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Lee Seung-Heun (; born December 23, 1950), better known as Ilchi Lee, is a South Korean author and the founder of a variety of mind-body training methods, including Dahnhak (丹学), Dahn yoga, Brain Respiration, Power Brain Education, and DahnMuDo. Lee began teaching his methods in a park in the 1980s, and since that time the practice has developed into an international network of for-profit and non-profit entities. == Personal History == Ilchi Lee was born in 1950 in Cheonan, South Korea. His father was a teacher, yet he reports having struggled in school due to his inability to focus and a preference for imaginative play.〔Ilchi Lee. (2007) ''Power Brain Kids''. Sedona, Healing Society. ISBN 978-1-932843-19-4〕 Later in life, he would identify himself as having overcome Attention Deficit Disorder through rigorous physical and mental training.〔http://www.ntac.hawaii.edu/downloads/products/briefs/success/pdf/SSB-Vol5-Iss04-Lee.pdf〕 He suggests in his books that these early experiences formed the foundation of the brain-based training techniques he would develop later in life.〔 In his adolescence he turned to the martial art Taekwondo to help calm his restless mind.〔(신동아 )〕 He eventually earned a fourth-level black belt,〔 and opened a successful martial arts studio.〔(태권도신문 )〕〔Ilchi Lee. (2000) ''Healing Society''. Charlottesville, Hampton Roads. ISBN 1-57174-189-5〕 He took the first term of Taekwondo master education hosted by Kukkiwon in 1972. He soon married and settled down to raise a family.〔 However, Lee recounts that he was still plagued by questions about the meaning of human life and the universe, even while on the surface living an ideal life.〔〔(인터넷 경향신문 - 경향닷컴 | Kyunghyang.com )〕 Thus, in his early thirties he set out to engage in rigorous solo training in the wilderness of Korea's Moak Mountain.〔〔 to engage in 21 days of ascetic practice and meditation without food, sleep or lying down.〔〔 He writes that through this training he gained enlightenment and insights that would provide the philosophical underpinnings of his methods.〔 Upon his return to ordinary civilization, he began to teach his methods in a community park,〔 (맛있는 정보! 신선한 뉴스! - 서울신문 )〕 at first to only one stroke victim.〔 It was at this point that he took the name ''Ilchi'' (; ), which means "finger pointing to the truth".〔 Eventually, a larger group of people gathered in the park, and inclement weather necessitated that the classes be moved indoors. This led to the opening of the first Dahn Center in 1985 in Seoul, South Korea, which would grow to over 300 Korean centers in the early twenty-first century〔 In 1991, the first Dahn Center opened in the United States. As of 2006, there were approximately 146 Dahn Centers in the United States. In the meantime, many corporates and government organizations, including Samsung Group, Hyundai, POSCO, and Ministry of National Defense of South Korea employed Lee's program for their employees.〔() Hankook Enocomy Newspaper 5/14/2007〕 Chung Ju-yung, the former Hyundai CEO, Chey Jong-hyun, the former CEO of SK Corporation and Cho Soon the former Vice Prime Minister of South Korea took personal training from Lee.〔() Daily Economy Newspaper 9/2/2005〕〔http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2004011470121&intype=1〕 Lee has been given a letter of appreciation from Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs and Ministry of National Defense of South Korea.〔(평택시민신문 )〕 Korean religions scholar Dr. Hai Ran Woo describes Ilchi Lee's Dahn World Co. (formerly Dahn-Hak-Sonwon) as South Korea's largest 'New Age' (or 'self-cultivation') 'meditation industry' with sales reaching $280 million in 2005. Dahn World has described their spiritual products as the most lucrative of all Korean exports; they plan to expand to 36,000 training centers worldwide by 2010.〔Woo, Hai Ran ("The New Age in South Korea" ) Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies, 2008 Advance Publication. ISSN 1750-3295 (online). Accessed February 1, 2008〕 Korean religions scholar Donald Baker regards Dahn World as one of the more noteworthy among more than 200 new religions in S. Korea that share a 'Korea-centric' view that Korea has become 'the spiritual center of the world' – with Dahn World asserting that Seung Heun Lee is a spiritual leader leading humanity toward an 'enlightenment revolution'.〔Buswell, Robert, ed. (Introduction chapter by Donald Baker ) ''The Religions of Korea in Practice'', Princeton University Press, 2007. Accessed February 5, 2008.〕 In 2000, Ilchi Lee became a director of the Tao Fellowship, a non-profit religious charity and educational foundation,〔(Arizona Corporations Commission, Public Access System Tao Fellowship record. ) Accessed January 30, 2008.〕〔(The Story of Mago Castle ) Sedona Live article published on official Ilchi Lee Web site.〕〔Red Rock News, Sedona, Arizona Friday, May 2, 2008〕 which purchased majestic property in Sedona, Arizona to house the Sedona Ilchi Meditation Center (SIMC).〔(Arizona Secretary of State - public records - tradenames ) Accessed January 30, 2008.〕〔(Tao Fellowship Web page "Sedona Ilchi Meditation Center" ) Accessed February 1, 2008.〕 According to their Web site, the Tao Fellowship teaches and promotes Tao philosophy and provides training for a cultural movement for peace.〔("Mission and Activities of Tao Fellowship" ) Tao Fellowship Web site. Accessed February 1, 2008.〕 The Sedona Ilchi Meditation Center is described as "the home from which the ideals of Tao Fellowship may flower and go forth to awaken the human consciousness," and as the location of 12 energy vortexes〔 (Sedona is believed by many visitors and locals to contain healing energy vortexes.)〔(Frommers article on Sedona's "Vortex Power" )〕 Described by Dr. Woo as the "heart of the 'world mission' or 'global management,'"〔 SIMC hosts 3,000 participants annually from around the world in a variety of programs based in Lee's Brain Education system, including youth camps, residential healing, retreat programs and advanced Dahn training programs such as Dahn Healer School.〔(Dahn Yoga Web site FAQ. ) Accessed February 10, 2008.〕〔Red Rock News, Sedona, Arizona Friday, April 18, 2008〕 Recently SIMC was renamed the Sedona Mago Retreat Center (SMRC) and celebrated its 10th Anniversary in May 2008.〔"Mago" means "Mother Earth" in Korean.〔 According to his official website, Lee is no longer in direct management of the Dahn Centers, instead focusing on developing educational applications of his training system and serving as president of the consulting firm BR Consulting in Sedona, AZ,〔() Official Ilchi Lee Web site. Accessed February 1, 2008.〕 which provides services to corporations that provide his training programs, including management of trainer education programs, training and licensing of trainers, marketing and media relations, business analysis and planning.〔(BR Consulting, Inc. Official Web site. ) Accessed February 19, 2008.〕 On January 8, 2009, Lee held a seminar at the United Nations on "The Role of Brain Education in Global Mental Health," as the president of IBREA.〔()〕〔()〕 Coincided with the seminar, New York City declared this day "IBREA Brain Education Day," recognizing Brain Education's contribution to education, health and well-being of New York citizens.〔 Fifteen American cities including Atlanta, Cambridge, Las Vegas and San Francisco have declared Ilchi Lee Day, in recognition of Lee's contributions through his original Brain Education〔()〕〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ilchi Lee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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