Joe, How does, or what does, Buddhist Yoga practice which supports our Chan practice. I've never heard of either before.
hongyeongsoo On 10/26/12, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > Siska, > > Right, I am making a distinction between them. > > The Buddhist Yoga is not in the same genetic line as the Yin Yoga. > > The Yin Yoga is mostly classical hatha yoga asanas, held for lengthy times. > And it has some influence from China and Japan, it seems. It was not > spawned at Ch'an practice centers. The Buddhist Yoga I teach was spawned at > Ch'an practice centers, developed in those circles for centurie, and > supports our Ch'an practice very, very directly. > > One can always practice the canonical or commercial Yin Yoga without > conflict, and with benefit, I think, and I do. But the Buddhist Yoga > includes various other practices besides postures held and relaxed-into for > long times. > > The two come from different origins, and one sounding like the other is > coincidental but natural, the way I expressed it. > > --Joe > >> siska_cen@... wrote: >> >> Hi Joe, >> >> > "Sounds like" is not proof of patrimony. >> >> What patrimony? >> >> When you said that Buddhist Yoga targets more on connective tissues rather >> than muscles, that's exactly what yin yoga does. And because in yin yoga, >> one has to stay for a while in a pose, it allows him/her to go within >> during the pose, and that sort of prepares the mind for sitting sessions. >> Also, the poses affect the flow of chi in the meridians. The way you >> described it, looks like Buddhist yoga is similar to yin yoga, except that >> they call yin yoga Tao of yoga instead of Buddhist yoga.. > [snip] > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
