num_pages: 200
description: A Zen-inspired “physical education” program for martial arts practitioners and anyone interested in mind-body transformationUsing 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 • 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 alignmentWhere similar guides teach readers what to  do , this book teaches readers how to  be .
language: English
title: Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power
titlecomplete: Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power
genres: Self Help, Philosophy, Health, Spirituality, Martial Arts, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 134
publisher: North Atlantic Books