The Do-In Way Gentle Exercises to Liberate the Body, Mind, and Spirit Michio Kushi

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Synopsis

Do-In is an ancient traditional exercise for the cultivation of physical health, mental serenity, and spirituality. Over the last 5,000 years, it has served as the origin of such well-known modalities as shiatsu, acupuncture, moxibustion, yogic exercises, and meditation. Literally meaning to pull and stretch, Do-In originated in the Tao of Shin Sen as a way of achieving longevity and attaining the highest potential of mental and spiritual development. Do-In offers release from physical sickness, mental frustration and confusion, and intellectual and social disharmony.

Do-In techniques are a series of successive motions designed to harmonize body systems. The Do-In Way details the fundamental aspects of the exercise, which involves breathing, posture, and self-massage and manipulation to stimulate bodily systems. The gentle application of pressure on the body’s meridians corresponds directly with physical processes, and allows for the conditioning and stimulation of internal organs. Do-In is a simple, gentle exercise for achieving oneness between the self and the external world, and for integrating that harmony into physical and spiritual nature.

The Do-In Way is a comprehensive handbook to this basic, primal form of exercise--the ancient system of movement designed to gently and safely enhance physical, mental, and spiritual health.

Michio Kushi is a leading world figure in the macrobiotic movement. His study of macrobiotics began more than fifty years ago under its founder, George Ohsawa. Since that time, Mr. Kushi has gone on to establish the highly respected Kushi Institute in Massachusetts, lectured extensively throughout the world, and authored over twenty books on health, nutrition, and the macrobiotic lifestyle. As a macrobiotic counselor, he has successfully guided thousands to restore their physical, psychological, and spiritual health. Michio Kushi resides in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Contents

About This Book
Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART ONE
Introduction to Shin-Sen-D? : Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Development
1. The Order of the Universe and the Macrobiotic Way of Life
2. The Physical and Spiritual Constitution of Man

PART TWO
The Exercises of Do-In
Introduction to Do-In Exercises
3. Special Exercises
Introduction
Ten-Dai: Heavenly Foundation
Sei-Za: Right sitting posture
Ch?-Za: Right sitting posture on a chair
Ren-Ge-Za: Lotus flower posture
Han-Ren-Ge-Za: Half-lotus flower posture
Ko-Za: Rounded sitting posture
Ai-Wa: Love and Harmony
Sho-Ten: Ascending to Heaven
Rei-No- : Development of Spiritual Power
Wa-Jun: Development of Gentle
Nai-Kan: Inner Reflection
Gai-Kan: Outer Reflection
Shin-Pai: Spiritual Worship
Ten-Bu: Heavenly Dance
Rei-Shi: Spiritual Sight
Rei-Do-: Spiritual Movement
Chi-Ko-: Walking on the Ground
Go--Ma: Cutting Through Delusions
Koto-Dama: The Spirit of Words
4. Daily Spiritual Exercises (DSE)
Introduction
Sei-Za: Natural Right Posture and Natural Breathing
Mei-So-Ko-Kyu: Meditation and Breathing
Chin-Kon: The Prayer of Oneness
Haku-Shu: Purification by Hand Clapping
A-Um: Spiritualization by Sound Vibration
Ten-Ko: Beating the Heavenly Drum
Ten-Ro: Drinking the Heavenly Dew
Kan-Ro: Tasting Nectar in Meditation
Ten-Gaku: Listening to Heavenly Music
Ko-Myo: Seeing the Inner Light
Wa-On: Sounding Harmonization
Hei-Wa: Pacification of the World
5. Daily Exercises
So-Cho-Shu-Ho: Morning Exercises,119
Kin-Sei-Shu-Ho: Evening Exercises,130
Kei-Raku-Cho-Sei: Meridian Exercises
Additional Exercises
6. General Exercises
Introduction Preparation: For Pacifying Our Physical and Mental Condition
Face, Head, Neck and Shoulder Region
Cheeks
Eyes
Nose
Mouth and jaw
Ears
Head
Neck
Shoulders
Arms and Hands
Front, Back and Sides of Torso
Waist, Legs, Feet and Toes
Completion
Additional Exercises Especially for Facial Beauty
Some Daily Practices for Health
For headaches, including migraine headaches
Baldness
Red and swollen face
For the health of the eyes
For the ears
For the nose
For the teeth, mouth and jaw
For congestion
Constipation and diarrhea
Leg and foot cramps
Dry skin
Freckles
Moles, warts, and beauty marks
For cuts and to stop bleeding
For fire burns
General fatigue

Appendix: Major Points for Diagnosis and Treatment Used in This Book
Index

Introduction

During my life, I have experienced and observed the miseries of world war, together with the misery of present-day society--the various diseases and poverty, greed and selfishness, failure and difficulties, anger and hatred, discrimination and prejudice.

In my youth, I was inspired with the dream of realizing world peace through many possible measures, including the establishment of a World Federation. However, through the process of maturing, I have become able to see that world peace can be achieved only through the reconstruction of humanity, or the resurrection of man, from current degenerative trends which have prevailed throughout the world, increasing with the development of modern civilization.

At the same time, I was able to have an enlightening experience during meditation, which revealed universal and eternal life. I have also had the opportunity to deepen my understanding of ancient oriental philosophies and religions, which should be combined together with the modern occidental thought and way of life. In this regard I am grateful for the inspired teaching of George Ohsawa and many other present-day philosophers, as well as ancient spiritual, philosophical and scientific thinkers.

All miseries in human affairs come from our personal incomprehension of the order of the universe, or we may say, our ignorance of ourselves. From this ignorance we misguide our daily way of life in our dietary practice, social relations, and mental attitude as well as spiritual comprehension.

Life is one infinite universe itself, and our way of life should be simple and practical, according to the order of the infinite universe. Realization of health and happiness is the easiest and simplest way. On the basis of this understanding, I have begun to spread the way of life which everyone can practice at any time as the simplest means to achieve health and happiness, freedom and peace--known as the macrobiotic way of life.

Together with the spread of the way of life for humanity for one peaceful world, I have encouraged the adaptation of several traditional ways of physical, mental and spiritual development, namely, oriental medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, shiatsu massage, palm-healing, meditation, and mental and spiritual exercises. In order to reinforce our own development, I also began to introduce an ancient macrobiotic practice, Do-In, in the United States about thirty years ago. I am grateful to Mr. Jacques DeLangre and Mr. Jean Bernard Rishi for their respective books on Do-In, which introduced part of these exercises. However, the Do-In which I introduced was a partial exercise, mainly related to energizing our physical and mental vitality, and did not fully explain other aspects of Do-In which are more spiritually oriented. I have been obliged for the past several years to introduce the general scale of the entire scope of Do-In exercises.

It has been necessary to rediscover and reconstitute the Do-In exercises because these ancient macrobiotic exercises were largely lost in many areas, although some of them have been practiced among a limited society of seekers in the Far East. The entire scale of Do-In exercise is not limited to the several series of exercises introduced in this book. These ancient macrobiotic exercises were actually the origin of all physical, mental and spiritual exercises which are currently differentiated into various kinds of meditation, chanting, yoga exercise, physiopsychological training, the martial arts, as well as other methods of self-development.

The origin of Do-In exercise is simply our intuitive self-adjustment to maintain and develop ourselves, within the ocean of universal life or the infinite universe. Therefore, the beginning of Do-In exercise is historically unknown, but it has always existed with human life, throughout all generations of mankind. However, it was over 10,000 years ago when Do-In exercises were actively adapted in the ancient way of physical, mental and spiritual development to produce free man--the Tao of Shin-Sen, the Way of Spiritual Free Man.

The uniqueness of these exercises is that anyone can practice them at any time as daily exercises under ordinary circumstances, without requiring any partner or special technique. In this sense, all races, all ages, man and woman, can practice them easily for health and happiness. Some of the exercises introduced in this book are my own modification in the hope that they may benefit everyone.

I sincerely hope that everyone throughout the world will freely practice these exercises for his or her own physical health, beauty, and spiritual happiness.

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