| Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power Contributor(s): Ralston, Peter (Author), Ralston, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583941592 ISBN-13: 9781583941591 Publisher: North Atlantic Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: In this inspiring guide, Peter Ralston presents a program of "physical education" for anyone interested in body improvement. Using simple, clear language to demystify the Zen mindset, he 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. Where similar guides teach readers what to do, this book teaches readers how to "be," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Personal Growth - General - Philosophy | Zen |
| Dewey: 796.801 |
| LCCN: 2006008408 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.61 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |