Mindfulness Yoga : The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind

by Boccio, Frank Jude; Feuerstein, Georg

• ISBN13: 9780861713356
• ISBN10: 0861713354
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-09
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Summary

This groundbreaking book introduces an entirely new integration of yoga and meditation: Mindfulness Yoga. Mindfulness Yoga emphasizes the spiritual side of yoga practice, a dimension too often overlooked. In a manner unlike any book before it, Mindfulness Yoga presents the two disciplines as a single practice that enlivens the body, liberates the spirit, and awakens compassion, equanimity, and joy. Whether you're a beginner or have been practicing for years, Mindfulness Yoga is for you. User-friendly, easy-to-follow sequences are laid out with over 100 accompanying photos in this innovative presentation of mind-fulness meditation and yoga. Special lay-flat binding makes this book even more useful as a practice aid. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Frank Jude Boccio is an interfaith minister and longtime student of Thich Nhat Hanh, he is currently a senior student in Dharma Teacher Training, Boccio is a certified yoga teacher/therapist through the Bateman Institute in New York City, and teaches yoga in Brooklyn and New Paltz, New York, as well as regularly leading Mindfulness Yoga sessions at Zen Mountain Monastery and other spiritual retreat centers. He lives in Tillson, New York

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
How to Use This Book	p. xviii
Some Words about the Asanas	p. xix
A Word about Words	p. xxi
Introduction	p. 1
Putting It in Context
The Buddha's Yoga	p. 13
The Yoga Practice of the Four Noble Truths	p. 25
The Eightfold Paths	p. 33
Cultivating Mindfulness: Remembering the Present
What Is Mindfulness?	p. 57
Beginning Mindfulness Meditation	p. 67
An Introduction to the Sutras	p. 77
The Practice of Mindfulness Yoga
Body as Body	p. 85
Mindfulness Yoga: Sequence One	p. 93
Feelings as Feelings	p. 137
Mindfulness Yoga: Sequence Two	p. 145
Mindfully Aware of the Mind	p. 187
Mindfulness Yoga: Sequence Three	p. 200
Awareness of Objects of Mind: Dharmas in the Dharmas	p. 251
Mindfulness Yoga: Sequence Four	p. 263
The Seven Factors of Awakening	p. 309
Text of Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing	p. 314
Establishing Your Seat: Seated Postures for Meditation	p. 321
Alphabetical List of Poses	p. 324
Notes	p. 326
Suggested Resources	p. 330
Index	p. 335
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