Power Brain Kids: 12 Easy Lessons to Ignite Your Child's Potential

By Ilchi Lee

According to author Ilchi Lee, every child possesses a marvelously capable brain. Using its full capacity is simply a matter of accessing and supporting the rich potential that lies beneath the surface. In Power Brain Kids, you will find a child-appropriate and parent-friendly guide to Lee's world-renowned Brain Education (BE) method. Each lesson focuses on a particular aspect of mental ability, including concentration, creativity, memory, and emotional control. Through the book, straight-A and struggling students alike will be challenged to apply full brain capacity toward the creation of a genuinely happy and successful life.

Power Brain Kids features colorful design and full-color photography to help keep your child interested and involved with the lessons. Let our charming group of Power Brain youngsters demonstrate correct posture while your kids build flexibility and strength. In addition, the brain-building exercises and games will provide hours of constructive fun for you and your child. Power Brain Kids is perfect for any teacher or parent of children ages 6-12.

In twelve simple lessons, help your child:
• Develop better concentration.
• Improve memory skills.
• Gain tools for emotional self-control.
• Activate creativity and imagination.
• Establish connection between mind and body.
• Cultivate confidence and self-discipline.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Best Life Media
• Release date: Nov 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781935127420

Ilchi Lee

Ilchi Lee is a respected educator, mentor, author, and trailblazer devoted to developing the awakened brain and teaching energy principles. For the past thirty years, Lee has dedicated his life to helping people become the authors of their lives by harnessing the creative power of the human brain. He has developed many mind-body training methods, including Dahn Yoga and Brain Education. Since his first visit to Sedona in the 1990s, Lee has shared the messages and spirit he has received from this special land. He is the founder of Sedona Mago Retreat, a place for spiritual awakening and holistic learning, located in the wilderness of Arizona’s red rock country. For more information, visit Ilchi.com.

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ILCHI LEE

Best Life Media

459 N. Gilbert Rd., Suite C-210

Gilbert, AZ 85234

www.BestLifeMedia.com

480-926-2480

Copyright © 2007 by llchi Lee

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

First paperback edition: June 2007

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006939644

ISBN: 978-1-935127-35-2

To Bella, whose parents, Sung and Angela,

are my beloved students and partners

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you.

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,

Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,

and He bends you with His might that His arrows might go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;

For even as He loves the arrow that flies,

so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Kahlil Gibran, from The Prophet

PART 1  The Power Brain Concept

Introduction

The Five Steps of Brain Education

How to Use This Book

PART 2  Brain-Body Activation

Moving Bodies, Growing Brains

Standing Postures

Bullfrog Belly

Touching Clouds

Crescent Moon

Wringing the Towel

Hula Hoop Hips

Knee Circles

Backward Bow

Sitting and Kneeling Postures

Butterfly

Little Merman

Stretching Cat

Worried Cat

Happy Dog

Lying Postures

Barking Sea Lion

Flip-up Toe Touch

Hip-ups

Wriggling Fish

Partner Exercises

London Bridge

Wheelbarrow

Tandem Bicycle

PART 3  Twelve Power Brain Lessons

The Journey Begins

Body and Brain Check-up

Lesson One

Physical Strength

Strength Builders

Tummy Tapping

Reach and Squat

BE Push-ups

BE Sit-ups

Sleeping Tiger Power Builder

Lesson Two

Basic Brain Awareness

Play-doh Brains

Body and Brain Relaxation

Brain Watching and Drawing

Lesson Three

Body-Brain Awareness

Little Brain Game

Little Brain Exercises

Breathing Tiger

Bow and Arrow

Clapping Machine

Pill Bug

Superman

Little Brain Relaxation

Lesson Four

Brain Balance and Flexibility

Hand Coordination Exercises

Tap and Sweep

Itsy Bitsy Brainy

Circuit Drawing

Infinity Drawing

L Brain Circuit

Lesson Five

Brain Breathing and Relaxation

Breathing Buddy Exercise

Golden Brain Meditation

Bright Eyes Exercise

Power Brain Pizzeria

Lesson Six

Developing Memory and Focus

Matching Game

Clapping Games

1-2-3-2-1 Clapping Game

Count and Clap Game

3-6-9 Game

Energy Ball

Lesson Seven

Brain-Body Coordination

Balancing Exercises

Tree

Flamingo

Airplane

Spiral Dance

Square and Circle

Balloon Bounce

Lesson Eight

Emotional Self-Control

Emotional Inventory

Happy Face/Angry Face

Eye Gaze

Crazy Laughing Exercise

Lesson Nine

Cultivating Confidence

Flying Eagle

Identity Drawing

I-Am Declaration

Lesson Ten

Unleashing Imagination and Creativity

Music Drawing

Butterfly Story

Butterfly Dance

Lesson Eleven

Goal Setting for Growth

Vision Drawing

Vision Tree

Lesson Twelve

Power Brain Earth Kids

Aliens in the Woods

Heal-the-World Meditation

The Journey Continues

Suggestions for Classroom Use

Brain Education for Enhanced Learning

Endorsements

Index

References/Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by This Author

When I was a child, I had a hard time focusing on whatever I was supposed to be doing. Because I was so curious about the world, my mind would wander away from my schoolwork and out into the wider world. After school, I would run to the hills near my home, sit down under my favorite tree, and play with my imaginary friends for the rest of the afternoon.

As a result, my grades suffered, and I frustrated my teachers immensely. Some even told me that I was a bad boy. However, I was not discouraged by their words. Even though I was very young at that time, I instinctively knew that there was something great in my mind and that I was not a bad boy at all. My father agreed and assured me that I would become something great someday. This self-confidence is the greatest gift that I have ever received. As parents and educators, we have the opportunity to give this same gift to the present generation of children.

If we are to instill genuine confidence in our children, we must first have confidence in them. I truly believe that every child’s brain has extraordinary potential to create health, happiness, and peace in the world. Don’t underestimate and limit your children’s potential with typical preconceptions and judgments. Greatness is not limited to those who perform well on standardized tests or to those who know how to sit still at age eight.

Learn to see your children’s struggles and difficulties as part of the natural process of becoming the uniquely talented people they are meant to become. Always believe in your children and help them to trust and respect themselves. Help them to discover the great gifts hidden beneath the surface. Let them know that they have great power to choose the conditions and circumstances of their lives. Remind them often that they can do anything that they choose to do.

We adults are responsible for providing the foundation upon which our children may build successful and fulfilling lives. I believe that the optimal development and function of the human brain should be at the core of this foundation. This is why I have dedicated my life to the development of the brain in the hope of uncovering its full potential. During this quest, I have examined everything I could find that has implication for the health of the brain, from the most ancient mind-body