Tibetan Yoga: Principles and Practices by Ian A. Baker (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Tibetan Yoga by Ian A. Baker, Bhakha Tulku Pema Rigdzin Rinpoche "A visual presentation of Tibetan yoga, the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist tradition"-- FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A visual presentation of Tibetan yoga, the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist tradition - Explains the core principles and practices of Tibetan yoga with illustrated instructions - Explores esoteric practices less familiar in the West, including sexual yoga, lucid dream yoga, and yoga enhanced by psychoactive substances - Draws on scientific research and contemplative traditions to explain Tibetan yoga from a historical, anthropological, and biological perspective - Includes full-color reproductions of previously unpublished works of Himalayan art Tibetan yoga is the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist tradition: a spiritual and physical practice that seeks an expanded experience of the human body and its energetic and cognitive potential. In this pioneering and highly illustrated overview, Ian A. Baker introduces the core principles and practices of Tibetan yoga alongside historical illustrations of the movements and beautiful, full-color works of Himalayan art, never before published. Drawing on Tibetan cultural history and scientific research, the author explores Tibetan yogic practices from historical, anthropological, and biological perspectives, providing a rich background to enable the reader to understand this ancient tradition with both the head and the heart. He provides complete, illustrated instructions for meditations, visualizations, and sequences of practices for the breath and body, as well as esoteric practices including sexual yoga, lucid dream yoga, and yoga enhanced by psychoactive plants. He explains how, while Tibetan yoga absorbed aspects of Indian hatha yoga and Taoist energy cultivation, this ancient practice largely begins where physically-oriented yoga and chi-gong end, by directing prana, or vital energy, toward the awakening of latent human abilities and cognitive states. He shows how Tibetan yoga techniques facilitate transcendence of the self and suffering and ultimately lead to Buddhist enlightenment through transformative processes of body, breath, and consciousness. Richly illustrated with contemporary ethnographic photography of Tibetan yoga practitioners and rare works of Himalayan art, including Tibetan thangka paintings, murals from the Dalai Lamas once-secret meditation chamber in Lhasa, and images of yogic practice from historical practice manuals and medical treatises, this groundbreaking book reveals Tibetan yogas ultimate expression of the interconnectedness of all existence. Author Biography Ian A. Baker studied literature and comparative religion at Oxford University and Columbia University. He is an initiate of Buddhist as well as Taoist and Hindu Tantric lineages and lived for more than 25 years in India and Nepal where he studied with some of the greatest luminaries of the Tibetan tradition, including H.H. the Dalai Lama. An international fellow of the Explorers Club and the Royal Geographic Society, he has led travel seminars in Tibet, Bhutan, and Myanmar. The author of 7 books, he was joint curator of the 2016 exhibition "Tibets Secret Temple" at the Wellcome Collection, London. Table of Contents Foreword by the venerable Bhakha Tulku Pema Rigdzin Rinpoche Introduction I Outer, inner, secret Yoga in Indo-Tibetan tradition II Elemental wisdom The varieties of meditative experience III Immaculate perception Freeing the imagination IV Enlightened anatomy The yoga of channels, winds and essences V Flowering wholeness The yoga of magical movement VI Incandescence The yoga of unbound fire VII Numinous passion The alchemy of desire VIII Noetic light The infinite brightness of being IX Dreamtime The yoga of lucid sleep X Exit strategies The yoga of transcendent death XI Liminality Navigating transitional states XII Potent solutions The yoga of entheogens and elixirs XIII Primal radiance The yoga of innate perfection Afterword Acknowledgments Notes and resources Picture credits Index Review "Ian Bakers journeys inspire others not only to venture into unknown lands on a geographical level, but also to discover the inner realms within which our own deepest nature lies hidden."-- "His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama" Review Quote "Ian Bakers journeys inspire others not only to venture into unknown lands on a geographical level, but also to discover the inner realms within which our own deepest nature lies hidden." Details ISBN1620559129 Author Bhakha Tulku Pema Rigdzin Rinpoche Short Title TIBETAN YOGA Pages 292 Language English ISBN-10 1620559129 ISBN-13 9781620559123 Format Hardcover Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-06-04 Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and Company Subtitle Principles and Practices Place of Publication Rochester Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2019-06-04 NZ Release Date 2019-06-04 US Release Date 2019-06-04 UK Release Date 2019-06-04 Publisher Inner Traditions Bear and Company DEWEY 294.34436 Audience General Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:125087079;

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