This research will deal with the body awareness aspect of don Juan’s teachings. The discussion will include Carlos Castaneda’s four books dealing with the teachings of don Juan: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yagui Way of Knowledge, A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan, Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan, and Tales of Power.

In our society, that is, Western tradition, the duality of mind and body has been stressed, as well as the importance of the mind over the body in order to perceive and learn about the world. Western man thinks in terms of me and my body, but the two are not separate, and mind is not greater than body. We are our bodies.

Castaneda’s experiences with don Juan showed him that the body, not mind/reason/order, interacts with the environment, …