Breathing through the Whole Body: The Buddha's Instructions on

Breathing through the Whole Body: The Buddha's Instructions on Integrating Mind, Body, and Breath

Explores the Buddhaâ€™s own words on breathing meditation for healing, wholeness, and a deeper understanding of his teachings

â€¢ Explains the complete series of steps in the Buddhaâ€™s Satipatthana Sutta for refining awareness of the breath, from posture and center of gravity to extending breath awareness beyond the nostrils, lungs, and abdomen to the entire body

â€¢ Shows that stillness in meditation refers only to the mind, not to the body

â€¢ Reveals breath to be a direct agent of healing for chronic tensions and an agitated mind

Explaining how stillness in meditation refers not to a rigid and frozen body but to a quality of mind, Will Johnson examines the Buddhaâ€™s own words at the core of the Satipatthana Sutta: â€œAs you breathe in, breathe in through the whole body; as you breathe out, breathe out through the whole bodyâ€--an instruction often overlooked in the majority of Buddhist schools. Exploring the Buddhaâ€™s complete series of steps for 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.

Showing how the flow of breath is directly affected by chronic tensions in the body and in the mind, Johnson explains that when breath starts flowing through more and more of the body, it becomes a direct agent of healing, massaging and melting any areas of tension it touches and moves through, whether physical or emotional. By breathing through the whole body in accordance with the Buddhaâ€™s instructions on breath, the body becomes much more comfortable, the mind starts resolving its addiction to thinking, and meditative practice deepens much more rapidly, allowing the teachings of the Buddha to be directly glimpsed and revealed.

Country	USA
Author	Will Johnson
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Johnson, Will
EAN	9781594774348
Edition	0
ISBN	159477434X
Label	Inner Traditions
Manufacturer	Inner Traditions
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	96
PublicationDate	2012-01-25
Publisher	Inner Traditions
ReleaseDate	2012-01-25
Studio	Inner Traditions

Breathing through the Whole Body: The Buddha's Instructions on Integrating Mind, Body, and Breath