Ilchi Lee

The HSP 12 Steps training program is composed of 12 levels of physical achievement, starting with push-ups and ending by walking on their hands. See below for a short video clip of me walking on my hands.

I couldn’t urge them do what I couldn’t do, so I began practicing hand-stands. After succeeding with basic hand-stands, I decided to practice lifting my whole body directly from a head-stand to a full hand-stand.

Whenever I had free time over the next six months, I practiced by playing with my body’s abilities. However, lifting my body from a head-stand to straight up in the air was not something I could do yet.

One night, I dreamed that at last I lifted my body into a hand-stand exactly the way I wanted to. Even in the dream, I felt really joyful and happy.

Then I suddenly woke up. I ran to a wall right away. Without any trace of doubt, because I had achieved it in my dream, I lifted up my body. And guess what? My body easily rose up, as if it was on an elevator. Without any thought, I could accomplish my goal. It is not easy to express the joy I felt when achieving what I couldn’t do before.

Since then, I have been practicing push-ups using only two fingers of each hand. At first I felt severe pain and was concerned that I might break my fingers. However, now I can do more than 10 push-ups in this way.

It would be untrue for someone to say they can’t do exercises because they lack the time. It really is a matter of how strong your resolution and willpower are.

Most people have no idea how very big a difference even small, short exercises make when you do them sincerely and diligently – not to mention how great is the joy you feel.