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
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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?
> 
> 
> 
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