Awakening the Sacred Body: Tibetan Yogas of Breath and Movement
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- Author：Tenzin Wangyal
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Summary
The power of the breath has been recognized for millennia as an integral part of health and well-being。 In Awakening the Sacred Body， teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche makes accessible the ancient art of Tibetan breath and movement practices。 In clear， easy-to-understand language， he outlines the theory and processes of two powerful meditations—the Nine Breathings of Purification and the Tsa Lung movements—that can help you change your relationship to yourself， to others， and to the world。
The simple methods presented in Awakening the Sacred Body and in the accompanying online video focus on clearing and opening your energetic centers to allow the natural human qualities of love， compassion， joy， and equanimity to arise。 When sadness releases， joy is able to arise。 When anger releases， love becomes available。 When prejudice releases， equanimity prevails。 And when lack of kindness ceases， compassion is present。
These practices， which focus the mind and breath together while performing specific body movements， will help you discover your inner wisdom and express your greatest potential。
The simple methods presented in Awakening the Sacred Body and in the accompanying online video focus on clearing and opening your energetic centers to allow the natural human qualities of love， compassion， joy， and equanimity to arise。 When sadness releases， joy is able to arise。 When anger releases， love becomes available。 When prejudice releases， equanimity prevails。 And when lack of kindness ceases， compassion is present。
These practices， which focus the mind and breath together while performing specific body movements， will help you discover your inner wisdom and express your greatest potential。
Reviews
Twilah Hiari
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When a reflective person faces extreme challenges in life， they often look to established “wisdom traditions” for guidance。 That’s what I， as a reflective person and shamanic practitioner who has faced extreme challenges have done。Awakening the Sacred Body offers some very detailed instruction on the use of breath and body exercises to clear internal blockages that hinder our growth and stop us from reaching our highest potential。 The cogency of the instructions is what makes this book one of th When a reflective person faces extreme challenges in life， they often look to established “wisdom traditions” for guidance。 That’s what I， as a reflective person and shamanic practitioner who has faced extreme challenges have done。Awakening the Sacred Body offers some very detailed instruction on the use of breath and body exercises to clear internal blockages that hinder our growth and stop us from reaching our highest potential。 The cogency of the instructions is what makes this book one of the best in terms of Tibetan Yoga/Tsa Lung instruction。Unfortunately， the author is plagued by a condition I’ve encountered frequently among writers and teachers in Buddhism and Buddhism related traditions。 I’ve dubbed this condition OAMs， Oblivious and Arrogant Monk Syndrome， （pronounced OM， the “s” is silent）。OAMs manifests in the following way: A teacher， usually of the male gender， emphatically emphasizes the centrality of compassion and eradication of ignorance as a component of the path to enlightenment， but then repeatedly displays utter lack of compassion and complete ignorance at a later points in the teachings。 The irony is not only overlooked by the Oblivious monk， but the potential for the existence of said irony is rejected by the Arrogant aspect of the monk。How does OAMs present within this text and why does it matter？OAMs presents in this text when the author repeatedly asserts that all life obstacles， or “stories” created and replayed by the conceptual mind are equivalent in terms of severity and the strategies needed to resolve them。 Rinpoche acknowledges early on in the text that some adverse life events can cause blockages that put our desires to change our behaviors outside the scope of what willpower alone can accomplish， but in short order he’s downplaying or erasing the severity and differing effects and outcomes of certain lived experiences。 This is OAMs 101; presenting a teaching as universal wisdom when it doesn’t apply to all humans universally。 The effect of this is to essentially erase the lived experiences of those humans to whom the teaching doesn’t pertain， which often serves to create further trauma and blockages。 Here are some specific examples of where this occurs in the text: When teaching how to clear the throat chakra， Rinpoche describes all kinds of maladaptive communications that can result from a blockage in this chakra。 Nowhere does he acknowledge that there are multiple medical conditions that can affect a person’s ability to speak and that these conditions affect many， many people worldwide。 As someone who has been completely non-verbal due to a neuroimmunological condition， reading this section made me feel erased。 No， I don't expect for every statistically uncommon condition that exists be explicitly recognized and spoken to in every self-help text， but I believe that true compassion means you don't explicitly exclude or downplay the effects of severe and/or prolonged adverse experiences with paragraphs like this: “If you know the mind is changeable， you can have influence over it and you are in good shape。 But if you think the mind has some inherent solidity to it， this is a serious problem。 You may be thinking right now， “You have no idea of the difficulties I am facing in my life。” Of course， everybody says those things。 It’s nothing new。 It’s the same story…””There ya go folks！ If you literally lack the ability to speak， as many people with autism and various other conditions experience， it’s the “same story”。 Are you so disabled by pain from chronic Lyme that you can barely get lift your arms？ Same story。Have you survived life as a sex-trafficked child？ Same story。 Are you in a combat zone where your job is to kill？ Do you often see others die？ Same story。 Are you enslaved， your labor exploited daily with no proceeds going to you？ Same story。 Do you experience domestic violence daily that precludes you having a meditation practice？ Same story。 Do you eat experience food or housing insecurity that precludes you from having a stable meditation practice？ Same story。Experiencing torture by a corrupt regime？ Same story。Does the violent and destructive behavior of your immunologically injured child cause your family severe isolation？ Same story。Basically， if you’ve lived through any severe trauma or have what’s considered Complex PTSD， proceed with caution with this book。 While the actually exercises are highly effective and liberating， you will need to already have a significant font of emotional fortitude to have your experiences erased from the conversation。 You’ll need to be able to withstand the gaslighting and the equivocation of your extreme experiences with the examples of benign interactions with co-workers and spouses。 Rinpoche fails to understand that a major source of wind channel blockages in trauma survivors is due to how abusive people often downplay the existence of or effects of trauma。 The author's choice of language mirrors the language that abusers use when they try to dismiss the existence of or downplay the effects of abuse。 Here’s where the irony hits hardest—these exercises are actually very useful for releasing the blockages and pain associated with having others downplay and dismiss the severity and impact of severe trauma。 It would be far more helpful if Rinpoche addressed this directly that rather than erasing or downplaying the lived experiences of some humans beings。 I call this refusal to address extreme adverse conditions and their outcomes Buddhism’s “not so noble silence”。 The silence is very loud throughout this text。If you’ve lived and continue to live an ordinary life with ordinary obstacles， this book is going to be a simple and fantastic read。 If your experiences are outside the norm， prepare to face invalidation on your road to liberation。 If you can read this text without internalizing Rinpoche’s ignorance， you will gain a lot of benefit from these exercises。 If you’re not at a place where you can do that you， I suggest seeking knowledge from other wisdom traditions that actually recognize the divergent outcomes that can result from extraordinary lived experiences。 Many African shamanic traditions offer a lot of help in this regard。 They don’t suffer from the same not so noble silence， and their teachers don’t display symptoms of OAMs。 Malidoma Somé and other teachers in Africa shamanic traditions understand and explicitly address how a person's spirit is affected by severe and repeated trauma and what to do about it。 These teachers don’t shame you for recognizing that your experience of severe and repeated adversity is not equivalent to the experiences of a financially secure， non-disabled adult with non-disabled children， suburban Buddhist whose foremost concerns are getting that promotion and discontinuing patterns of poor communication with their spouse。If your life and your obstacles are “typical” in severity and scope， this book is for you， no caveats。 If you’re outside the typical， proceed with caution。 If you want a book on Tsa Lung that leaves out the erasure and shaming， I recommend Geshe YongDong Losar’s Calm Breath， Calm Mind。 The instructions aren’t presented quite as masterfully as Rinpoche’s， but you won’t have to deal with potentially triggering content。 。。。more
Taylor Ellwood
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In this book， the author shares the Tsa Lung and 9 purification breaths techniques and explains how to work with them。 The book also comes with a DVD， so that you can actually see how to do the exercises。 I found the writing to be clear and explicit and it made it easy to learn the exercises。 Doing these exercises in conjunction with other Dzogchen techniques can help you quite a bit with internal work you are doing around issues， as well as learning how to experience yourself and the world from In this book， the author shares the Tsa Lung and 9 purification breaths techniques and explains how to work with them。 The book also comes with a DVD， so that you can actually see how to do the exercises。 I found the writing to be clear and explicit and it made it easy to learn the exercises。 Doing these exercises in conjunction with other Dzogchen techniques can help you quite a bit with internal work you are doing around issues， as well as learning how to experience yourself and the world from a place of stillness。 I highly recommend this book if you want to learn more about Dzogchen or learn some alternative approaches to meditation。 。。。more
Kimberly Holman
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This is a fabulous book with wonderful practices that use the body as a gateway into one's true nature。 I totally recommend it to anyone who is looking for real transformation in their life。 This is a fabulous book with wonderful practices that use the body as a gateway into one's true nature。 I totally recommend it to anyone who is looking for real transformation in their life。 。。。more
Isaac Spencer
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Simple。 Clear。 Direct。 Short。 Profound。 Inspiring。 What more could you want from a book？
Oyster
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This book describes and provides a context for practices I learned in a workshop with a senior student of Tenzin Wangyal， Marcy Vaughn。 My experience has been that these practices （called tsa lung） are both very simple and very powerful。 The DVD that accompanies the book shows Wangyal Rinpoche himself performing the exercises， so who knows， you may well be able to learn them from that alone。 Although I did not take up these practices for my physical health， to my amazement， a remarkable improvem This book describes and provides a context for practices I learned in a workshop with a senior student of Tenzin Wangyal， Marcy Vaughn。 My experience has been that these practices （called tsa lung） are both very simple and very powerful。 The DVD that accompanies the book shows Wangyal Rinpoche himself performing the exercises， so who knows， you may well be able to learn them from that alone。 Although I did not take up these practices for my physical health， to my amazement， a remarkable improvement in my asthma was among the benefits。 。。。more
Jules
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ANF 299。5
Mary
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