Ilchi Lee CREATED Brain Respiration (BR) as a program for people to gain control over their lives. Brain Respiration consists of a variety of physical, emotional, and mental exercises, progressing through five stages: Sensitizing, Versatilizing, Refreshing, Integrating, and Mastering. Each stage is directed by core principles and training methods, which I will discuss briefly in this chapter. For more details, please consult my book Brain Respiration or the website www.brainrespiration.com.
Before we can direct our lives, we must first attain a certain level of sensitivity. Imagine being an artist who cannot tell the difference between red and blue! Our senses must be awake and discerning if we wish to make progress in any kind of endeavor.
Many teachers, myself included, have described exercises that can help you recover your sensitivity to your body, your emotions, and even the voice of your soul. Here I would like to talk about a different challenge—becoming sensitive to the brain itself! Scientists state that the brain is numb, because it has no sensory receptors. I do not dispute their laboratory findings, but allow me to offer some speculation based on personal experience.
Please notice how your brain feels when you experience different emotions or behaviors. Observing your brain takes practice and a great deal of focus, because we have to decide to do two things simultaneously—experience our emotions and notice how our brain is feeling. I believe it is possible to feel an emotion directly in the brain, before it manifests in the body.
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