A couple of people in my classes have asked what to do when, while doing the Qigong or Zhan Zhuang, the energetic internal process is too much? This is a really good question, and for some people it will make complete sense, while others will have no clue what we are talking about, as we…
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Zen Embodiment Podcast Episode 1 Genryo Bradley Jones
I have begun doing these simple conversations with fascinating people about Movement, Meditation, and Internal Process. Here is the Zen Embodiment Podcast Episode 1 with my very good friend Genryo Bradley Jones. Genryo Bradley Jones went from a punk rock skateboarder to a Rinzai Zen Monk. Now he is a husband and a father. We…
Zen as Rebel Artist Training
Let’s return to process in this post, as these posts seem quite helpful. The Zen folks I admired and respected in the beginning had a big rebelliousness about them, a wildness, like they’d found zen as a tool to channel their wild creative spirit to push themselves toward freedom. They were the ones who…
Dojo Poems: A few scattered poems from a young monk’s life
Unbearable joy, profound loneliness and sadness. Liberation! Wild energy and self reflection. Some short poems giving a window into what it was like to be a young monk in a Japanese Zen Monastery. bitter cold winter full moon still erupts my heart — what a relief this state of mind even suffering is…
Birthing True Wisdom
“Our bodies already know how to birth true wisdom” Shodo Harada Lately I have had met many people and clients who are talking about walking right, sitting right, squatting right. They are looking for a technique or rule to follow to feel good in the body. I have a different view of movement and embodiment. …
