01. Welcome to Sun Do Library
The articles in this library are posted and edited by actual practitioners in order to help fellow practitioners who are in the beginning stage of the same journey and want insight into the practice.
It is a very challenging project to translate Sun Do practice concepts. There are several reasons for this besides the common [...]
02. Sun Do Glossary
This glossary is for those who are not native speakers of Korean and who are new to Sun Do. This is a practical guide and should not be understood as an official or academic resource. This glossary will list the words which Sun Do practitioners most commonly encounter during practice sessions.
Multiple explanations will be used [...]
03. What is Sun Do
Sun Do is a body and mind practice system known to people only by legend for thousands of years until the Grand Master Chung San came down from the mountains in 1967 after his 20 years of practice. The entire practice system is now fully open to the public and available to the modern world.
Sun [...]
04. A Brief History of Sun Do
One of the ancient names of Sun Do is “the Way of Receiving Bar’k” or Bar’k Dol Bup.
It is said that around the end of the last Ice Age, there was a group of people who traveled toward the East where the Sun rises every morning. They were looking for the source of warmth and [...]
05. The Purpose of Sun Do practice
The purpose of the practice is to develop one’s body and mind to the ultimate potential.
The essence of life force in lower Danjeon (Jung, 정, 精) representing the physical force and is located at the center of lower abdomen. The essence of life force in the lower Danjeon nourishes the upper Danjeon (Ki, 기, [...]
06. Sun Do Practice System overview
There are a total of 9 practice levels in Sun Do. The first 3 levels focus on cultivating the physical aspects. The second 3 levels are focused on developing the mental and spiritual aspects for the most advanced practitioners. The third 3 levels are for the highest and most advanced practitioners in body, mind and [...]
07. Practice Routine
Internal Practice
In most Sun Do studios, the practice sessions are usually composed of three parts:
1. Warm-Up Exercises (20 Min)
The Warm-Up Exercise is for the relaxation and focusing of body and mind to prepare for the main breathing practice. This preparatory warming-up exercise consists of a series of stretching exercises to relieve stiffness, to enhance the [...]
08. Benefits of Sun Do Practice
The Danjeon Breathing helps developing stronger life energy and activating the natural healing power of our body. Danjeon breathing induces a deep meditative mental state throughout the practice session and enables the practitioners to deepen him/her self spiritually.
As the practice frees the blocked energy channels and accumulates life energy, Ki, the practitioners would experience enhanced [...]
09. Changes in Body and Mind
Certain transformations in body and mind are supposed to happen for those who practice regularly.
Normal changes are the purpose of practice, but some abnormal change could occur if the practitioner does not follow the instructions exactly.
Normal changes:
- feeling refreshed
- feeling light and flexible
- feeling hunger easily; effective digestion; passing gas & belching
- sweat on the [...]
10. Characteristics of Sun Do
1. Sun Do can be practiced by anyone regardless of one’s religion, ideology or age as long as one has the sincere desire to learn
2. Sun Do is a systematic and integrated disciplinary method which contains all the factors used to cultivate mind, body and spirit used by other existing body-mind cultivation practices, [...]
11. Danjeon
Danjeon (丹田, Tantien in Chinese, Tanden in Japanese) is located at the lower abdomen, 2-3 inches below navel and in the middle of the body.
It is the source of the life energy of the human body and the starting point of all meridians in human body. It is not actually a physical organ, but [...]
12. Danjeon Breathing for Beginners
Sun Do practice is done while performing Danjeon breathing. For many, Sun Do is actually known as Danjeon Breathing. Danjeon Breathing is a term used by Grand Master Chung San to help beginners to understand Sun Do and its practice more easily. Performing the sets of postures while doing Danjeon Breathing is called Danjeon Haeng [...]
13. Ki - the life energy
A being which breathes is a living being, and a being which does not breathe is a non-living being.
In addition to simply breathing in oxygen (O2) and breathing out carbon dioxide (CO2), Sun Do sees the breathing mechanism as the Ki respiratory mechanism for living beings. Breathing oxygen is the role of lungs, and [...]
14. Ki
The ancient people who lived in the Northeast Asia, such as Mongolia, Siberia, Manchuria were equestrians, nomads and hunters. Their life required continuous move from one place to another for better grass fields and game and they needed to adjust themselves to the frequent changes of environments.
Their lifestyle and continuous relocation were mainly motivated by [...]
15. Practice - Warm-Up Exercise
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