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As I play, I do not follow any written music, just what comes naturally to me through the flow of energy. During the experience, I am transported, and I hope the audience along with me into the movement of the music itself. Even if I did know how to read music, I would not use it during the lectures. It I did have a piece of music sitting in front of me, part of my awareness would be on the printed page, not in the actual pure vibration of each individual note as it is played. The point of these demonstrations is to lose oneself in the music, letting go of all thought and judgment.

I like to demonstrate this for people because it also demonstrates how to live in harmony with the flow of life, letting each note come as it will, without resistance or judgment. To me the difference between great musicians and ordinary ones lies not in how they play the music but in how they play with the music. Likewise, we must learn to play with the reality of our lives by living completely in the flow and rhythm of each moment, rather than trying to play it according to the preconceptions and restrictions of the past.

These are magical moments, brief segments of time during which you are transported beyond the limits of your body into the much larger, universal world of rhythm and movement.

In reality, when you respond to a piece of music, nothing actually changes in the world around you. Do you respond to a happy tune with a smile because that song somehow fixed all your problems? Of course not, your life condition remains the same, with or without the song. But something did change something within your brain—that allowed your perspective on life to change as well.

Did you know that I am a musician? I have not received training in the usual way, but I often play instruments during my lectures, including flutes, ocarinas, gongs, chimes, and other sorts of folk instruments.

Music, because of its specific and Jar-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.
Leonard Bernstein, composer

If you really want to change your brain waves, a good place to start is with a song. Consider for a moment the effect music has had on you in the past. I’m sure you have experienced your mood suddenly lifting when you hear a cheerful song on the radio. Perhaps the songs of your youth have the power to transport you back to a simpler place in time. Or maybe you have even been moved to tears by a grand symphony. You may have even noticed that music can have an effect on your body. Unconsciously your foot begins tapping or your head bobs up and down in time to the rhythm. Occasionally, at some moment when you feel unrestrained by the need to retain personal decorum, you let loose and start dancing around the room.

Next, start to observe your own brain waves and their effects on others. When you speak of connecting to others, realize the literal truth of this, and you will soon be able to act according to your highest ideals and aspirations.

As you begin Brain Wave Vibration, it is important to do so with very specific, positive intent. Without this, the action is only shaking, which might provide some temporary relaxation and escape, but it will not be permanent. Instead, as you shake, let go of everything and go to a place of oneness, the quiet center at the core of your being. It is from this place that you can begin to re-create yourself and to create the life you really want to live.

In essence, Brain Wave Vibration is all about getting connected. If you lack health in any form, whether mentally, spiritually, or physically, or if you are simply interested in maintaining the health you have, then you must seek the wholeness that gives rise to health. And this, I believe, means keeping connected with you, with other beings, and with the universe.

First, you must reconnect to your body. Allow your brain to connect properly to all the functions of your body, a process that is often disrupted in the stressful process of our lives. Visualize the amazing web of living communication that exists within you—your brain sending its messages to your body and your body sending messages back to your brain. Consciously send a message of loving gratitude from your brain to all the cells of your body—they, in turn, will thank you for it.

First Chakra – Hwe-um information written Ilchi Lee in his book.

Sit in half lotus position with your back straight. Concentrate on the first Chakra.

For men concentrate on your Hwe-um, between the anus and base of the women, concentrate on the back of the uterus

Between the urethra and anus. If you can’t feel the area, contract and relax your sphincter muscle repeatedly.

As you repeat this exercise, imagine a stream of breath coming in and out of the first Chakra. Men should concentrate on the feeling of pressure on the Hwe-um.

Women should concentrate on the feeling near the opening of the uterus, which is located about one inch below the end of the spine.

Through repeated contraction/relaxation of the sphincter muscle, you can awaken the sensation of the first Chakra, amplifying the energy in the area.

Repeat the contraction/relaxation 100 times.

You will have a sensation of heat, as energy7 courses through your body.

A healthy first Chakra is the color of clear red, imparting a feeling of warmth.

A problematic first Chakra turns to the color of a dying ember.

At first, due to unfamiliarity, it is difficult to feel the exact loca­tion of the Chakras within your body. The first step in the process is to identify the location of each Chakra and to focus on the feeling until you become familiar with its sensation. After a while, with concentration, you will quickly be able to locate the sensation of the individual Chakras.

According to Mr Ilchi Lee brain educator as seen in the diagram, the Chakras are located roughly along the line of your spine. Because Chakras are energy centers, they do not necessarily correspond to specific anatomical locations. Since the Chakras are energy, they are not visible, like blood and bones. Therefore, it is easier to try to imagine the exact location of each Chakra by locating its corresponding point on the front of the body. By identifying general physical landmarks on the front of the body, it will be possible to communicate the location of specific Chakras on which to concentrate.

Brain Educator Ilchi Lee the founder of Dahn Yoga writes until now, your left-brain ruled the day. Logical, rational, and strict…

A prison of negative information and memory…

Now, rest your left-brain and give your right-brain free rein.

For your right brain knows what you need.

Let the right brain move you in all the right ways…

In all the right places…

To fill you with passion, love, and peace…

And deaf your tangled thoughts ana1 emotions.

Feel the Chakras move and stir…

And your soul calls out for freedom.

Hold a conversation with your soul

As you dance the Dance of Energy.

Dahn-mu will move you with the flow of energy.

According to Mr Ilchi Lee flowing within our bodies is the energy that drives and main­tains our life functions. This energy flows not only within our bodies, but also through the very fabric of the universe. In the Orient, we call this energy “Ki,” “Chi,” or “Prana.” There are seven major points of intersection for the flow of this energy in our bodies. These points are called Chakras, or in the Korean tradi­tion, Dahn-jons.

Chakra, a Sanskrit word, means a wheel or a circle. This is because energy tends to swirl in a circular motion as it gathers in the Chakras. In the ancient Asian mind-body-spirit discipline of Shin Sun Do (Way of the Divine), Chakras are called Dahn-jons. Literally translated, Dahn-jon means “field where energy gathers.”

Knowledge of the Chakras has long been important in the Vedas and Yoga of India, as well as other Asian traditions. Due to the importance of this knowledge to spiritual traditions of the East, and to the exclusivity of transmission of this information, the Chakras may have been a bit over mythologized. They have been relegated to the realm of the fantastic and have become inaccessible to the average person.

In words of Ilchi Lee even in the Korean Shin-Sun-Do tradition, only a very few, select individuals were lucky enough to find a teacher to guide them. In this tradition, “Small Universe” is the state in which all of the Chakras are activated, all meridians of the body flow freely, and the mind and body become one. “Great Universe” is the state in which cosmic and bodily energy merge into one continuous and conscious flow, allowing discovery of the True Self.

A similar philosophy is expressed in Kundalini Yoga. This tradition was similarly limited to a very select group of individuals. Kundalini means “life energy coiled in the shape of a snake at the bottom of the spine.” It is said that when the coiled life energy awakens, the energy will travel up the spine through the Chakras and effect a spiritual awakening.

A picture from “Sung-Myung-Ji-Gwe,” a Century book on the practice of Shin-Sun-Do. The pathways of the “Great Universe” – various Dahn-jons or Chakras – are symbolized by drawings of a pot, crescent moon, and stars, among others.