Dancing with Dharma: Essays on Movement and Dance in Western by Harrison Blum

By Harrison Blum

either Buddhism and dance invite the practitioner into present-moment embodiment. the increase of Western Buddhism, sacred dance and dance/movement remedy, besides the mindfulness meditation increase, has created possibilities for Buddhism to notify dance aesthetics and for Buddhist perform to be formed by way of dance.
This number of new essays files the leading edge paintings being performed on the intersection of Buddhism and dance. The contributors—scholars, choreographers and Buddhist masters—discuss move, functionality, ritual and idea, between different themes. the ultimate part offers quite a few guided practices.

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