Category: My Journal

I started this 100 day breathing training when I began my new business. The business required a lot of preparation and time. Now I’m regularly attending two farmers markets a week and expanding distribution via retail stores. Now that my business is taking off, I can’t find the time to write my

My body feels weird. I woke up at 3am. I was lightheaded. But I knew I could not go back to sleep. My mind was getting clearer, so I got out of bed and started the breathing training. Today I realized that I needed to move up to the next level of

Our consciousness is light. We cannot see the light itself. We only see the reflection of the light when it hits an object. The reason why we can see the source of light is because the light hits the retina of our eyes.  We easily confuse an object with the light reflection

I had myeong-hyun (명현).  I didn’t expect it. Myeong-hyun can be translated as a healing sign. When we do energy training, as our body or energy system substantially changes, we experience a big release or transformation. It comes with fatigue, tiredness, or sick and heavy feelings. It’s like you feel heavy the

Sometimes we feel so empty inside that even after we finish a meal, we feel hungry. Just eating more doesn’t satisfy the emptiness. Likewise we feel so thirsty that even after drinking a couple of glasses of water, we still feel thirsty. Today I couldn’t find a chance to sit and practice

I realized that breathing is much like training for running. At first, jog very lightly. After a half mile jog, all joints and muscles are loosened up and warmed up. Then I find comfortable rhythm. When I want to run fast, I just increase cadence without disrupting my rhythm. I may breathe

When I start breathing, the quality of my energy in dahn-jon is usually confined and heavy. I cannot expand my lower abdomen. It feels like all the practices that I’ve done so far were in vain. Yet, soon after starting breathing, the energy changes and it becomes smoother and warmer. My lower

Every day when I begin my breathing, it feels like nothing has changed or improved since I started the training. It’s not much different than the sensation of the first day training.  This is a trap. It happens only in the beginning of the breathing. Instead of getting frustrated, patiently get into

I had to practice my breathing sitting on a chair wearing a pair of jeans in a public place. I had no choice but to unbuckle my belt and open the upper part of the zipper to make enough space for the breathing. It was not a perfect situation but I didn’t

Continuing the energy exchange. In the beginning of breathing, I feel the quality of my energy. It’s rough, heavy, thick, and stinging. I observe my breathing and the energy exchanges without forcing the movement of my breathing. After a while, my energy feels much smoother and the energy boundary in my lower

I focused on two things: letting go of pre-conception and knowing about breathing; focusing on myeong-mun (gate of life). Breathed deeply while relaxing my chest and shoulders. Push out downward my lower abdomen and it pulled down the diaphragm and used lower areas of the lungs to breathe. Myeong-mun is located on

  Day-4 ————– Still experienced the impact of cramps on my lower back. Didn’t do much. Just watched how my body breathed.   Day-5 ————– I couldn’t feel much energy. No magnetic sense on my lower abdomen. My wife caught a cold and she couldn’t sleep well because she couldn’t breathe through

I had extra time to practice breathing this morning since it’s Saturday.  I tried to relax every part of my body while breathing. After 30 minutes, I stretched and walked around the house. Resumed the breathing for about 45 minutes.  While I was stretching after the second sitting, I had cramping on

I had a few moments when I paused before I spoke out and put the words on my dahnjon. I experienced that my energy changed in a moment. I stepped out of my habitual speaking pattern and had a silent moment which gave me strength and the capacity to understand others more.

Yesterday and today, I woke up right after 4am. My alarm was set for 5:30 am but my internal clock woke me up before the alarm. Yesterday I resisted and stayed in my bed. Yet, this morning I got out of bed and practiced meditation. My memories about breathing techniques came back.

It’s time to set our intention for the new year. I’m sharing my 10 questions for setting intentions. Please feel free to copy, edit or share as you need. 10 Questions for setting intentions How do you want to grow/change/feel in each area at the end of this year? 1. How is

I ran my first marathon last week. It’s a big accomplishment especially because I will become 50 years old next month. As I’m ending the first half of my life, I gained huge confidence for the second half. I learned a couple of lessons from running a marathon. In this article, I

I finished my official training today. All I can do now is to rest and recover my stamina for the real race. I know that I couldn’t practice enough. The total mileage of my training plan was 655 miles but I could run only 70% of the original plan. It will not

My marathon race already started on Day 1 of my training. Now I can’t stop until I cross the finish line. As I handle my challenges during the training, I develop my determination and perseverance as well as my focus on the goal. This training applies to how I handle my life’s

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