These lines about Dahn Yoga by Bum Yons Kim, Korea published in Lee book.

I could not make the right notes of music with my voice. For example, “re” came out of my mouth when I attempted to make “do.” I was reaching a point where I simply could not continue to sing. About one year after starting Brain Wave Vibration, I was finally able to make the right notes. It was like I turned around at the end of my career as a singer. I am so happy that I can sing again.

Most people who attend Dahn Yoga classes soon report that they feel more flexible, energized, peaceful, focused, creative, motivated, confident, and emotionally balanced. They experience less or no stress, pain, and insomnia, and reduce or eliminate their medication.

“I feel more energized” is one of the most common comments reported by practitioners. The reason for this is simple. Once stress and tension has been released from the body, the ki energy is finally able to flow freely around the body.

I have been doing brain wave vibration diligently during the past three months. First of all, I feel more energized. Even with less sleep, I spring from bed in the morning.

-Kyung Yon Lee, Korea

After starting Brain Wave Vibration, I wake up by myself without an alarm in the morning. Best of all, I can get rid of fatigue at the end of the day. Once my body regained a healthy rhythm, my desire to explore new things came with it.

Five years ago when I first experienced Brain Wave Vibration I was in constant pain. My lower back was sore all the time, and my knees hurt so that I was forced to limp and to hold on to furniture just to get around. When I saw the instructor and the participants start vibration exercise, I thought, “That looks easy,” and I decided to give it a try. At first, there was some pain, but it soon diminished. Now I just have fun! I feel so much better! Because of this vibration class I do things I never thought I could do!

-Carol Scholl, Kirkiand, WA

As I was shaking my head, I felt a painful popping and crackling on the side of my head. After just a few minutes the pain and crackling disappeared. My neck feels warm and flexible—which is unusual, since it is normally rather stiff and painful—especially on the right side.

-Nancy Davis, Springfield, VA

Chronic pain is often described as an “epidemic” by health care professionals because so many people are suffering with it daily. Brain Wave Vibration is founded on the principle that pain or illness of any kind is a sign of imbalance in the body. People find relief from pain as they begin to reestablish the natural equilibrium of their bodies, even in cases where pharmaceuticals and other treatments have failed to provide relief.

I suffered from pains in the neck and shoulders as I sat at the computer all day. After I started Brain Wave Vibration, the shoulders and the neck became soft and relaxed. After only ten minutes of exercise, I can really feel the difference.

-Cecile Kohoei, Mesa, AZ

First, there is music, which contains the power to create mood and evoke emotion. Second, there is message, which forms the structure of our belief systems and influences the quality of our relationships. Third, there is action, which is the ultimate reflection of our brain’s content.

If we can learn to use all three of these things well, I think we can find great hope for ourselves and the planet. A favorite song of mine “From a Distance.” sung by Bette Midler has two of these three elements. It combines music with message for a powerful effect—and it can also inspire YOU to act if YOU believe in its message. I love the lyrics, because they remind me where we are all going:

From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land.

It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, and it’s the voice of every man.

From a distance we all have enough, and no one is in need.

And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease, no hungry mouths to feed.

From a distance we are instruments marching in a common band.

Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace. They’re the songs of every man.

God is watching us. God is watching us.

God is watching us from a distance.

From a distance you look like my friend, Even though we are at war.

From a distance I just cannot comprehend

What all this fighting is for.

From a distance there is harmony, And it echoes through the land.

And it’s the hope of hopes; it’s the love of loves, It’s the heart of every man.

It’s the hope of hopes; it’s the love of loves.

This is the song of every man.

And God is watching us, God is watching us.

God is watching us from a distance.

Oh, God is watching us, God is watching.

God is watching us from a distance.

I believe people should pay equal, if not more, attention to the fitness of their brain waves. I believe that behind almost every illness and every relationship problem lies some habit related to unhealthy brain waves. Healthier brain waves translate into healthier emotional states, which in turn create stronger bodies and happier lives.

Coming Full Circle

The shamans of the past, and perhaps those existing in the present, were essentially brain wave doctors. They did not have the scientific understanding of brain waves that we possess, but it is clear that their healing system was designed to stimulate healing power from within the ailing individual. Often this involved vigorously shaking the body or dancing frenetically until a deep state of trance was achieved.

Michael Winkclman, a neuroscientist at Arizona State University who investigates shamanistic practices, concludes that these healing practices work by integrating older (i.e., the brain stem) and younger (i.e., the prefrontal cortex) parts of the brain. He says, “Shamanistic healing practices achieve this integration by physically stimulating systematic brain wave—discharge patterns.”

Once I had a student who was a video arcade owner. He had a quick temper and found himself constantly irritated with the kids in his arcade. This anger spilled over into every part of his life. His body became very tense, and eventually blisters appeared all over his skin. Worried about his health, he came to a Dahn Yoga center and began practicing Brain Wave Vibration along with the regular Dahn Yoga class.

After only ten sessions, the blisters disappeared and his mind-set totally changed. He not only got along better with his young patrons, but he suddenly felt motivated to teach kids Brain Education techniques in a special after-school program. This man learned to reverse his negative brain waves, and the effect on him and those around him was almost miraculous.

For the sake of your own health and happiness, as well as that of so many others around you, please pay attention to the quality of your thoughts. People spend many hours honing the shapes of their bodies through weight lifting, aerobic exercise, and other athletic endeavors.

One of my students, in fact, is a researcher in the area of bio-feedback, specializing in measuring brain activity through EEG machines. He was very skeptical about the claimed benefits of Brain Wave Vibration, like many other scientists might be. But he gave it a try anyway because he was suffering from a number of ailments and wanted to find a quick stress-relief exercise that could fit his schedule. After a few weeks of practice, his focus improved, his headaches disappeared, and his shoulder pain subsided. He is now thoroughly convinced that brain waves can be influenced through movement of the body.

It is also clear that even the kinds of thoughts we have can pertly affect our physical health. The effect of the mind on the body was demonstrated by scientists more than a hundred years ago. In one experiment, scientists showed take flowers to highly allergic people. Almost invariably, the subjects, not knowing that the flowers were fake, had allergic reactions when seeing the flowers (Sapolsky). And for centuries physicians have noted the placebo effect, in which a patient’s beliefs about a given medicine may create as much healing as the medicine itself. It stands to reason then that all sorts of negative thoughts and beliefs may have a detrimental effect on the body and that positive thoughts may assist in the healing process.

Natural health proponents agree that we are spending far too much time in the higher frequency beta and gamma waves, and too little time in the lower frequency waves. The higher frequency waves are associated with stress states, which in turn are associated with many mental and physical disorders.

Fortunately, people can learn to control their brain wave states for the improvement of mental and physical health. Eugene Peniston and Paul Kulkosky have shown that biofeedback, a method by which subjects are trained to control various biological functions, can be used to help people with alcoholism over¬come their addiction. Through biofeedback, these people were able to increase lower frequency alpha and theta brain waves, which are associated with a peaceful, meditative state of mind, while controlling higher frequency beta waves. This ability re¬sulted in less depression and fewer cravings for alcohol among the subjects.