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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.
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.