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Thich Nhat Hanh’s walking meditation gatha can be found in The Long Road Turns to Joy (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1996).
For an example of one Zen teacher’s criticism of slow-movement practice, see Beck, Nothing Special.
All quotations of the Buddha from Satipatthana Sutta come from Nhat Hanh, Transformation and Healing.
8. Feelings as Feelings
Quotations from Satipatthana Sutta are from Nhat Hanh, Transformation and Healing.
In discussing the five skandhas (form, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness), Thich Nhat Hanh compares them to rivers in Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s discussion of touching the joy of a “nontoothache” comes from Being Peace.
9. Mindfully Aware of the Mind
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Full Catastrophe Living (New York: Delta, 1990) contains his program for using mindfulness meditation for pain and stress management.
To see our pain and discomfort as our “crying baby” is suggested by Thich Nhat Hanh in Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching.
The discussion on the four kinds of attachment owes much to Rosenberg, Breath by Breath.
Charlotte Joko Beck’s insight into the sharp stones being jewels can be found in Nothing Special.
10. Dharmas in the Dharmas
S. N. Goenka emphasizes observing impermanence in Discourse Summaries.
Thich Nhat Hanh explains the two kinds of change in Breathe! You Are Alive.
Nirvana as the extinction of notions is found in Nhat Hanh, Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, as is the quotation from Tang Hoi.
Richard Rosen, the pranayama teacher in the teacher training program of the Yoga Research and Education Center (YREC), asks, “Who is the breather?” in The Yoga of Breath (Boston: Shambhala, 2002).
The four levels of restriction (nirodha) are explained in Feuerstein, The Philosophy of Classical Yoga.
The Discourse on the Teachings to Be Given to the Sick is found in Plum Village Chanting Book compiled by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Monks and Nuns of Plum Village (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2000).
The Rumi quote is from The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne (New York: HarperCollins, 1995).
Appendix A. The Seven Factors of Awakening
I mention Bo Lozoff, It’s a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice (New York: Viking, 2000) in regard to the interdependence of practice and meaning in life.
The excerpt from the Metta Sutta is from Sharon Salzberg, Loving-Kindness (Boston: Shambhala, 1995).
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www.yrec.org The web site for The Yoga Research and Education Center, chock-full with articles (many by Georg Feuerstein) on history, philosophy and practice, as well as news and great links.
www.yogajournal.com Yoga Journal’s web site has articles and a directory of Yoga teachers and schools, as well as access to yoga props, videos, etc.
www.yimag.org The web site of The Himalayan Institute’s magazine, Yoga International, which also has a directory and wonderful articles and links.
www.ascentmagazine.com Ascent is Canda’s premier yoga magazine, presenting unique prespectives on yoga and spirituality.
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www.iamhome.org The Community Of Mindful Living, with information about Thich Nhat Hanh and The Order of Interbeing. This site also has some invaluable links.
www.plumvillage.org The web site for Thich Nhat Hanh’s community in France offers transcriptions of Thay’s Dharma talks and features information on his work and the work of the Unified Buddhist Church.
www.mindfulnessyoga.net This is my web site where you can read Karuna Notes on Yoga, Dharma and Ayurveda. Information on workshops, courses and retreats can also be found here.
www.theenergycenter.com The Energy Center, Brooklyn’s oasis for yoga, healing and spiritual growth is my home base in NYC.
www.jmyoga.com Jai Ma Yoga Center in New Palta, NY is my home base in the beautiful Hudson Valley.
INDEX
A
Adamantine. See Diamond Pose (Vajrasana)
addiction
Adho Mukha Shvanasana. See Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Shvanasana)
Alcoholics Anonymous
Anapansati (Awareness of Breathing) . See also breathing
Anguttara Nikaya
Ardha Chandrasana I. See Crescent Moon (Ardha Chandrasana I)
Ardha Matsyendrasana. See Lord-of-the-Fishes Pose (Ardha Matsyendrasana)
Ardha Padmasana. See Half-Lotus Posture (Ardha Padmasana)
Ardha Shalabhasana. See Half Locust (Arha Shalabhasana)
asanas. See poses
asceticism
ashtanga (eight-limbed) yoga
Astanganamasker. See Eight-Point Posture (Astanganamasker)
attachment
Ayurveda
B
Baddha Konasana. See Cobbler (Baddha Konasana)
Balasana. See Child Pose (Balasana)
Beck, Charlotte Joko
Bent-Knee Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana)
Bhaddekaratta Sutta
Bhagavad Gita (Krishna)
bhakti yoga
Bhikkhu, Buddhadasa
Bhujangasana. See Cobra (Bhujangasana)
Bidalasana. See Cat/Cow Pose (Bidalasana)
Blake, William
Bodhi Tree
Bodhichitta
Bodhisattva
body. See also poses
fathom-long
and feelings
as impermanent
parts of, meditation on
and the universe, interdependence of
Bow Pose (Dhanurasana)
Brahma Sahampati
Brahma Viharas
Brahman
Brahmanism
breathing. See also Anapansati (Awareness of Breathing); pranayama
and balance
cultivating awareness of
and the Dharma
and emptiness
and feelings
and joy
and koans
Buddha
and asceticism
birth of
on the elements of the earth
and equanimity
on the fathom-long body
on feelings
and the Four Noble Truths
on impermanence
on mindfulness
and the Noble Eightfold Path
on perception
on suffering
and useful means
Buddha nature
Buddhadharma
Burmese
C
Cat/Cow Pose (Bidalasana)
ceto-vimutti
Child Pose (Balasana)
chitta
Cobbler (Baddha Konasana)
Cobra (Bhujangasana)
compassion
and the Brahma Viharas