Tibetan practitioners of Yantra Yoga, or Trulkhor - a fragment of a mural in Dalai Lama's private temple in Potala, Lhasa
Yantra Yoga (Tib. Trul Khor - Magical Wheel) is one
of the oldest systems of yoga in the world, with unbroken
transmission lineages dating back as far as the 7th
century AD. It forms a path complete in itself, whose goal
is the experience of the state of the Natural State: Dzogchen.
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
received the teachings of Yantra Yoga from his uncle, a
renowned yogi, as well as other Tibetan teachers, and it
is through Yantra Yoga that he started teaching Dzogchen
in the West in 1970s.
Many of the positions and movement sequences of Yantra
Yoga are similar to Hatha Yoga or Ashtanga. The primary
aim of these sequences, however, is arriving particular
breathing patterns, the position of the body or the
stretch being of secondary or tertiary importance. These
breathing sequences, which lead to specific types of
retention of breath, allow the practitioner to work with
their subtle energy.
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