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The use of a hybrid of yoga and mindfulness for stress was pioneered by Jon Kabat-Zinn in America in 1990. It has since been advocated in differing forms by yoga and meditation teachers and authors from many backgrounds, such as Anne Cushman, Frank Jude Boccio, Stephen Cope, Janice Gates, Cyndi Lee, Phillip Moffitt, and Sarah Powers. Courses in Mindful Yoga are provided in Buddhist meditation centres, yoga studios, and stress clinics around the world.
Origins
Ancient
The teacher of Mindful Yoga Anne Cushman notes that Hatha yoga and Buddhist meditation are branches of the same Indian contemplative tradition. In her view, asanas are both objects of meditation, and useful for preparing mind and body for sitting meditation, while Buddhism offers a formal structure of meditation techniques and philosophy that can exploit the "sensitivity, concentration, discipline and energy cultivated during asana practice."[3]
In his 2006 book The Wisdom of Yoga, the
Modern
The professor of medicine and pioneer of Mindfulness Yoga
In 2008, the yoga teacher and editor of
Practice
The yoga teacher Michelle Ribeiro writes that Mindful Yoga "applies traditional Buddhist mindfulness teachings to the physical practice of yoga; it is the holistic approach of connecting your mind to your breath."[13] For her, the key point is to be open to and interested in sensations in the body, so each one can be investigated fully and then released.[13]
Cope notes in addition that yoga's asanas and pranayama, yoga breathing, "have found their way into many Buddhist meditation retreats", just as Buddhist meditation practices have appeared in yoga studios, so the "sister traditions" are beginning a "rapprochement", or a continuation of the exchange of practices and thinking that has carried on for two millennia.[4]
Cushman writes that when she first taught yoga on a meditation retreat, her pupils told her that doing yoga gave them a fresh way to connect to "mindful presence", and made it easier to bring what they had discovered in meditation back into daily life.[14]
The practice of Mindful Yoga has spread to meditation centres and stress clinics, with drop-in classes and courses available around the world, for example in the West London Buddhist Centre.[15]
Books
In 2004, Boccio published Mindfulness Yoga, relating Buddhism, especially the techniques of the
Notes
- Vipassana tradition."[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Isaacs, Nora (21 October 2008). "Bring More Mindfulness Onto the Mat". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-0861713356.
- ^ Cushman, Anne (July 2003). "Yoga Chic and the First Noble Truth". Shambhala Sun (July 2003): 42–47.
- ^ OCLC 64098584.
- ^ Cushman 2014, pp. 44–45.
- ISBN 9780385303125.
- ^ "Syllabus for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course". MBSR Training. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
Welcome, to the true Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. Developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
- OCLC 74029217.
- ISBN 978-1-59448-024-9.
- OCLC 182552934.
- OCLC 216937520.
- ISBN 978-9322008840.
- ^ a b Ribeiro, Michelle (15 April 2019). "What is Mindful Yoga? 4 Poses + Yoga Retreats". Positive Psychology.
- ^ Cushman 2014, p. x.
- ^ "Mindful Yoga". West London Buddhist Centre. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Lee, Cyndi (2004). Yoga Body, Buddha Mind. Riverhead Books. p. 12 and throughout.
- ISBN 978-1930485204.
- ^ Cushman 2014, pp. xi–xii.
- ISBN 978-1782405696.
- ISBN 978-0738756738.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1611800982.