Modern Times, Ancient Ways

Blending Timeless Wisdom with Contemporary Living

You don’t need to choose between ancient wisdom and modern convenience. You can have both.

In Modern Times, Ancient Ways, author and teacher J. Walton Dean offers a grounded, practical guide for integrating timeless practices with contemporary living, without guilt, dogma, or unrealistic lifestyle changes.
This is not about rejecting technology or retreating from the modern world. It’s about learning how to use today’s tools wisely, in service of health, clarity, resilience, and purpose.

Inside, you’ll discover how to transform the space you already live in, your apartment, home, or small urban environment—into a dojo-homestead: a place where physical vitality, mental clarity, and stewardship naturally grow together.

In this book, you’ll learn how to:
• Blend ancient breathing and movement practices with modern biofeedback and fitness tools
• Create daily rituals that fit real schedules and real responsibilities
• Turn small living spaces into centers for strength, calm, and renewal
• Use technology as an ally rather than a distraction
• Cultivate stewardship, for your body, your time, your environment, and your community
• Move from fragmented self-care to an integrated way of living

Rather than offering rigid systems or one-size-fits-all solutions, Modern Times, Ancient Ways guides you through a progressive, adaptable framework that honors how people actually live today. Ancient principles become accessible, measurable, and sustainable when paired with thoughtful modern support.

If you’ve ever felt caught between convenience and meaning, progress and presence, or tradition and innovation—this book offers a third path.
A path of integration.
A path of stewardship.
A path that fits the life you’re already living.

Modern Times, Ancient Ways is part of The Conscious Living Library, a collection dedicated to practical wisdom for modern lives.