Breathing Through The Whole Body The Buddhas Instructions On Integrating Mind Body And Breath

Explaining how stillness in meditation refers not to a rigid and frozen body but to a quality of mind, Will Johnson examines the Buddha's own words at the core of the Satipatthana Sutta: As you breathe in, breathe in through the whole body; as you breathe out, breathe out through the whole body -- an instruction often overlooked inthe majority of Buddhist schools. Exploring the Buddha's complete series of steps for deepening awareness of the breath, he shows how to invite natural, responsive movement back into the posture of meditation by extending breath awareness beyond thenostrils, lungs, and abdomen to the entire body--a practice that unifies the breath, body, and mind into a single shared phenomenon.