The same environmental conditions that make it difficult to focus also weaken memory skill. Messages and images are constantly flashed before our eyes—in magazines, on billboards, on television, and through the Internet. This constant shower of information makes it very difficult to concentrate and focus solidly. If the brain cannot focus properly on a given task or piece of information, it is unlikely to remember that thing well. Essentially, if the brain cannot easily decide what is worth remembering, much information will be lost.

Furthermore, our memory ability is rarely engaged in today’s world. Phone numbers are stored on speed dial, and facts are readily available on the Internet. There is little incentive to remember items that can be easily stored on technological gadgetry. To make up for this deficit, it is important to purposely challenge the memory to keep it sharp.

01. Begin by having your partner lie comfortably facedown on the floor. Sit down near your partner. You are the “chef” and your partner is the pizza. Before you begin, pretend to wash your hands by briskly rubbing them together until they are warm.

02. Begin by “kneading the dough,” massaging your partner’s back and shoulder muscles. Try to use the full hand, without pinching with the fingers.

03. Now pat the dough down with your palms. Cup your hands slightly, patting but not slapping.

04. Sweep your palms on the back to spread the pizza sauce.

05. Then chop the vegetables with the sides of your hands. You can make a fist with your thumbs tucked in or keep your fingers straight.

06. Sprinkle on cheese, tapping your partner with your fingertips.

01. Clap your hands together 20 times and then rub them together until your palms are quite warm.

02. Place your cupped hands over your eyes. Open your eyes and feel the warmth penetrating into them.

03. Rotate the eyes in a circle, first to the right and then to the left. Keep your hands over them.

04. Now uncover your eyes and look up with your eyes, feeling the stretch in your eye muscles. Look down, and to the left and right.

Lights, Sound, and Vibration

Chakras are awakened and activated through energy. Energy exists in three forms: light, sound, and vibration. These three forms are basic to the creation of the universe. This is expressed by the word Yullyo. All of life exists within Yullyo. Healing Chakra seeks to create balanced energy flow to stimulate and awaken the sense of Yullyo within all of us.

Yullyo resides in Heaven’s Palace, corresponding to the 6th Chakra, which is in turn directly connected to the brain stem. The brain stem is the gate through which Yullyo manifests. It is literally the seat of inner divinity.

01. Sit comfortably on the floor or in a chair, palms facing upward on your knees or thighs. Close your eyes and focus on the surface of your palms.

02. Keep focusing on your palms, feeling any sensation that is present. You may feel tingling, warmth, or some other sensation. Whatever you feel is fine, as long as you keep focusing on the palms.

03. Now slowly bring your palms off your knees, and hold them about 2-3 inches apart. In your mind’s eye, imagine that there is a golden ball of light between your hands. As you breathe in, increase your ball of light as you move your hands more widely, and let it shrink as you exhale.

04. Slowly bring the imaginary ball of light to your head. Visualize the bright energy sinking into the head and into the brain.

05. Return your palms to your knees and focus on your brain. Continue to visualize bright light emanating from within the brain.

01. Lie on your back and relax fully. Place a small stuffed toy on your abdomen, just below the belly button. Part your legs slightly and bring your arms to the side, palms facing upward.

02. Close your eyes and feel the natural rhythm of your breath. Feel your chest gently rising and falling. Let your body relax more and more deeply with each breath.

03. Once your body is fully relaxed, focus on bringing the breath down to the abdomen as your buddy rides up and down. Avoid straining or forcing your abdominal muscles. Continue for at least 5 minutes.

Mammalian Brain

Corresponds to the limbic system of the brain – or the evolutionary second layer. Controls emotions such as joy, sadness, excitement, surprise, amaze­ment, and love, among others. A problem with the limbic layer will create abnormal emotional responses. The limbic system also controls anger, fear, guilt, worry, pain, joy… and a range of other human emotional responses.

01. Hold a small paper plate in your right hand. Hold it on the palm or fingertips without using the fingers to grasp the plate.

02. Slowly bend the arm inward under the armpit. Keeping the palm upward with the plate balanced on it, swing the arm back and up over the head, creating a spiral motion. Move hips as needed to facilitate the movement.

03. Return to the original position, using a downward spiral motion. Repeat 5-10 times.

04. Switch the paper plate to the left hand and begin the same spiraling movement on the left side. Repeat 5-10 times. Switch direction and repeat 5-10 times.

Sports and arts should not strive to create only the few superstars and make them into idols of worship for purely economic purposes. Sports and arts should be just another one of the many ways through which humans can express their spiritual nature. They should become the means, not the ends, of spiritual journey and maturity. These lines are extract from Ilchi Lee founder of Dahn Yoga’ book.

BE Push-ups

01. Place the palms on the floor, directly under the shoulders. Keep the body perfectly straight as you push your body off the floor. Look forward and keep your feet together.

02. Bend your elbows at a 90-degree angle as you lower your body to the floor. Keep your back and legs straight.

03. Push back up to the starting position and repeat.

BE Sit-ups

01. Lie on the floor and bend your knees at a 90-degree angle. Keep your hands on your lower abdomen.

02. Lift your chest to an upright position, keeping your feet on the floor and your palms on your abdomen.

03. Return to the original position and repeat. Read more about subject follow the lines by Ilchi Lee.