Breathing Through the Whole Body
The Buddha's Instructions on Integrating Mind, Body, and Breath
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| Author(s) : Johnson, Will |
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| ISBN : 159477434X | | EAN : 9781594774348 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 96 | | Size : 210 x 136mm | | Publisher : Inner Traditions | | Published : 2012 |
Category : Meditation: Basic
Category 2 : Meditation: General
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Synopsis:
This book explores the Buddha's own words on breathing meditation for healing, wholeness, and a deeper understanding of his teachings. It explains the series of steps in the Satipatthana Sutta for refining awareness of the breath, from posture to extending breath awareness to the entire body, and it reveals the breath to be a direct agent of healing chronic tensions and an agitated mind.
Showing how stillness in meditation refers not to a rigid and frozen body but to a quality of mind, Johnson examines the Buddha's own words at the core of the Satipatthana: "As you breathe in, breathe in through the whole body; as you breathe out, breathe out through the whole body." - an instruction often overlooked. Exploring the deepening awareness of the breath, he shows how to invite natural, responsive movement back into the posture of meditation by extending breath awareness beyond the nostrils, lungs, and abdomen to the entire body - a practice that unifies the breath, body, and mind into a single shared phenomenon.
"With simplicity and elegance, Will Johnson returns us to the original teachings of the Buddha on embodied spirituality, taking us deeper by teaching us a fuller and more subtle engagement with body and breath, leading directly to the expanse of liberation. This book will be treasured as a brilliant revelation of the spiritual possibilities of our human mind." Reginald Ray. |
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