Your brain is designed to accommodate at least five senses—sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste. But how much do you really engage all five? Take, for example, the simple act of eating. When you eat, of course you notice the taste of the food, but do you fully utilize the rest of the senses? Do [...]

A new website, mentioned in an earlier post, has come to life! Hopemonster.com is a quote website featuring inspirational quotes from Ilchi Lee, as well as other teachers and even visitors to the site. Anyone can register and submit a quote.
The site is meant to add a little inspiration and hope to the world. Go [...]

I found this amazing poem inside the jacket of the “White Dragon” audio music CD by Arang Park. It is a beautiful reflection of the oneness we can all feel through a consistent Dahn Yoga practice. Dahn Yoga gives us the tools, but here is the inspiration:
(Can you see the dragon in the picture?)
 
 White Dragon
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When I ask people what part of their body they feel like they hold the most tension, most answer their neck and shoulders. Long hours sitting in front of a computer or television, or behind a steering wheel, leads to poor posture and stiff, hunched shoulders.
Here is the Asian medicine point of view of pain [...]

One way to gain control over your stress response is to realize when it has become inappropriate.
Some stress is beneficial, but when and how does it become a problem for you? One way to determine
this is to watch your physical body closely. Often, even before your conscious mind becomes aware of
a stressor, the muscles in [...]

The ability to manage stress is the holy grail of brain management. Every other attempt to develop and use your brain well can be thwarted if you do not gain some level of control over your stress response. Unmanaged, habitual stress reactions interrupt the learning process, contribute dramatically to brain aging, and are at the [...]

Did you ever stop to consider that your brain remembers even further back into your past than your childhood?
Can you imagine that it holds elements that could go even further back than your conception?
This may seem strange at first, but it is really not as mystical as it sounds.
The human brain contains a record of [...]