Moving into meditation
Subtitle: a 12-week mindfulness program for yoga practitioners
By: Anne Cushman
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781611800982
Subjects: Meditation; Yoga; Buddhism
Description: "Moving into Meditation is a practical yet fresh guide to integrating mindful yoga and embodied meditation, in a 12-week format. One week at a time, Moving into Meditation lays out a plan for exploring body-based practices to get you more in tune with not only your limbs and core but your mind and heart. Cushman's curriculum integrates asana with mindfulness meditation to help practitioners turn "embodiment" from a concept into a tangible reality. Her delightful mixture of practices, yoga history, and Buddhist philosophy are made relevant to your present-day life. Personal stories from the "trenches" of decades of practice and teaching add color; Cushman's characteristic poetic and funny voice makes all readers feel that much more human. Cushman believes--and experience proves--that by becoming better attuned to and acquainted with the body, the physical forms become a vehicle for becoming more intimate with yourself and your world. From there, we can explore and embody the teachings of the Buddha for a more awakened life. In recent years, "mindfulness" has blasted into mainstream culture much as yoga did two decades ago, making "mindful yoga" an appealing trend. But how does mindful yoga evolve from a buzz-worthy concept to a lived experience? How do yoga asanas and pranayama support and express the practice of meditation? How do you explore the teachings of the Buddha through the vehicle of your own living, breathing, human body? As we quickly learn, the practices are inherently entwined. Experienced yoga and meditation teacher Anne Cushman answers all these questions and more in Moving into Meditation, teaching us to deepen our asana practices with mindfulness meditation and enhance our meditation practice with asana. With compassion, humor, and deep intelligence, Moving into Meditation guides us through integrating mind, body, and spirit practices for a wide-awake life. The book is presented in a systematic, week-by-week format for ease of use and accessibility, and because the author is also developing an online course for which the book will be a central text. The program progresses through the Buddha's four foundations of mindfulness as well as the koshas"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: Part 1: Getting Started; title: 1. Mindful Yoga and Embodied Meditation; title: 2. A Little Bit of Yoga History; title: 3. When, Where, and What to Practice; title: Part 2: The Program; title: Week 1: Inhabiting Your Body; title: Week 2: Exploring Your Body in Action; title: Week 3: Getting to Know Your Breath; title: Week 4: Cultivating Your Breath; title: Week 5: Taking Your Seat: Going Deeper into Seated Meditation Posture; title: Week 6: Not Just Standing: Exploring Standing and Walking Meditation; title: Week 7: Befriending Our Bodies, Befriending Our World: The Art of Metta in Motion; title: Week 8: I Love It, I Hate It: Exploring the Realm of Feeling-Tones; title: Week 9: Coming Home to Our Hearts; title: Week 10: The Storytelling Mind; title: Week 11: Suffering and Freedom; title: Week 12: Impermanence and No Separate Self.