Download or read book Embodied Prayer written by Celeste Snowber and published by Wood Lake Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our bodies have too long been in exile. We listen or pray with our hearts and minds but ignore much of our bodies; we become 'disembodied'. This illuminating book is about honouring what our bodies have to teach us. Brimming with words of wisdom that will allow you to discover what a gift your body is, 'Embodied Prayer' invites you towards wholeness of body, mind, and soul.
Download or read book Praying with Our Hands written by Jon M. Sweeney and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spiritual guidebook for bringing prayer into our bodies The power of words is nowhere more evident than when we use them to pray, but prayer is also the place where we most often come up against the limitations of words. In this intriguing book of reflections and accompanying photographs, we see how our bodies, in particular our hands, can give meaning to our prayers in a way that words alone cannot. Here are twenty-one simple ways of using our hands to speak to God, presented in word and image. These spiritual practices are from a broad range of religious traditions—from Anglican to Sufi, from Buddhist to Shaker. Some may be familiar, some new; all demonstrate the universal importance people of all faith traditions have given to embodied prayer. They teach us to experience the unique spiritual enrichment that can be found when we pray with our hands.
Download or read book Embodied Prayer written by Gail a Glover and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-17 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EMBODIED PRAYER encourages the reader from an inward-focused prayer life into outward expressions. Having the knowledge of how to translate our prayers to a physical declaration gives us the freedom to release our hearts cry to the ears of The Father. Dance movement allows us to push past the mental limitations that we may have, to a place of renewal and refreshing. Embodied Prayer is a concise and easy to understand guide to help explore how movement can enhance and contribute to your growing relationship with Abba Father. Embodied Prayer comes because of workshops and requests about how to use our bodies to express our heart towards the Father. It gives practical applications and spiritual concepts to help the reader understand the idea of making our petitions known to God through dance and movement. Gail A. Glover gives us insight into dancing our prayers through practical information and exercises. She continues to write and give a voice to the many aspects of life that she wants to share with her kingdom family, known and unknown.
Download or read book Embodied Prayer written by Celeste Schroeder and published by Liguori, Mo. : Triumph Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A liturgical dance artist & teacher shows how anyone can use body movement as a spiritual exercise - even if you can't dance, aren't particularly graceful, & aren't in great physical condition! Embodied Prayer is for anyone who wants to explore the biblical view that bodies are just as spiritual as minds. Embodied Prayer covers: the theology of embodied prayer examples of embodied prayer in Scripture & tradition instructions for exercising various prayer forms such as supplication, adoration, praise, thanksgiving, & lament. As for the exercises, they can take place in any comfortable setting. First you learn to "listen" to your body. (God may be trying to tell you something, like "slow down" or "turn it over to me.") This is followed by instructions on how to use breathing, speaking, & posture as attitudes for prayer - & how to let each act of prayer surge through the body. Embodied Prayer also features adaptations from a rich tradition of ritual that incorporates & celebrates such events as Jesus' breaking of bread, embracing the children, washing the disciples' feet, & touching the sick. Here, anyone who wants to go beyond purely mechanical prayer will find exercises & improvisations to fully express the deepest desires of the soul
Download or read book Embodying Prayer written by Jennifer M. Fox Eades and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, European thought has separated mind and body and consequently prayer has been taught either either as a purely verbal process, a product of the rational mind or as an attempt to overcome, subdue or forget the body. This book draws on the gentle spirituality of St Francis and St Clare of Assisi and the embodied practice of the Alexander technique to put the body back into our prayers and to reclaim the physical as a site of the sacred. Written from within the Christian tradition but intended for those of any faith or none, it contains practical ideas for exploring prayer through simple movements and gentle physical practices, reclaiming the body as the heart of prayer. It is written from the perspective of a professional Alexander technique teacher, ordained minister in the Church of England, and life long practitioner of body/mind disciplines including Aikido, tai chi and qi gong, Each chapter concludes with practices to promote greater peace, physical ease, spiritual depth and a more restful approach to life.
Download or read book Embodied Hope written by Kelly M. Kapic and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kelly M. Kapic meditates on how our suffering—particularly our physical suffering—relates to the Christian faith. This is not a theodicy or a book of easy answers. It is an invitation to reshape our understanding of suffering into the image of Jesus. What we discover is that in Christ and through his church, God displays his deep love and provision for his people.
Download or read book Embodied Liturgy written by Frank C. Senn and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embodied Liturgy marks a return to the body in thinking about Christian liturgy and sacramental practice. Rooted in phenomenology and incarnational theology, the book gives primary focus to the body as it considers the prayer offices and the liturgical calendar, sacrifices and sacraments, initiation and vestments, ritual theory and play, word and meal, fasting and feasting, penance and celebration, rites of passage, cultural perspectives, and the role of art, music, dance, and drama in worship. The author invites readers to return to the experience of their own body through guided yogic exercises. As a text for students and liturgical practitioners, the volume gives fresh voice to the experience and practice of worship as bodily acts. Embodied Liturgy is a dynamic, accessible new resource in liturgical and sacramental theology from one of the premiere scholars in the field. Frank C. Senn distills an established legacy of expertise in an innovative and inviting perspective on bodily acts of worship.
Download or read book A Plea for Embodied Spirituality written by Fraser Watts and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body is crucial to religious life, but there has been little practical attention given to how to make a helpful reality of this fact. Strong forms of philosophical dualism have been widely abandoned by post-war theologians in favour of a more integrated view of human nature, but guidance on the role of the body in Christian spirituality remains fragmentary. Focusing particularly on drawing out practical implications for religious life and ministry, this book surveys the many ways in which the body plays an important role in religious and spiritual life, drawing on scientific research, theology and philosophy.
Download or read book Sacred Rhythms written by Ruth Haley Barton and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of spiritual disciplines, Ruth Haley Barton takes you more deeply into understanding seven key spiritual disciplines along with practical ideas for weaving them into everyday life.
Download or read book Spiritual Modalities written by William FitzGerald and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores prayer as a rhetorical art, examining situations, strategies, and performative modes of discourse directed to the divine"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Bodies of Knowledge Embodied Learning in Adult Education written by Randee Lipson Lawrence and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the multiple ways adults learn through their bodies. Embodied or somatic learning is a way of learning that relies on the body’s knowledge. Our most basic form of learning in childhood is preverbal; however, traditional schooling forces us to check our bodies at the door, requiring us to sit at a desk and raise our hands, focusing primarily on cognition to the exclusion of other ways of knowing. By the time we reach adulthood, “being in our bodies” is a foreign concept and a source of discomfort for many of us. This volume challenges the dominant paradigm of how knowledge is constructed and shared. Embodied learning is examined through a variety of practice contexts, including higher education, community education, health care, and the workplace, and through multiple methods, including dance, theater, and outdoor experiential education. This is 134th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of adult and continuing education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.
Download or read book The Religion of Thinness written by Michelle Mary Lelwica and published by Gurze Books. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With so many women approaching their diets, body image, and pursuit of a slender figure with slavish devotion, The Religion of Thinness is a timely addition to the discussion of our cultural obsession with weight loss. At the heart of this obsession is the belief that in order to be happy, one must be slim, and the attendant myths, rituals, images, and moral codes can leave some women with severe emotional damage. Idealized images in the media inspire devotees of this “religion” to experience guilt for behaviors that are biologically normal and necessary, and Lelwica offers two ways to combat this dangerous cultural message. Advising readers to look hard at the societal cues that cause them to obsess about their weight, and to remain mindful about their actions and needs, this book will not only help stop the cycle of guilt and shame associated with food, it will help readers to grow and accept their bodies as they are.
Download or read book God in Your Body written by Jay Michaelson and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your body is the place where heaven and earth meet. The greatest spiritual achievement is not transcending the body but joining body and spirit together. But to do this, you must break through assumptions that draw boundaries around the Infinite and wake up to the body as the site of holiness itself. This groundbreaking book is the first comprehensive treatment of the body in Jewish spiritual practice and an essential guide to the sacred. With meditation practices, physical exercises, visualizations, and sacred text, you will learn how to experience the presence of the Divine in, and through, your body. And by cultivating an embodied spiritual practice, you will transform everyday activities—eating, walking, breathing, washing—into moments of deep spiritual realization, uniting sacred and sensual, mystical and mundane.
Download or read book Embodied Liturgy written by C. Andrew Doyle and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the ‘reality’ of the Eucharist be maintained online? Author C. Andrew Doyle, in a well-researched and thoughtful study of both virtual reality and liturgy, argues that the Eucharist is not a formulaic rehearsal of words and rituals but an embodied and lived experience. This requires a shared place and presence. While the church should not shy away from virtual ministry, we should be wary of using the technological realm for the celebration of the Eucharist, an act that is an outward and visible sign of our spiritual union with God and one another. It brings us closer to friend and stranger for the transformation of individuals into unity in Christ. The context of the ritual–with people, objects, words, and all sorts of nuance–creates intimacy with God and each other. This unique book is especially timely and will be of interest to scholars, liturgists, and those interested in sacramental theology in the digital age.
Download or read book Leading a Life with God written by Daniel Wolpert and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolpert examines 12 prayer practices and connects each to an aspect of spiritual leadership. He discusses how to use and apply prayer in church settings, showing how each component of leadership fits together with the life of prayer.
Download or read book My Body Is Not a Prayer Request written by Amy Kenny and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With humorous prose and wry wit, Kenny makes a convincing case for all Christians to do more to meet access needs and embrace disabilities as part of God's kingdom. . . . Inclusivity-minded Christians will cheer the lessons laid out here."--Publishers Weekly Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection, says Amy Kenny. It is time for the church to start treating disabled people as full members of the body of Christ who have much more to offer than a miraculous cure narrative and to learn from their embodied experiences. Written by a disabled Christian, this book shows that the church is missing out on the prophetic witness and blessing of disability. Kenny reflects on her experiences inside the church to expose unintentional ableism and cast a new vision for Christian communities to engage disability justice. She shows that until we cultivate church spaces where people with disabilities can fully belong, flourish, and lead, we are not valuing the diverse members of the body of Christ. Offering a unique blend of personal storytelling, fresh and compelling writing, biblical exegesis, and practical application, this book invites readers to participate in disability justice and create a more inclusive community in church and parachurch spaces. Engaging content such as reflection questions and top-ten lists are included.
Download or read book Qi and Grace written by Elise Ching and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the meaning and practice of Abba-Imma Qigong, an embodied Lord´s Prayer. It includes Reverend Steve Harms´explanations of the linguistic and historical contexts for his revitalized wording of this foundational Christian prayer and explanations and photos along with instructions of the Abba-Imma Qigong form by Kaleo Ching. Abba-Imma Qigong is where East meets West in a blend of Judeo-Christian and Daoist/Chinese Medicine wisdom and compassion. It invokes and honors Abba-Imma, the Father-Mother God, the Divine Source. It is a unique form of prayer, of praying with the body, mind, and spirit to inspire an enhanced intimacy with the Divine beyond and within.
