Rhythmic movement of Brain Wave Vibration
By Phil on Jul. 17, 2008.
Even as adults, Ilchi Lee says, 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. Ilchi Lee says he believes these motions are instinctive to people because they help calm the brain waves in a very natural way. Through the rhythmic movements of Brain Wave Vibration, Ilchi Lee 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 Ilchi Lee, creator of BEST (Brain Education System Training) to offer troubled individuals a chance to release stored emotions and to gain a feeling of personal power. One study found that workers who got together to participate in group drumming gained a much more positive outlook about their work and developed a sense of community with their coworkers. Researchers concluded that drumming circles provided a great release for the workers’ stress and that the practice could reduce worker burnout significantly, leading to a reduction in employee turnover.
When people go out to a night club or blast the latest pop tunes from their car stereos, they are, in a sense, “self-medicating” their own brain waves. Typically, Ilchi Lee says, these songs have very heavy beats, which allow the brain to settle down to a more primitive, prerational state of being, in much the same way that tribal drumming helps produce subconscious, trancelike states in primitive healing practices. Of course, the effects are not quite so dramatic, but the constant, heavy beat does provide the brain a chance to “simmer down,” escaping from the constant left-brain, prefrontal cortex activity that modern life demands. So the next time you see the guy in the car next to you bobbing his head up and down to the rhythm of the latest top-ten hit, you can think to yourself, “Oh! He knows Brain Wave Vibration, too!”
You can practice Brain Wave Vibration, created by Ilchi Lee, at a local Dahn Yoga center around your office or home.
Category: Brain Education