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Clearer and calmer state of consciousness

When we become used to feeling energy in our hands, we can maintain the sensitivity and the feeling without having to be in a special position or environment. This also means that it is possible to function in the everyday world in a clearer and calmer state of consciousness.

1. Sit in a half-lotus position and straighten your back.

2. Place your hands on your knees with your palms facing up and close your eyes. Relax your body, especially your neck and shoulders. Relax your mind. Inhale deeply and let go of any remaining tension while exhaling.

3. Raise your hands slowly to chest level, with your palms facing each other but not touching. First concentrate on any sensation you may feel between your palms. You may feel warmth, tingling, or even your own pulse.

4. Now, part your hands about two to four inches and concentrate on the space between them. Imagine that your shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands are floating in a vacuum, weightless.

5. Pull your hands apart and push them closer in again as you maintain your concentration. Feel the energy flow between your palms.

6. When the sensation becomes more real, pull your hands farther apart and push them closer together. Feel the sensation expand and become stronger.

7. Breathe in and out, slowly and deeply, three times. Rub your hands together briskly and gently sweep your face, neck, and chest.

DAHN-MU Part I

Dahn means “energy.” Mu means “dance.” Dahn-mu is a form of dancing with the natural flow of energy, called “the dance of Ki.” writes Ilchi Lee in his book.

This gentle dancing is an effective method to control and utilize Ki. Practitioners usually experience Ki as a gentle vibration inside the body. The Ki usually begins in the hands and then quickly moves through the whole body until the entire body is responding in dance-like movements called Dahn-mu.

Education develops character in humans

Let us begin by awakening our dormant senses first. We do not lack for information. What we lack are our senses that should warn us of the gravity of the situation we are facing right now. When we have awakened these senses, we can begin the transformation. Let us all awaken the senses that will allow us to communicate with each other and with the Earth in a way that verbal language cannot. Let us awaken the sensation of energy that gives us life, and the spirit that is our eternal existence.

Ilchi Lee advice that enlightenment is not far away. It could not be closer. Stop putting your own enlightenment off and choose to acknowledge it – this is the first step. This choice will bring you clear-sightedness to see the world as it really is, and to honestly judge what you have done so far. It will show you where you want to go in the future.

Education develops character in humans. Thus, the educational system should be the first thing that is changed. Parents must once again take on the role of educators, enlightened educators who can communicate their Earth-Human awareness to their children. An Earth-Human parent is a teacher, healer, and an activist at home. They are healers skillful enough to care for their family’s mental and spiritual health, and activists who live what they teach. When parents fulfill their roles as teachers, healers, and activists, homes will compel society to recover its lost role as a living, vibrant community. Change at home will translate to change other parts of society. Home will be a rich and fertile field from which the seeds of Earth-wide change will sprout.

Philosophy of Ilchi Ki-gong

Ilchi Ki-gong is an ideal combination of physical and mental training. Permeating its eight sets are the philosophy and spirit of the Korean people as well as kinetic principles necessary for training the body.

The eight sets of Ilchi Ki-gong express the philosophy and principles of creation, education, and civilization. The principles of creation, education, and civilization gave birth to a philosophy and spirit of enlightenment and became the founding ideology of a nation in Korean antiquity. The principle of creation involves the concept that there are three intrinsic elements of harmony, rather than a dichotomous structure of competition and confrontation. It is a universal principle of life and enlightenment, in which humanity, nature, and the cosmos blend together. The principle of education involves sharing with the world and educating people in this philosophy and principle of enlightenment. According to the principle of civilization, this philosophy of enlightenment forms the basis of a social system in which all members live to perfect their lives as human beings. Each and every movement of Ilchi Ki-gong contains such profound philosophical principles.

A trap into which Ki-gong practitioners readily fall is remaining at the level of Ki once they learn to feel and harness it, as if Ki were everything. This is only the beginning of genuine practice, however. As our practice deepens, we come to experience a great number of miraculous, spiritual phenomena. When this happens we encounter great confusion, like a person looking for a needle in a haystack, unless we are armed with the right mindset and correct principles.

Self-Realization Posture

When ending this set of movements, hold your breath and press forward with the center of your left palm, then count to yourself, “One, two, three,” and focus your Ki with a yell, “Yap!”

Exhaling, open your right fist and press forward with the center of the palm of your hand. At the same time, form your left hand into a r^   fist and bring it to your left hip. Repeat this two more times.

With this closing posture, we return to the breathing we use in everyday life by exhaling the last 20 percent of the air in our lungs, which remained in our bodies during Dahn-gong by Ilchi lee.

Simultaneously relax your hands and shoulders, drop your head, and exhale the remaining 20 percent of the air in your lungs. With your head dropped toward your chest, feel the sensation being transmitted to your spine. Repeat these movements three times.

Breathe out, lowering your hands as if pushing the air out of a bag, and stop when you have exhaled 80 percent of the air in your lungs.

Meridian Exercises

Ilchi Lee’s Human Technology suggests that meditative experience can be deeper if preceded by stimulation and energizing our bodies and breath. We do this through “meridian exercises,” an effective way of moving our bodies to improve our breath-work and to enhance our awareness while energizing our bodies.are portals through which energy enters and exits the body.

It is easy to understand the system of meridians and acupressure points if you imagine the body as representing land. The meridians would be the main roads while the acupressure points are the bus stops. Just as goods and merchandise are transported across a highway system, our body can supply energy to the organs and different parts of the body through meridians. If energy flows well through the meridians, it is distributed evenly throughout the body, helping the body and brain to maintain their optimal conditions.

Our body consists of twelve main meridians and eight secondary meridians. The twelve main meridians are each associated with a principle internal organ and are named accordingly. These twelve meridians run on both sides, symmetrically on either side of the body. Energy flows constantly through them.

Divided, but Ilchi Lee reminds of unity

We gather and separate repeatedly. Through the division, there’s diversity. It makes the world beautiful. But Ilchi Lee reminds us that the division is not eternal separation. We go back to the one sometime later. Our brain is the tool to go back to the origin. That’s why Brain Education is important for improving our world and reminding us that we are all part of the same whole.

Beginning with yoga, suggests Ilchi Lee

There is nowhere to start but the beginning. There’s a saying that when we begin to do something, it’s half done already. We worry about our health, but it’s hard to start to do something good.

I want suggest starting a practice like Dahn yoga. Consistent practice is the best way to take care of our body and mind. I’m sure Ilchi Lee knew that when he created the practice.

Birds, Ilchi Lee, energy, and freedom of flying

Birds fly freely in the sky. When I do energy dancing, I can become a bird. I can’t become a bird physically, but I can share their energy with them, and feel an echo of their joy in flying. When I practice Dahn Yoga I can become more connected to everything and feel a sensation of sharing energy together. Ilchi Lee wants everybody to experience this, which is why he started Dahn Yoga.

Memories

Each of us knows some people who are suffering from bad memories. Perhaps they were hurt, or witnessed something terrible, or any of the other myriad reasons that we become scarred. Those memories are so painful that they can’t get away from them. I am reminded of Ilchi Lee’s training methods, which in many cases have helped people learn to overcome difficult memories and reclaim their emotional autonomy.

How Ilchi Lee Uses Music

Most people would agree that music gives us so much benefit. Soft music helps us relax, dance music gets us excited, and classical music enriches our spirit. Dahn Yoga (founded by Ilchi Lee) is usually taught in a way that focuses around the style of music used for a particular class or training — like the music, the class gives us a similarly specific benefit. Ilchi Lee always uses special music during his trainings to help audience members feel the messages and get a deeper experience of the training.

Flowers planted by Ilchi Lee

When the flowers bloom, the earth is filled with fragrance. When a flower blooms in the heart of a human being, the world is filled with peace. I believe that the Dahn Yoga programs developed by Ilchi Lee can make flowers bloom in human being’s hearts.

Learning from Ilchi Lee how to manage your information

With some focus, you can control the information that forms your worldview. Each part of your daily experience is based on information, and with careful scrutiny you can choose what information you keep and what you discard or reject. Even pain is simply information, translated into feeling. When you don’t give up in the face of difficult information, or negative information, or discouraging information, but you proactively choose different information instead, you will discover like Ilchi Lee that you have the power to get over the pain, to move beyond your challenges. You can say ‘I did it!”

More Focused In Life

I began Dahn Yoga in February 2006. My major health condition like many other middle aged men was frequent urination too many times to count. This condition was most active at night. Getting up 8 10 times per night was keeping me very stressed.

After two months of Dahn Yoga practice I noticed I was not getting up as many times. Now I get a full nights sleep. As a result I am more patient, more focused and much less irritable.

For confidentiality and personal embarrassment reasons I do not want to divulge my complete name. Many men like myself would be happy to know there is some relief out there besides medications.

Ray

Be Beautiful Rest Of Your Life

Charmaine

I enjoy my Dahn program because:

This opens up my meridians and loosens up my body.

My Dahn practice has benefited me in the following ways:

1. More limber in body
2. More smiles
3. More exercise

I believe Ilchi Lee should be recognized because:

All he wants to do is bringing the beauty and love of life for one and all to enjoy all over the world. How cool is that! Peace – for the betterment of mankind! Health – for longer life! Smile – for a healthier rest of your life!

Tremendously Grateful Experience

Susana

I enjoy my Dahn program because:

• It helps me relax
• Ms. Ahn & Kevin are both so wonderful. They are very helpful in recognizing problem areas on how to make the yoga exercises work to help strengthen and heal them.

My Dahn practice has benefited me in the following ways:

• It controls my blood pressure from increasing.
• My leg problem has gotten better, where the knees used to crunch.
• It helps me breathe properly.

I believe Ilchi Lee should be recognized because:

Because it helped me a lot, I would encourage others to also be able to benefit the same experience I had.

Additional comments: I love Dahn Yoga!

Successful Life Secrets

Sal

My Dahn practice has benefited me in the following ways:

• I have learned to be calm and patient. Before I was very tense and easily angered.
• This program helps people in many different ways. Each individual has his or her own success program.

A sunshine brain

Have you ever just sat in the rays of the sun letting your head and brain soak up the light and the heat?

Ilchi Lee says that the brain should be full of light. When I do some meditations, I try to feel the sun in my brain, lighting it up and throwing all of the darkness out. After doing this, I feel lighter and better. As I go through my day, if I bring the sun into my brain, I can feel more freshed and focused. All of the negative thoughts that I had vanish. It sounds like hokey magic, I know, but it’s amazing what some simple visualizations can do for my mood

Climbing into my past

This morning I went hiking, and climbed a big rock near my house. Well, it’s more than just a “big rock” since it’s a major tourist destination, and really beautiful. No, it’s not Plymouth Rock! I’m on the other side of the country now   It was Bell Rock, in Sedona, AZ. When I got to the top, I looked out into the sunrise and did some exercise. I was reminded of when I first began my Dahn practice two years ago, and how fresh and exciting the world was. It was August, the sun shone brightly, and I woke early to walk a mile to the 7am class.