Trul khor

Tsa lung ["Lung" is the Tibetan term for Qi and Prana (spiritual energy). Lung is in everything (or the Universe), though resides in nothing (or the void).] Trul khor (lit. "magical movement instrument, channels and inner breath currents") known for brevity as Trul khor (lit. "magical instrument" or "magic circle") or "Yantra Yoga" as Chögyal Namkai Norbu Rinpoche has translated the Tibetan term into English, is a Himalayan tantric discipline which includes breathwork (or pranayama), meditative contemplation (or dhyana) and precise dynamic movements (or Body work) to centre the practitioner (as bindu is core to mandala) and to engender the body-mind precision of a keened instrument. Trul khor hones the practitioner's faculty and supports the mindstream re-emergence of natural body-mind or primordial awareness or rigpa (cf. Dzogchen) by employing the energy of 'tummo' (Tibetan) to purify.

Trul khor traditionally consists of 108 movements, including bodily movements (or dynamic asana), incantations (or mantra), breathwork, and visualizations, all timed to heart rhythms. The body postures (or asanas) of ancient Himalayan yogis are depicted on the walls of the Dalai Lama's summer temple of Lukhang. Trul khor is the fruitful distillation of the confluence of centuries of ancient Bön movements, Indian yogic traditions, and Chinese movement forms (that developed into disciplines such as Tai Chi Chuan and Taoist disciplines).

Himalayan physical yogas vary between lineages and the complexity of the practices are not disclosed until a deep level of "samaya" is realised by the practitioner.

ee also

*Six yogas of Naropa
*Vairotsana

Notes

References

*Chaoul-Reich, Alejandro. [http://www.snowlionpub.com/pages/N53_1.php Spinning the Magical Wheel] in "Snow Lion Newletter". Snow Lion Publications. Retrieved 1 December 2006.
*Chaoul-Reich, Alejandro. [http://www.snowlionpub.com/pages/N59_8.php Tibetan Yoga from the Bon Tradition] in "Snow Lion Newletter". Snow Lion Publications.
*Lipson, Elaine. [http://www.yogajournal.com/wisdom/464_1.cfm Into the Mystic] in "Yoga Journal".
*Norbu, Chögyal Namkhai (2000). Revision: Laura Evangelisti. Translation: Des Barry, Nina Robinson, Liz Granger, Carol Chaney. "Yantra Yoga Manual". Italy, Shang Shung Edizioni. [This booklet is published for those who have received the transmission of these practices from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.]
* [http://www.kahunavalley.org/shambhalasun-mar07.posturesmovements.pdf Trulkhor: The Magical Movement of Tibet by M. Alejandro Chaoul]
* [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/WTD006097.pdf Yogic practices in the Bon tradition by M Alejandro Chaoul]

External links

* [http://www.ligmincha.org/program/description/trul_khor.html Ligmincha] introduction
*Chaoul, M. Alejandro (2003). "Yogic practices (rtsarlung ’phr ul ’khor) in the Bon tradition and possible applications as a CIM (complementary and integrative medicine) therapy". Presented at the the Tenth Seminar in 2003 for the International Association for Tibetan Studies. Source: [http://www.arcanology.com/2005/08/29/yogic-studies/] (accessed: February 3, 2008)