ZEN Body-being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace and Power
Peter Ralston,Laura Ralston
ZEN Body-being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace and Power
Peter Ralston,Laura Ralston
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-Beingexplains 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 todo, this book teaches readers how tobe.
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