Author Archive
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Apr 08, 2008
No CommentsIlchi Lee’s Tip for Creating a New Future (from Ilchi.com)
Floor meditation We live in a world of information overload—newspapers, radio, television, blogs, social networks, text messaging, relationships and family demands. It all amounts to a lot of noise and an overload for our brains, which can make it hard to hear our inner voices. To not lose track of yourself, it’s important to create some...
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Feb 11, 2008
No CommentsDahn Yoga: The power of Yoga
From Young on http://www.dahnyoga.org/ The power of yoga Stars do it. Sports do it. Judges in the highest courts do it. Let’s do it: that yoga thing. A path to enlightenment that winds back 5,000 years, yoga has suddenly become so hot, so cool, so very this minute. It’s the exercise cum meditation for the new millennium,...
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Feb 10, 2008
2 CommentsSmile For You
Smiling is infectious; you catch it like the flu, When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin When he smiled I realized that I’d passed it on to him. I thought about that smile then realized it’s worth, A single smile, just like mine could travel round the...
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Jan 28, 2008
No CommentsKind Words
Kind words produce their own image in men’s souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used. – Blaise...
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Jan 10, 2008
1 CommentHOW TO STAY WELL (or get better, if you are not so well to begin with)
HOW TO STAY WELL (OR GET BETTER, IF YOU’RE NOT SO WELL TO BEGIN WITH) 1) Do things that bring you a sense of fulfillment, joy, and purpose, that validate your worth. See your life as your own creation, and strive to make it a positive one. 2) Pay close and loving attention to yourself, tuning in...
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Nov 27, 2007
1 CommentThe Optimist’s Creed – Christian D Larson
I promise myself… To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person I meet. To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true. To think only of the best, to...
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Nov 16, 2007
2 CommentsAcceptance
So last week I was disappointed in myself. I was thinking that I have been coming to Dahn Yoga classes for more than a year and I should be further along in my training. I should be more flexible. I should not still be getting headaches. And on and on and on. Then I stopped...
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Oct 30, 2007
1 CommentMy Mind Is Heaven – by Ilchi Lee
My Mind Is Heaven Someone once said That life is a flower That withers once it blooms. My mind is heaven My eyes are the sun and the moon My awareness streaks across the darkness Like the morning star. My two feet planted firmly in reality My head moving In search of the ideal. My mind is heaven My eyes are the sun and the moon My awareness...
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Oct 26, 2007
No CommentsYou better get to livin’
I do not tend to listen to country music. But one day, I was having trouble finding any other station. I heard this new song from Dolly Parton and I really liked the words. People always comin’ up to me and askin’ “Dolly, what’s your secret? With all you do, your attitude Just seems to be so good How do you keep it?” Well...
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Oct 17, 2007
No CommentsJung Choong, Ki-jang, Shin Myung
from http://dahnyoga.net/ Jung Choong breathing is an effective way to activate the benefits of ‘Jung Choong, Ki Jang, Shin Myung’, one of the main principles of all Dahn exercise. I found these descriptions on the computer of the Dahn Center where I work and thought they were very useful: JUNG CHOONG: Calm your body by circulating &...