The Practice of Freedom: Aikido Principles as a Spiritual Guide - Hardcover

Palmer, Wendy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 193048500X ISBN 13: 9781930485006

Publisher: Rodmell Press, 2001

Synopsis

Drawing on the poetic wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, American sensei Wendy Palmer translates the powerful teachings of aikido for use in everyday life - all without practicing the vigorous exercises of the martial art itself.

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Synopsis:

Drawing on the poetic wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, American sensei Wendy Palmer translates the powerful teachings of aikido for use in everyday life - all without practicing the vigorous exercises of this martial art itself. With poignant reflections on her life, including her Conscious Embodiment work and teaching inmates in a women's federal prison, this fifth-degree black belt describes how we can lose our sense of freedom, vitality, and integrity under the duress of life's "attacks". She explores a process that responds to the question How? How do we transform our negativity into budo, or love, and how do we move from reactivity to freedom? The Practice of Freedom is invaluable not only for students of aikido and other martial and movement arts, but also for those who seek to live with confidence and self-reliance, to establish clear and compassionate boundaries, and to deepen their capacities for relationships.

About the Author:

Wendy Palmer, a fifth-degree black belt and cofounder of Aikido of Tamalpais, in Mill Valley, California, has been teaching aikido since 1974. In 1980, she developed Conscious Embodiment, which uses aikido principles as a way to study boundaries, relationships, and leadership. She directed the Prison Integrated Health Programme from 1990 to 1997. This is a volunteer project that provides classes in behavioural medicine at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, and serves as a model for health promotion programmes in prisons the throughout the United States. She is the author of The Intuitive Body. Aikido as a Clairsentient Practice and teaches Conscious Embodiment in its companion video.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodmell Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 193048500X
• ISBN 13: 9781930485006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256