Dahn Yoga Boston

The management of diabetes involves a number of crucial considerations. The most important of these is the role that the patient plays in managing their own condition. More than any other factor, an individual is the most important ingredient to their condition. Diabetes management may include any of the following: Adherence to a strict diet and exercises, and the in-taking of medicine either orally or by injection.

Diabetes management however is complicated by other factors, some of which the patient has little control over. These include other illnesses, the effect of stress as well as the development of scars where constant injection occurs. This not withstanding, a patient can manage diabetes effectively provided they make some level of commitment.

Diabetes can be effectively managed through yoga. The discipline that is associated with yoga can help patients live long productive lifestyles. As noted earlier, diet and exercise for diabetics are critical considerations. Usually, if these two are well managed, the need to use drugs is highly minimised. Diet and exercise both require a certain level of discipline and motivation. The mind needs to develop commitment and be connected with the body such that such commitment is implemented by the body.

Yoga has physical benefits such as better blood circulation and burning of excess fat in the body. Besides these, there is also the added mental and emotional benefits that are gained through meditation and focus. It is associated with better stress management, improved self worth and better mental focus.

Management of diabetes needs all these benefits. Improved blood circulation not only helps better circulate oxygen in the blood but also transports sugar faster to the body’s cells. This process helps keep a patient’s energy levels up. Certain stretching that is associated with yoga helps circulate energy better in the body their by keeping the patient active. The relaxation associated with yoga also helps keep an individual’s blood pressure in balance and reduces irritability.

One of the most important advices that doctors will give a diabetes patient is the need to learn and understand their own bodies so as to better manage their conditions. In diabetes, you are your own best doctor. This goal is very much in sync what yoga helps people achieve: a better connection with self. An individual with a raised self awareness has power to manage self with high degree of effectiveness. For a diabetic, there can be no better asset than this increased self awareness.

A special type of yoga called Dahn Yoga has one additional advantage that is work mentioning especially with regards to diabetics. It focuses on increasing the connections between the body and the mind through simple exercises that are easy to do for people of all ages and sizes.

When people first start practicing Brain Wave Vibration, they sometimes think that making bigger and faster movements will result in better effects, but this is not necessarily so. They are used to thinking that the harder they work at a something, the better the results will be. This is often true, but you must remember that Brain Wave Vibration works on a very different principle than other exercise forms.

Brain Wave Vibration is not about moving the muscles, pumping the heart, or burning calories, although all these things may offer added benefits. Rather, it is about improving the energy system of the body, especially as it relates to your brain. This could mean that very subtle vibrations are all that are needed. In fact, large, flamboyant movements will tend to draw you into the outside world, which is not the desired effect. As you begin, focus on your body to discover your own natural rhythm. Begin with simple, subtle movement and let the sensation grow from there.

The child rocks the head side to side and repeats, “Do-ri do-ri, do-ri do-ri,” which translates as “truth” or “principle.” Because many energy pathways meet at the neck, it is thought to advance children’s development, especially brain development.

Even as adults, we tend to bounce our knees and drum our fingers when stressed or nervous. Also, when we feel disappointment or disgust, we shake our head side to side. This movement is done around the world, which Darwin noticed long ago through his observations of emotional expression. I believe these motions are instinctive to people because they help calm the brain waves in a very natural wav. Through the rhythmic movements of Brain Wave Vibration, I hope you will begin to apply these methods to yourself in a more conscious, deliberate manner.

The healing power of rhythm is becoming very clear. Recently, drumming has become an increasingly popular form of therapy. It seems to offer troubled individuals a chance to release stored emotions and to gain a feeling of personal power.

You can see the effect of music throughout the history of humanity. It is an element that appears in every human culture and thus is often called the “universal language.” Music clearly possesses an uncanny ability to transform human consciousness. This is evident in the fact that music is an integral part of virtually every spiritual practice on Earth. It also has the power to transform cultures.

A relatively recent example is rock and roll, which brought dramatic social change with it. At the time, people who supported the status quo reacted strongly against the music, sensing the inherent, almost primal power that it contains. In a wav, Brain Wave Vibration works very similarly to music like this, its rhythms opening the mind to new experiences and ideas.

The question then is how to return to this place of oneness. I believe that it is through quieting the mind and the experience of energy that we can return. Brain Wave Vibration can open the door to this possibility because it offers a way to stop the thinking mind, even if only for a few minutes. When you practice well, you will feel a disintegration of the surface of your body. Of course, it is not a literal disintegration—your skin and the rest of your body will remain intact. What you will realize, however, is that you do not end there, that your being goes far beyond the confines of your body. You will experience that directly, not just as an intellectual concept.

I once had a student who was a Buddhist monk. Like most monks, he spent many hours a day meditating, looking for that very state of oneness. He was very distracted, however, because he found that his health began to deteriorate. He could not sleep or sit still for long because of serious kidney problems. He began to practice Brain Wave Vibration and had immediate improvements in his health, and was finally able to focus properly for meditation. He says he now knows what Buddha meant when he said, “Find truth in your body; outside you will not find it in a thousand years.”

Extract from Ilchi Lee Book

I believe these stories are a reflection of the paradise that already lies within the human brain. I am certain that we have the potential for perfect joy and harmony already written into the structure of our brain. So what then is it that keeps us from living accordingly?

In .the Eden story, the first man and woman ate of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is significant that knowledge and judgment of right and wrong—ideas created and processed in the prefrontal cortex—were responsible for the downfall of humankind. As soon as we began separating well from evil, we began separating ourselves from one another and the rest of the universe.

While this may seem regrettable, it is also fortunate on many levels. Differentiation separates, but it also provides the chance for reunification. Separation gives us a chance to truly value the experience of oneness, in much the same way that both light and shadow are needed to create the perception of form. If we had simply kept our oneness from the beginning of time, there would have been no chance to choose oneness through our own free will, which is the choice we have to make now.

A dark blue lotus flower represents the sixth Chakra. The role of the sixth Chakra is to combine energy from the lower five Chakras and elevate it to a higher plane. The energy of the sixth Chakra transcends time, integrating past, present, and future into a single moment, the “eternal now.” This is why we refer to it as “The Third Eye.” When the sixth Chakra is open, one may have insight into the nature of time and the universe, heightened instinct, superi­or insight, and the ability to give tangible form to imagination.

One with an active and functional sixth Chakra immediately sees into the heart of a problem, offering help where it is needed most. With a finger on the pulse of the future, this person will be able to navigate wisely through the present. As Ilchi Lee recommends on the other hand, someone with a weak sixth Chakra lacks a flow of fresh, creative ideas and cannot easily translate ideas into reality.

One often experiences special abilities when the sixth Chakra is active. Just as physical life begins with conception in the womb, spiritual life begins with spiritual conception in the sixth Chakra. When the soul awakens, a human can feel genuine love, mercy, and compassion for the earth and her creatures.

In words of Ilchi Lee the third Chakra is located straight behind the navel.

When you concentrate, concentrate on the spot two inches above your navel.

Using your fingers, press on the point two inches above your navel, on the point called the Joong-wahn. Now release the pressure of your fingers.

Concentrate on the point just behind them. Feel the beating of your pulse. When you inhale, breath comes in through the Joong-wahn point.

When you exhale, the breath goes out the same way. Observe the organs surrounding the Joong-wahn with your mind’s eye…

The third Chakra connects with the stomach. It also controls the liver, gall bladder and pancreas.

The second Chakra mounts a defense system around the body to protect it from toxins in foodstuff, nervous disorders, and conta­gious diseases. According to Ilchi Lee it cleanses the body of deeply rooted tension and stress that inhibit procreative activities.

Activation of the second Chakra also translates into maternal love and charity for others, resulting in harmonious relationships characterized by forgiveness and comfort. However, a blocked or impaired second Chakra may lead to negativity and jealousy, result­ing in mis-communication with others. It may also lead to maternal love based on control and domination.

In political terms, we have to affect a true democracy, whose goal is the betterment of all people, not just the elitist few. We can no longer maintain the present relationship between the governors and the governed, but must create a new relationship of common respect and love. We need a Hong-Ik Democracy.

In religious terms, we have to move away from the doctrine of an external, arbitrary God and move into the world ot divinity within, not just as an object ot worship out as an active divinity which we can use to change the world. We should no longer passively worship the divine, but actively use the divine to create a better world. We need to become enlightenment activists. This is the essence of the Enlightenment Revolution: to become spiritual activists. To further this end, religions must rise out of the competition paradigm to which they have been slaves and truly work to raise the collective spiritual consciousness of the human race. For information in details read books by Ilchi Lee.