CHAPTER 7
Body
The body is incapable of not practicing. And what we practice we become. . . . Even as you sit here reading . . . you are shaping yourself by your posture, the way you’re breathing, what you’re thinking, feeling, and sensing. While this may seem subtle and far below the level of our awareness, over time this has a powerful effect in how we perceive the world and how the world perceives us.
We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
CHANGE IS FUNDAMENTALLY A BIOLOGICAL PROCESS. EVEN WHEN we try to override an old behavior through a cognitive decision (as in the classic New Year’s resolution), we still need to have our body cooperate in ...