Will Johnson

Surprised by the number of attendees from Western spiritual traditions at his Buddhist retreats, Will Johnson wanted to understand what drew them to this type of spiritual experience. He found many devoted Christians were in search of a more direct experience of God beyond faith alone, so he began exploring what breathing practices could be found in the sacred texts...

An exploration of the use of cannabis as a sacrament in spiritual practice. Cannabis in Spiritual Practice provides instructions for using marijuana for the spiritual practices of spontaneous movement, ecstatic dance, sitting meditation, and gazing meditation. These practices allow you to open the body’s energies more fully and get closer to the Divine or your higher self. It includes a...

The Radical Path of Somatic Dharma by Will Johnson offers a pathway to radiance through deeply felt, sitting meditation. It shares practices to show how sitting meditation can be reconnected to lived, bodily experience and help you rediscover your natural somatic radiance. The book explores how the modern thought-focused frame of mind introduces patterns of holding and tension into our...

Embodied mindfulness in daily life Radiant Mindfulness by Will Johnson explores the culminating instruction of the Buddha in the Satipatthana Sutta to breathe through the whole body. The book teaches you how to alter your physiology to move beyond the static consciousness of mindfulness to a natural, spontaneous state of embodied awareness. It provides instruction and somatic koans for practising...