Somatic Descent: Experiencing the Ultimate Intelligence of the Body

Reginald Ray's Breathing with the Body series of meditations and buddhist teachings are all beautifully organized, easy to listen to, helpful when practiced regularly, and absolutely the most amazing experience when listened to over time. I have probably listened to this set at least 30 times......sometimes when I'm awake and consciously practicing. Sometimes just to help me sleep and have beautiful dreams. Looking forward to continuing with these exercises for the rest of my life and adding more to my Reggie Ray collection as he completes more teachings.

Love it! Somatic Decent CD-set by Reggie Ray, turned out to be packed with useful information, are truly transformational, highly recommended and well worth the time spent...IF you are into meditation and want to work deeply with yourself, if you want to experience the intellegens of your own body, then, this is for you...Blew my mind and have opened up to interesting, seriously meaningful dimentions and a new true confidence in my own experiences...It is deceptively simple, BUT do not make the mistake of discarding these Techniques... things that are THAT simple, clear and fairly easy to follow... most often, holds a great deal of true wisdom within it... Brilliant!

This series is designed for advanced meditators. The speaker is brilliant, but does get a bit long winded at times. The guided exercises are amazing. It is a very long series so brace yourself for a ride.

Reggie continues to refine his work and this program should properly be called a work of art. It is clear that it is the result of his continued process, bringing together Tibetan Buddhist teachings, as well as all of his other interests in Zen, Western psychology, neuroscience, indigenous traditions, his vast academic knowledge, etc, into one seamless whole. These practices are imminently concrete, accessible, and visceral. They are also revolutionary, not just for our "personal" practices, but also because they implicitly bring into question the basic foundations of our society/the modern world by allowing the soma to take its proper place in our lives. The way that he builds up the practices over the 12 discs, effectively zooming into and out of each specific nuance of each step, is incredible. In addition to the level of refinement itself, the fact that it is so easily accessible to anyone through audio recordings that can be listened to virtually anytime and anywhere is a historically novel situation, the impact and potential of which has not yet been fully understood.

Culmination of Reggie's vast knowledge and experience of over 50 years as a dedicated spiritual practitioner of advanced Tibetan Buddhism, Ch'an, Zen, trauma psychology, shamanism and world religions. His audio spiritual teachings and guided meditations are truly the best-in-class works of spirituality, art, love, simplicity, vision, and sincerity. Pure genius at an infinitely intuitive level.

This book is a next level teaching of meditation. I have had a regular mediation practice for more than 20 years, and I found it delightful and very practical.

I wish everyone would read this book. It's life changing.

the product is awesome. one of the best and most effective meditatations for healing trauma. problem is that the cd number 7 is damaged from the factory and it doesnt work. i wonder what would be the best thing to do for all the parties involved. me included.