ANDREW SHUGYO DAIJO BONNICI, PH.D.
Applied Zen Meditation & Core Mindfulness Based Therapy
Zen Buddhist Priest & Minister of Faith
Post Office Box 44573
Kamuela, Hawaii 96743
Phone: (808) 880-1395
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OF APPLIED MEDITATION THERAPY®
Pelvis Raised and Tilted Relaxed Belly.
Left Leg Forward, Feet and Legs Not on Top of Each Other.
Thumbs Gently Touching and Held Horizontally at Navel Level.
Eyes Open, Relaxed, and Just Seeing at a 45 Degree Angle.
Lips Softly Closed and Breathing Only Through Nose.
This is the hand form of gassho.
Seated gassho bow to
begin and end meditation
Before you sit, bow to the place where you are going to
arouse a wakeful resting in the deep wholeness of your
body wisdoming. Bowing outward before you sit, include
all human beings and the vast wisdoming oneness of
the whole Universe in your only moment body.
In Japanese this is called Gotaitochi:
Placing the 5 body parts on Ground.
(Legs, Hands, & Forehead)
Standing in Gassho, bend at the Waist.
Drop to the ground bracing yourself with your palms.
Then place forehead and palms upward on the ground.
Raise palms slightly, hold, and then lay them back on ground.
Note:
While holding palms upward, fingers should be together
and palms stretched our flat. Not curled as in last picture.
Turning your palms against to the ground,
raise your body upward pushing with hands.
Return to standing gassho.
Follow the same body forms for Bowing toward
the Chair and Outward before sitting. This is
the same bowing forms as indicated above
when bowing toward and away from a
meditation mat and cushion.
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