yoga and buddhism

We live in a time when our bodies and nervous systems are being battered by a level of stimulation, agitation, speed, and information that is unprecedented in the history of the human organism. The hatha yoga practices of working with the body, breath, and energy system can calm down and rebalance that extra agitation so we can come back to a more... See more

rul khor ('magical instrument' or 'magic circle;' Skt. adhisāra [1]), in full tsa lung trul khor (Sanskrit: vayv-adhisāra 'magical movement instrument, channels and inner breath currents'), also known as yantra yoga , is a Vajrayana discipline which includes pranayama (breath control) and body postures (asanas). From the perspective of the ... See more

if you’re actually going to take dharma into daily life, awareness of the body is the single most useful thing you can have, because the body is always there. Lots of times you can’t remember to do the other practices, you may not remember, “oh, these are my values, or this is what I want to be paying attention to, or this is how I want to act,”... See more