Ilchi Lee

As veteran life coach Laura Berman Fortgang puts it: “A good life coach shows you how to change so that you can get the outside circumstances of your life and career to change. They will help you unlock your potential by showing you ways that you can grow and invest in your ability to achieve.”

However, according to Ilchi Lee, originator of the Brain Education System Training (BEST) and author of In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging, the only coach you need is the one you see looking at you in the mirror—no one knows you better than you.

Lee states, “[You need to] speak to yourself with total honesty…It is possible to view the transition periods of later life not as crises but as opportunities to redefine the person you are. Change is not always comfortable. But approaching it with courage is the key to happiness.”

The following exercise, energy accumulator, will help you to feel strong, grounded and centered. Through practicing this exercise you will grow the personal strength and integrity to find the “you” you are looking for.

From Ilchi Lee (Excerpted from In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging)

• Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and parallel. Make sure that your weight is distributed evenly so that it rests firmly over the soles of both feet.

• Gently tuck in your tailbone.

• Relaxing your upper body, raise your hands to chest height, and spread them apart about one foot.

• Imagine that you have a ball of energy between your hands and your chest.

• Concentrate on your lower abdomen and maintain this posture for about three to five minutes.