Practical Zen Yoga

Name: Practical Zen Yoga
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Put aside any preconceptions or past experiences you have of what yoga is. This is a yoga book like no other: it invites you into a yoga practice that will transform your mind, your body and your life. Zen master Daizan invites you to join him on the Zen journey of the ‘middle way’, finding balance on the physical, energetic and emotional levels and approaching the dawning and stabilisation of awakened awareness.

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Publication: June 2023
Published by Zenways Press
Retail price : £24.99
248 pages

The practices described in this book are deeply rooted in Japanese Zen Buddhism, and their origins can be traced back to the daoyin movements dating back thousands of years in China, which cultivate ki – energy. However, Zen yoga is very much a practice for today – helping people in the West and all over the world to live skilfully and harmoniously – on and off the yoga mat with the myriad challenges of modern life.

Based in the Buddha’s mindful perception of the universality of change, the embodied spiritual path of Zen yoga aligns us withthe seasons – not only the cycles of the year but the seasons or phases of human life, and also the seasons of change within the individual spiritual journey in which: “Spring is perfectly spring; it is also transforming into summer.”

Daizan invites you to join him on the Zen journey of the ‘middle way’, finding balance on the physical, energetic and emotional levels and approaching the dawning and stabilisation of awakened awareness. Interviews with a range of Zen yoga practitioners underline that this is a practice you make your own. Attitudes of curiosity, kindness and adaptability underpin the work making this a book that’s transformative for any age and body type.

The instructions are simple and easy to follow, and are accompanied by diagrams brushed by a master Zen calligrapher. This book is a helpful introduction for those new to Zen yoga, and a valuable and comprehensive manual for any practitioner of yoga, Zen or other kind of mind-body work.

REVIEWS
“Practical Zen Yoga shows readers how to become creatively involved in the process of life and learning, and how to open the door to a new relationship between mind and body – while at the same time, understanding and experiencing the cyclical nature of existence. It is a much-needed manual for mind and body. For those embarking on their yoga journey, it adds a spiritual dimension to the practice, as well as being a wealth of inspiration for existing practitioners and teachers.” – Sue Woodd, co-founder of Seasonal Yoga and Qigong.

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