Joe, I see.
Once I attended a one day zen session and there was a yoga exercise. But it felt more like tai-chi/tao movement to me instead of yoga, rather flowing. How does Buddhist Yoga supports Chan practice? Siska -----Original Message----- From: "Joe" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:39:56 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [Zen] Re: California Lawsuit Against Yoga? 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]
