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As Ilchi L writes in his book once delivered from the ravages of continuous stress, practitioners are ready for the next step, Brain Versatility. This step takes advantage of the fact that the brain possesses a remarkable ability, called neuro-plasticity, to restructure and reorganize itself. At one time it was thought that the adult brain is more or less hardwired, but now it’s clear that people possess the ability to create new brain connections until the end of the abdomen warm, and energy circulates continuously throughout the body.

In Hak Dahn the continuous stress that people experience is rooted in sensory input that over-stimulates the sym-pathetic response. When we meditate or practice deep breathing, we essentially turn off the brain for a while, which delivers it for a moment from the sensory burnout that has become a typical part of our lives. Multiple studies have confirmed the effectiveness of meditation. In actual fact, the brain is not turned off during meditation, but its lobes associated with the five senses are quieted and the regions associated with happiness and well-being are activated.

I saw this article: Ilchi Lee on a Mulberry tree and a Pine tree. This is about how important making a choice and concentrating what you have chosen.

So far, I have hesitated to make a choice especially when the choice I have had to make was a decisive one. What was worse was, after I made the choice somehow, I thought about the other possibility I could have chosen. I was not able to focus fully. I could not make the full benefit from the choice I made. Ilchi Lee’s message on a mulberry tree and a pine tree is very impressive to me. Since I was aware that I should build up more conviction to myself, I felt some impression in my brain with this post.

Where it is a mulberry tree or a pine tree, focus on what you have chosen. Don’t think about a mulberry tree in a pine forest. Thinking about a mulberry tree while standing in fron of a pine tree would be a waste of time. A mulberry tree is great and a pine tree is wonderful. They are all trees in different names.

Once you made a choice, be confident and bold about it and move forward! That’s what I learned from my Dahn Yoga instructor.

More important than the neo-cortex and cerebral limbic system combined is the brain stem. This term is used to refer to several sub-cortical structures that include the medulla, inebriate, talents, and the hypothalamus. Located where the spinal cord meets the brain, the medulla is an approximately cylindrical structure about one inch long, which is responsible for regulation of respiration and blood pressure. Moving up the medulla, it swells into a structure called the pans.

According to H Yoga the pans is responsible for communication between the neo-cortex and the cerebellum, which regulates balance and movement.  In short, the brain stem is in charge of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for basic life functions of the body, including digestion, respiration, and circulation. It is the least known and yet most important part of our brain. The thalamus, a neurological relay station, sends sensory input to the neo-cortex. The hypo-thalainus controls food intake, sexual activity, endocrine levels, water retention, and the autonomic nervous system.

Ilchi Lee Dahn Yoga Expert