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In Mind Body Zen, long-time Zen student, world-renowned Rolfer, and former philosophy professor Jeffrey Maitland combines his expertise across the mind-body-zen spectrum to help bridge the East-West gap in spiritual practice.
Tackling the prevailing misconception that Zen is a philosophy, Maitland provides an in-depth explanation of why Zen is an eminently practical, grounded discipline. He emphasizes the power of simple, direct experience that lies at the heart of Zen. Maitland's training in philosophy as well as bodywork distinguishes Mind Body Zen from many other books on the market. Drawing on his Rolfing expertise and years of applied meditation practice, he also offers techniques for healers across many systems and disciplines to more effectively work with their clients. Threaded throughout these discussions are the insights of Joshu Sasaki Roshi, founder of Mt. Baldy Zen Center, best known by some as Leonard Cohen's teacher, still actively teaching at age 102 but whose work has rarely been published. Mind Body Zen will appeal to the growing number of Western Buddhists and spiritual seekers interested in Zen or meditation. Somatic therapists, psychotherapists, and healers of every persuasion will also find the connection between Zen and healing to be of great interest.
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Helen Amos
reviewed Mind Body Zen: Waking Up to Your Life on November 30, 2010
Mind Body Zen: Waking Up to Your Life
This is another book I just happened upon at Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge. I stood there reading it for a long time, couldn't get it out of my mind, and came back and bought it the next day. Jeffrey Maitland is a student of Joshu Sasaki, the renowned Zen teacher who is now 103 years old and has a devoted following, including Leonard Cohen, but has not written books of his own (there is supposedly one, transcripts of his talks, but it's very hard to find). This is a different tradition of Zen from mine, but as one teacher said, All Buddhism is one stream, and I found this book extremely interesting (though rather crudely written in places). It emphasizes that Zen is primarily a body practice, an idea with which I heartily concur (other people say it's all about the mind, and I don't really disagree. There's a point at which body and mind are the same thing). Maitland is a Rolfer, and he sees Zen as being very physically based. This is a bit of an odd book, but I really enjoyed it, and sat down and read it a second time right through, something I seldom do. It might be a book for advanced students, as people sometimes say. I don't actually consider myself advanced, but I thought it was fascinating.
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