.”

DahnMuDo, like other Brain Education methods, establishes the proper, healthy flow of ki energy in the body, which leads to optimal health of body, mind, and spirit. Students of DahnMuDo develop lower bodies that are both physically and energetically strong. Their upper bodies feel unburdened and relaxed, with energy that feels diffuse and merged with universal energy. Their posture becomes straighter as their bones and muscles become aligned. Their dahn-jon, or core, becomes very strong and supportive of their hearts and brain.

There has been great demand for a training aid that DahnMuDo students can use to learn and study at home. Now the publisher of Ilchi Lee’s products, BEST Life Media, has created a 3-DVD set to supply that demand. The trainer on the DVD is Master Owoon, the leading DahnMuDo trainer who developed the DahnMuDo School curriculum and who manages DahnMuDo training around the world. In the DVDs, Master Owoon not only teaches students the proper DahnMuDo forms, but gives profound insight and instruction into energy principles not often heard elsewhere.

The DVD set will be available on September 30, 2009, but BEST Life Media is offering pre-shipping for pre-orders on their website. In the meantime, you can get a brief taste from this trailer:

2. Bend your knees, rotating them in one direction 5 times, and then reverse, making 5 circles in the opposite direction.

Backward Bow:

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.

2. As you inhale deeply, twist the hands in opposite directions. Hold for 3 counts. Exhale and return to the original position. Repeat the exercise, switching the direction of the twist. Repeat 3 times in each direction.

Hula Hoop Hips:

1. Stand with your feet parallel, shoulder width apart. Place your hands on your hips. Keep your knees straight.

2. Begin to rotate your hips in a large circle, pushing as far as you can in all directions Repeat 5 times and then reverse and do 5 circles in the opposite direction.

01. Sit or stand across from your partner. Or, if three or more are participating, stand or sit in a circle.

02. Each person counts a number, starting with 1. However, if your number contains a 3, 6, or 9, you must clap instead of saying the number (e.g., 9, 16, 32, etc.). If the number has more than one 3, 6, or 9, or a combination of these numbers (e.g., 66, 93, 36, etc.), you must clap twice.

Energy Ball:

01. Sit comfortably with your back straight, preferably in the cross-legged position. Relax your shoulders and tilt your head slightly downward. Place your palms facing upward on the knees.

02. Close your eyes and focus on the surface of the palms. Feel any sensation on the surface of the palms, perhaps tingling or warmth.

03. Gently lift the palms up from the knees and slowly bring the palms closer together until they are about 2 inches apart.

04. Focus on the sensation between the palms. Inhale and slowly draw the hands apart, feeling the sensation growing between the palms. Exhale and feel the “ball” shrink between your hands.

05. Continue to follow the breath as you grow and shrink the energy ball.

01. Sit on the floor.

02. Clap your hands once in front of the chest and then once on the floor.

03. Clap once again in front of the chest, and then twice on the floor.

04. Clap once again in front of the chest, and then 3 times on the floor.

05. Now clap once in front of the chest, and twice on the floor.

06. And again, clap once in front of the chest and once on the floor.

07. Continue to follow the 1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1 sequence of clapping, seeing how long you can maintain the rhythm. To add a challenge, try slowly increasing the speed.

Count and Clap Game:

01. Sit or stand across from a partner.

02. Clap once near the chest and then once on your partner’s palms.

03. Repeat, but this time clapping twice on your partner’s palms.

04. Continue, each time adding another clap on the palms. For maximum concentration, count the numbers silently.

Preparation: On one side of thick card stock, draw images of different shapes in various colors-green triangles, orange circles, red squares, etc. Each image will have a matching image on another card to form pairs of matching cards. Draw the images in crayon or some other medium that will not show through on the other side. Alternatively, you can choose pairs of images from computer clip art or photocopied images from magazines to create the cards.

01. Shuffle the cards and place them face down on a table or at various places around the room.

02. Take turns trying to find matching pairs. During a turn, you may flip two cards. If they match, take both cards and try again. If they do not match, the cards must be turned back over and the next person can give it a try. You can see the cards turned over by others and try to remember their locations.

03. The game continues until all matching sets have been revealed. Whoever has the most cards “wins.”