RE: [Zen] Re: standing zen meditation

[uerusuboyo]

Joe,<br/><br/>One thing I've come to appreciate from my Vipassana practice is 
how it's not so much 'body and mind', but body/mind. The body affects the mind 
and the mind affects the body. Even memories are contained within different 
parts of the body as people with PTSD will testify. It always surprises me that 
scientists are surprised to find different areas of the brain light up when 
subjects meditate. I'd also say the soles of the feet and our finger-tips are 
affected just as much as the brain. It comes as no surprise to me then that 
mudras are used in many schools of meditation. I'd even go so far as to say 
they transcend the merely symbolic and have a very real effect. Tell me 
more!<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone