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Breathing, Mudras and Meridians: Direct Experience of Embodiment

Breathing, Mudras and Meridians: Direct Experience of Embodiment

Harvey, Bill

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ISBN10: 1909141860
ISBN13: 9781909141865
Publisher: Handspring Publishing
Published: Jun 30 2021
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.47 Width: 7.48 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

The word embodied is one of those terms, such as grounded or centered that can be discussed forever without being experienced.

Defining embodiment, though, can be quite tricky, because much of what is taught in western societies about the body devalues the felt experience.

The categories of formal learning, particularly anatomy and physiology, are taught with the fundamental source being cadavers (dead bodies), and conceptualizations that do not include our own vitality, or life force. Without the felt experience, embodiment is just another concept that can be discussed ad nauseum. The felt experience (or phenomenology in academic-speak) is the path away from these endless discussions and conceptual befuddlement.

This book provides a basic training on how to become aware of our physiological functioning and our sense of vitality. A part of this training comes from becoming hyper-aware of how we breathe. This awareness makes it possible to feel our own organs and how they function and interrelate. To help us refine our awarenesses of our own organs we are entirely fortunate to learn and practice methods, developed over thousands of years by Indian and Chinese cultures.


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