Will Johnson is the author of The Sailfish and the Sacred Mountain, Yoga of the Mahamudra, and the award-winning The Spiritual Practices of Rumi. He is also coauthor, with translator Nevit Ergin, of The Forbidden Rumi and The Rubais of Rumi. He lives in British Columbia.
Mr. Johnson's very readable book combines Rumi's history as an orthodox cleric and poet with actual passages to each of the four spiritual practices Rumi encouraged. The four essential practices comprise of eating lightly, breathing deeply, moving freely, and gazing raptly. Johnson, in Rumi's Four Essential Practices , gives us a glimpse on how we can also have an ecstatic body and an awakened soul through narrative and poetry. In this excellent follow-up to The Spiritual Practices of Rumi , Will Johnson continues his exploration of this extraordinary thirteenth-century Sufi mystic and poet's path. Rumi speaks with the voice of our own age and our own hearts. Nowhere is this more clear than in this compelling and moving book by one of the most interesting, innovative, and creative spiritual thinkers and practitioners of our time. I recommend Will Johnson's guidance into Rumi's world to all who seek the freedom and joy that Rumi offers.