Change Yourself to Change the System -- because the system lives inside you: Che Sehyun at TEDxUofW

Che graduated from the University of Washington in 2011 with degrees in English, Physiology and Comparative History of Ideas. Mired in poverty and violence as a child, homeless in the womb with no cultural roots -- he has come a long way and founded a life-coaching and educational consulting organization, Experience Ease. Education transformed his life and his life's work. During his 6 years at the UW, he continued to notice a jarring reality -- people who devoted their lives to dismantling or reforming systems (racism, capitalism, imperialism, sexism, etc.) were the very ones perpetuating and reproducing them by always moving relative to them. After unsuccessful attempts at broader social change, he focused on self-development and has completely transformed his life through good thoughts, practices and ways of living based in ancient traditions such as meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Shaolin Kung Fu and Capoeira Angola Palmares. Experience Ease helps students and families use the school experience to develop more fundamental life skills. Their motto: "we live the life we teach" -- so you know it's real.

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