Zen Body-Being

An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power

von Laura Ralston, Peter Ralston

200 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A Zen-inspired “physical education” program for martial arts practitioners and anyone interested in mind-body transformation Using simple, clear language to demystify the Zen mindset, Ralston draws on more than three decades of experience teaching students and apprentices worldwide who have applied his body-being approach. More of a transformative guide than a specific list of exercises devoted to any particular physical approach, Zen Body-Being explains how to create a state of mental control, enhanced feeling-awareness, correct structural alignment, increased spatial acuity, and even a greater interactive presence. Exercises are simple, often involving feeling-imagery and meditative awareness, which have a profound and sometimes instant effect. Areas of exploration include: • Beginner’s Body-Being • Three aspects of body awareness • Five principles for an effortlessly effective body • Opening a door--five steps to transformation • Fourteen points on structural alignment Where similar guides teach readers what to do, this book teaches readers how to be.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Buddhismus Einzelne Gruppen Mahayana Buddhismus Zen-Buddhismus
• ISBN: 9781583941591
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2006
• Größe: 226 x 155 mm
• Verlag: North Atlantic Books