Mokuso: Stillness in a World That Never Stops

We live in a world that has declared war on stillness.Our phones wake us before our eyes open. Our feeds are engineered to keep us scrolling. And somewhere in all that noise, we have lost something essential - the ability to arrive, fully, in our own lives.Mokuso is the Japanese practice of contemplative silence performed at the beginning and end of every karate class. Most practitioners treat it as a formality. Jonathan Alves Campos discovered it was the most important training of his life.Written by a returning karateka, father of four, and founder of the Mokuso Academy, this book weaves together neuroscience, martial arts philosophy, personal testimony, and the ancient wisdom of the dojo to offer one simple, radical invitation: Just pause.For the karateka ready to go deeper. For the struggling ready to begin. For anyone who has forgotten what it feels like to be fully somewhere.Stillness in a World That Never Stops. Just Hajime! Mokuso! OSU!

Pagina's: 249, Paperback, Independently published