DC Metro Dahn Yoga Blog

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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 & accumulating power in your lower body.

Benefits: healthy kidney & bladder meridian, relaxed chest, relaxed and warm organs, cool head.

KI-JANG: With calmness, circulate emotional energy healthfully and focus on your true self.

Benefits: Immune system improves, peace of mind, passion and productivity for the purpose of life

SHIN MYUNG: From your true self, choose your thinking that suits your purpose, change negative thinking habits.

Benefits: Increased independence of your health, become more effective and creative, deep satisfaction with life.

You can see the principle of Jung Choong, Ki Jang, Shin Myung encompasses body, emotions, and mind. By influencing one aspect you affect the others. So when you feel down or unsatisfied, check weather you have Jung Choong. Do you feel full and have so much energy that it naturally spills out of you? If not, you may need more Jung energy. Exercises like Jung Choong Breahing and HSP walking meditation

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Lake Braddock Middle School in Burke, VA will start a brain education-based  after-school program the third week of September, 2007. It is called “BE Your Best!”

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 Ilchi Lee, pioneering brain philosopher and educator, introduced his innovative Brain Education (BE) program to 400 Washington, D.C. area residents in a free public lecture held Monday, August 20, 2007 at George Washington University’s Cafritz Conference Center.

After explaining the connection between our brain’s functioning and our health, Lee introduced the 5 steps to the BE program: sensitizing, versatilizing, refreshing, integrating and mastering. Putting words into action, Lee lead attendees through two BE sensitizing exercises, “Jang Saeng Walking,” and “JiGam” exercise.

“Jang Saeng,” or “longetivity” walking, is a walking meditation method Lee developed with Dr. Sung Lee of the Ilchi Center for Applied Neuroscience (ICAN). Lee instructed attendees to “tuck the tailbone” to keep the spine long and “feel the soles of your feet,” to circulate energy to vital organs. By implementing the simple guidelines of Jang Saeng walking, we have the key to activate our brain and maintain the health of our physical body.

Try it yourself by following the guidelines below. Don’t forget the last, but most important step :-).

9 Guidelines for Jang Saeng Walking
1. Tilt the lower part of your pelvis forward.
2. Breathe with your lower abdomen.
3. Let your heel tap the ground gently as you step forward, with a straight leg.
4. Feel your weight transfer fully to the balls and toes of your foot.
5. Keep your feet parallel, walking on either side of an imaginary line.
6. Angle your body 1 degree forward.
7. Relax your shoulders.
8. Swing your arms freely.
9. Smile!

Lee then introduced a way to calm your brain by focusing on the “ki” or life energy in the hands in a sensitizing exercise called “JiGam.” Attendees were instructed to sit up straight in their chairs and bring their palms to face each other in front of the chest. With out touching, attendees focused on their palms and slowly began to move their hands apart and back together to feel the sensation of “ki.” “JiGam” is a a moving meditation exercise that in Korean means to “stop thinking” to calm the brain.

Brain education is taught at 12 Dahn Yoga centers in the Washington, DC area. Fairfax County, Virginia middle schools will implement Brain Education into after-school programs beginning September, 2007.

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