Radical Path of Somatic Dharma: Radiant Body, Radiant Mind BY Will Johnson

Will Johnson reconsiders seated meditation as a living bodily exploration rather than an exercise in rigid stillness. He argues for reconnecting sitting with felt experience, breathing and the release of habitual holding.

The book includes 14 meditations and draws on Buddhist, Sufi and somatic approaches, as well as Johnson’s work with teachers including Ida Rolf and Judith Aston. Its language of radiance expresses his contemplative framework; readers should not take it as a promise to relieve chronic pain or achieve awakening.