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Prayer of Heart and Body will help you integrate teachings from the Christian contemplative tradition into your practice and encourage a new appreciation for the role of the body in prayer. \"Yoga,\" says the author, is \"meditation in motion, a way to pray with one's whole being—body, mind and spirit. It was originally designed to prepare people for sitting meditation.\" The two work powerfully together.  Quoting extensively from such authors as Ignatius, John of the Cross, Rahner and Merton, Ryan explains what is distinctive about Christian meditation compared to some eastern forms, and looks at reincarnation and kundalini energy in the light of Christian faith, respecting the authenticity of other world religions and drawing from their wisdom traditions where appropriate. \"Through this, Ryan integrates all that is beautiful, wise and holy in other traditions,\" says Jean Vanier in his Foreword, for a book that is \"unifying and pacifying.\"  The final section gives explicit instructions on beginning yoga. Using easy-to-follow diagrams, it covers breathing exercises, warm-up exercises, and the postures, including benefits, precautions and contraindications for each. In all, the basic aim of this beautifully written book is to assist the millions of Christians who today are practicing meditation or yoga or both, to consciously integrate them into their Christian spirituality as effective instruments for their personal development in prayer and daily living. †","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49586685411601,"sku":"GOR003532284","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49724195307793,"sku":"CIN080914056XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50406030737681,"sku":"CIN080914056XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52622836793617,"sku":"NIN9780809140565","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52627911573777,"sku":"CIN080914056XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/080914056X.jpg?v=1773914599"},{"product_id":"reclaiming-the-body-in-christian-spirituality-book-thomas-ryan-csp-9780809142958","title":"Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality","description":"This small, spirited book, a collection of reflections contributed primarily by the participants of a retreat and edited by its sponsor, an authority on spirituality, examines the role of the human body in the Christian spiritual life. It asks us to recover a conviction of the goodness of our bodies and how God created us so that we can reclaim a positive, healthy attitude toward our individual bodies, toward the social body, the community around us, including the Church, the earthbody, the body of the natural world, and become spiritually whole. Fr. Thomas Ryan, as editor and contributor, leads with an introduction, reflections on the positive aspects of the human body, and the modalities of body expression in the Christian and non-Christian-Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Eastern Orthodox-traditions: meditation, prayer, yoga, exercise and rest, sex, fasting and feasting, silence and solitude, and acts of corporal mercy. He is followed by James Wiseman, James Dickerson, Casey Rock, and James Hall with a short overview of historical Christian attitudes toward the body, the benefits of yoga and Kripalu philosophy for Christians, and the ways of integrating personal spiritual practices with political, social, and environmental justice, through mission groups, Manna Inc., L'Arche, and wilderness groups. Devotees as well as newcomers to health, fitness, especially yoga, nature, and spirituality rooted in the body, are sure to be receptive of its positive message.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49588021494033,"sku":"GOR002829970","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49916430287121,"sku":"CIN0809142953A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50209270726929,"sku":"CIN0809142953G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0809142953.jpg?v=1751201625"},{"product_id":"praying-by-hand-praying-with-beads-book-thomas-ryan-csp-9780809154456","title":"Praying by Hand, Praying with Beads","description":"By and large, the only reference most Christians of other denominations have for prayer with beads is Catholics and their rosaries. This devotional landscape is however now changing in remarkable ways. Various forms of prayer with beads are developing within Anglican, Lutheran, and Protestant contexts, in addition to the creation of an Ecumenical Miracle Rosary by a Lutheran pastor. And as our societal constituency becomes increasingly pluralistic religiously, it is of interest for members of all faiths to become aware that this is not just something members of their own religion do, but that it is truly a universal form of prayer. And when we become aware of a spiritual practice that has emerged throughout the human family in different cultural and faith contexts but which has little or no place in our own spiritual lives, we have to ask ourselves the question, \"Am I missing something helpful here?\" †","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49778482512145,"sku":"CIN0809154455G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50984521171217,"sku":"NIN9780809154456","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0809154455.jpg?v=1751106897"},{"product_id":"christian-unity-book-thomas-ryan-csp-9780809149506","title":"Christian Unity","description":"The unity of Christ's followers in faith, life, worship and mission will be like a magnificent mosaic through which God's light will shine for all humankind, and every member of the Body of Christ has a little piece of glass to place in that mosaic.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50362735624465,"sku":"CIN0809149508G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0809149508.jpg?v=1750703071"},{"product_id":"missionary-priest-book-thomas-ryan-csp-9780809156818","title":"Missionary Priest","description":"In Missionary Priest, Fr. 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If you haven't had the opportunity to travel much, journey with the author to Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Russia and enjoy the experience of canoeing in the wilderness and hiking in the mountains. An overarching theme through it all is finding a better balance in living. At the heart of this book is the spirituality and the spiritual practices that sustained him on this journey.  Born and raised in southern Minnesota, Rev. Thomas Ryan did his graduate studies in theology at the Washington DC Theological Union and the University of Geneva. He was ordained a Paulist priest in 1975 and served in campus ministry at the Ohio State University (Columbus) and McGill University (Montreal), before directing the Montreal-based Canadian Centre for Ecumenism and working in all ten provinces of Canada. He spearheaded the founding of Unitas in Montreal, an ecumenical center for spirituality and Christian meditation cosponsored by eight different denominations. 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