Heal Yourself
Heal the World
Our Mission
Elevating human consciousness to heal humanity and the Earth.
We offer holistic healing and leadership training to individuals and communities around the world to contribute to solve our societal issues in a sustainable way.
Creating Peace in Latin America
We have embarked on an exciting plan to establish a Brain Education Institute for Peace and Earth Management in El Salvador. The Institute will offer programs for young people and adults from across the country to get certified as Brain Education Trainers and Peace Leaders.
We believe this is a unique and valuable contribution towards creating a bright future in a country where violence is dominant, and we are asking for your help.
We need support to purchase the land, construct the Institute, and develop all the educational materials. Thank you for your contribution!
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We started our project in El Salvador back in 2011 in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the goal to help reduce the high violence rates in schools and also prevent illegal migration from the country.
The program started at that time in one of the most violent communities outside of San Salvador where there is a high rate of gang activity, Distrito Italia. The kids who experienced the program made substantial changes, and the teachers and the Ministry of Education were amazed at the outcomes. School dropouts were reduced, gang activity was reduced, academic performance was increased, and the teachers who received the program felt they received unique tools to manage their own stress, inter-act among teachers and with parents and students in more effective ways, and improve the impact of their educational efforts. In 2012, with the collective effort of members from the community, we built a “Swimming Pool for Peace” in the central yard of the school as a symbol of harmony and unity in the community. To date, the kids and teachers as well as the wider community take care of the swimming pool together and see it as the community’s hub for health, happiness and peace.
After the success in Distrito Italia, the Ministry of Education then decided to expand the program to 4 more schools in 2012, and in 2013, the program went nationwide - providing IBREA's training to teachers and principals, doctors and psychologists in the 14 regions of the country - with similarly positive results.. .
Over the years, IBREA has gained the trust and recognition of the Salvadoran government and in 2018, the President of IBREA Foundation received a National Award for the work of "Creating Cultures of Peace in Schools in El Salvador".
Today, we are creating the Ilchi Institute for Peace and Earth Management with the mission to train future peace leaders in the country and expand to other countries in Latin America.
Empowering Youth and Women
From 2011 to date, the program has benefited mostly women and youth. Women in El Salvador suffer greatly from domestic violence and social violence, and their stress levels have a great impact on their health and wellbeing. Born into a deeply patriarchal society, Salvadoran women and girls face risks in every sphere of life. The country has one of the worst rates for killings of women and girls in the world, according to the UN. The victims are often young; according to government figures, almost one in five women murdered in 2019 was under the age of 20. There is little economic opportunity. While both men and women (mostly young women) struggle to find jobs, the situation is particularly dire for women. In 2020, the UN found, almost four in ten Salvadoran girls and women aged 15 to 24 were neither working nor studying, more than double the rate for young men.
Brain Education provides women with tools to both recover from traumatic experiences and prevent them in the future. It empowers women to take ownership of their body and mind and to gain confidence and break through challenges with more strength and clarity. We have found that, over the years, the women we’ve been working with, have not only healed from their past traumas, but created stability in their present lives and are building a more hopeful future for themselves. Through mindful and holistic education and training, they experience changes that are not only impactful but also sustainable.
HARLEM BRAIN training center in New York
IBREA opened a training center in Harlem, NY in 2019. The center provides Brain Education to the Harlem community and the wider NYC community. Prior to opening the center, we had been delivering our program to students in A. Philip Randolph, a high school in the community to help them manage their mental health and empower them. We had great results and decided to open up this training space a few years later not only for the Harlem community but also for anybody living in New York who is interested in healing, growing and/or becoming IBREA-certified trainers.
Visit www.harlembrain.com for more information.
History and Founder
IBREA was established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in the US in 2008 by Ilchi Lee, world-renowned author, educator, entrepreneur and global visionary.
After the World Peace Summit of Spiritual Leaders in 2000 at the United Nations, where Ilchi Lee participated together with other spiritual leaders from around the world, he felt the urgent need to create an organization that would help actualize peace. Many of us agree on our intrinsic connection as human beings and with the earth and how we all want peaceful coexistence. We all can agree about our oneness and the need to come together. But there is still a lot of work to do in order to make that harmony and peace a reality and solve our shared problems as human beings on this Earth. IBREA was established with that mission in mind.
We offer our Brain Education program to individuals and groups with a global vision, to create social change in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including poverty eradication, quality education, gender balance, environmental protection among others. That is the reason why IBREA Foundation has Consultative Status with the United Nations ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council). The approach offered by IBREA to the UN is creating change from within, going from the individual level to the collective level through self-development and action in the community.
Around the world
As a nonprofit devoted to spreading peace and improving the way we are managing our societies and the Earth, in addition to El Salvador, we have led workshops and educational projects in other parts of the world, namely Liberia, Sierra Leone, Costa Rica, and India.
Liberia
In partnership with the Ministry of Education of Liberia and the Permanent Representation of Liberia to the UN, IBREA led a 4-month project in Monrovia providing Brain Education in 2 schools with high rates of post-war trauma. The students and teachers reported feeling relieved from past experiences and empowered after the project.
Sierra Leone
In partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone, IBREA led a series of workshops for government officials in both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Social Welfare. The goal was to raise their awareness about the importance of mental health in leadership, particularly for government officers.
Costa Rica
In partnership with the National University of Costa Rica, IBREA led a series of workshops in a selected rural community, Sarapiqui, with the goal to create harmonious coexistence in a community of only 20 families. The National University did qualitative research about the impact after our sessions, and the families reported resolving conflicts that they had been holding on for years, and feeling more connected to each other and ready to work together for the betterment of the community.
India
In collaboration with Avodah, a private company based in Hyderabad providing brain training, IBREA led workshops for groups of teachers from different areas in the region.
The Need
The Earth and Humanity are suffering and we need to solve our current social and environmental issues.
We believe that the solution lies in all of us as human beings, rather than in any particular system, methodology or means. If we all focus on our own healing and development with Humanity and the Earth as our core central values, we can solve our most pressing collective problems.
Everything is energy and consciousness, from our minds to our bodies, so energy healing and holistic training become key to this process. IBREA’s Brain Education methodologies offer ways to open energy, circulate energy, heal and grow our consciousness as individuals and communities as a way to create sustainable positive change.
Become a certified Brain Coach
IBREA’s courses and training are deeply experiential and will help you apply principles and insight in real life. We will take you though an process that will develop your ability to:
1. Manage your health in natural, proactive ways, and help others do the same
2. Manage your emotions/stress effectively and help others do the same
3. Stay clear and focused on your purpose and continued growth and help others do the same
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> Brain Education classes, 2-3 times a week for a period of 3 months.
Develop your ability to ground and center yourself, and improve your physical and mental wellbeing, your motivation, stamina, clarity, leadership, purpose.
> “Find your True Self” workshop: a 10-hour workshop to reflect deeply on the emotional habits that guide your life, heal from negative life experiences, increase your self-awareness and unleash your internal power and confidence to create the future you wish for yourself.
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Brain education classes: access to 1-hour holistic training classes 6 times a week to develop your ability to ground and center yourself, and improve your physical and mental wellbeing, your motivation, stamina, clarity, leadership, purpose.
9 theory-practice sessions: (1) brain-body basics (2) energy principles (3) understanding emotions and managing emotions (4) understanding stress and stress management (5) habits and neuroplasticity (6) endurance and perseverance (7) Earth Citizen consciousness (8) the PDCA method (9) Action for social change.
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Brain education classes: access to 1-hour holistic training classes 6 times a week to develop your ability to ground and center yourself, and improve your physical and mental wellbeing, your motivation, stamina, clarity, leadership, purpose.
Tao principles and Tao Living practice: 24 sessions where you will learn universal principles about the brain, energy and body. Through advanced practice, you will embed these principles within yourself in such a way that they become sustainable in your daily life.
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On-the-job training
Practice teaching by supporting IBREA’s work, or through your own projects or initiatives with IBREA’s partnership and supervision.
In this step, you’ll be ready to be a part of IBREA’s projects and outreach efforts and develop hands-on learning through direct experience in the field.
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Fill in the form below and an IBREA expert will contact you for a one-on-on consultation about our programs and growth system.
As a certified Brain Coach, you will gain the necessary insight and experience into how the brain and body work. You will reach a proficiency to lead your life and help others overcome their life challenges so we can create social change together.
You will also have the option to become a part of IBREA’s team in New York or in El Salvador and work with us for the expansion of Brain Education globally.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
info@ibreafoundation.org
Phone
(212) 319-0848