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How the Alexander Technique can enhance Zen Meditation

Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

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The Benefits of Zen Sitting

In Zen, they put a lot of importance to the body. They call it sitting as a yogic practice, basically assuming a posture. So I got the impression from sitting for some time that a lot of Westerners are just so out of touch with their bodies and so stiff," he says. "We really don't have an appreciation of this whole realm of subtle energy and attentiveness to ourselves in this way"

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