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Yoga of the Mahamudra - The Mystical Way to Balance (Paperback)
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EASTERN RELIGION / MEDITATION"A fascinating look into the physical
and mental universe of Mahamudra. Will Johnson gives the body-mind
unit back to space and unveils the principles that liberate the
cosmic dancer within." DANIEL ODIER, author of Yoga Spandakarika
and Desire: The Tantric Path to Awakening "In Yoga of the Mahamudra
Will Johnson affirms that the primary method of transcendence used
by authentic spiritual practices is direct experience of one's own
living body--a mindful awareness of the body's energies as they
change from moment to moment. Moreover, he has given us a timeless
manual for wise and healthy living that is sorely needed in our
difficult modern world." ROBERT K. HALL, M.D., Vipassana meditation
teacher, cofounder of the Lomi School and Counseling Clinic, and
founder of El Dharma RetreatsMahamudra, literally "the great
gesture," is looked upon within the tantric traditions of Tibet and
Northern India as the highest manifestation of consciousness known.
In Yoga of the Mahamudra Will Johnson explains that the body is the
vehicle that brings the ecstatic energies of God to earth. To
arrive at the entrance to higher consciousness, one must first
establish a great gesture of the body--physical balance--which is
best expressed through spontaneous movement and dance. By utilizing
the mystical yoga of balance one can create what he calls the
embodied cross--an embodiment of free-flowing and unfettered life
force--thereby opening the door to higher consciousness.He presents
three simple yogic principles from Tilopa's "Song of Mahamudra."
The first principle, "do nothing with the body but relax," forms
the vertical axis of the embodied cross. It is an internal process
thatfocuses on the upright structure of the body and opens up our
relationship to the divine source. The second principle, "Let the
mind cling to nothing," allows the horizontal flow of energy to our
mind. This horizontal axis represents our relationship to the
world: what we see and hear, and what our mind does with the
objects we perceive. The establishment of these vertical and
horizontal flows of energy allows us to embody the third principle,
to "become like a hollow bamboo." In this way the body and mind
become extraordinarily fluid, surrendering to the currents of the
life forces that constantly flow through them like air through a
flute. The author concludes with a number of somatic koans,
ecstatic exercises that allow the direct experience of balance and
provide the practitioner with a palpable embodied awareness of his
or her fundamental union with the Divine. WILL JOHNSON is the
founder and director of the Institute for Embodiment Training,
which combines Western somatic psychotherapy with Eastern
meditation practices. He is the author of The Posture of
Meditation; the award-winning Rumi: Gazing at the Beloved; and The
Sailfish and the Sacred Mountain. He lives in British Columbia.
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