I learned yoga in a Yoga for toddlers and parents class and I would definitely recommend some sort of stretchiness bloodflow yoga for enhanced sesshin comfort.
Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:10, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Siska, > > The Yoga helps the body in ways that benefit the sitting meditation which is > a practice that I claim is mostly physical. There are also some benefits to > our carrying out the exercises ritually when we practice together in the > Ch'an Hall: these latter benefits have to do with relations between people, > and result in the dropping away of boundaries between people. Especially on > long retreats when there are many of us practicing together with Shih-fu, > these benefits help a lot of people to awaken (which is why many people > practice, if not just for physical health and mental health). The Yoga and > the other practices are well integrated and mutually-supporting, in fact. We > find that the sitting motivates the Yoga, for example. The body really > begins to like meditation when all these things are in place and in use in an > organized way, with a Wise teacher monitoring and guiding constantly. > > --Joe > > siska_cen@... wrote: >> >> How does Buddhist Yoga supports Chan practice? > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
