Table of Contents
Introduction
Yoga Today & The Meaning of Yoga in the Tibetan Tradition.................... 15
Body, Energy, and Mind: Nejang Yoga
and the Continuum Between Spiritual and Physical Cultivation................ 18
Nejang for Everyone: Yoga as Medicine.................................................... 24
Chapter One: Energetic Body
Vajra Body, Energy, and Mind: Tsa - Loong - Thiglé................................... 33
Energy Highways and Junctions: Channels and Chakras.......................... 34
Energy Flows: Subtle Winds and Mental and Physical Well-Being............ 38
Karmic and Wisdom Winds: The Yogic Transmutation of Energy.............. 39
Mind’s Essence and Energy's Richness: ‘Drops’ or Thiglé......................... 41
Nejang and the Sacred Abodes:
The Wheel of Time and Pilgrimage to Inner & Outer Dimensions.............. 43
Change Your Body, Change the World:
Tibetan Prostration as a Form of Yoga....................................................... 47
24 Exercises: Gateways to the 24 Sacred Places...................................... 52
Inner Cultivation and the Conservation of the Natural World...................... 55
Chapter Two: Health Benefits of Nejang
Methods of Treatment in Tibetan Medicine................................................. 63
Health Benefits of Yoga & Tibetan Longevity Techniques........................... 64
The Sense Organs: Flowers of our Inner Organs........................................ 69
Happy Body, Happy Mind: Health is Wealth................................................ 70
Spiritual Healing & Holistic Health............................................................... 72
Chapter Three: The Preliminaries
Setting the Proper Intention: The Four Immeasurables.............................. 77
7-Point Posture of Vairocana....................................................................... 81
The Monk and the Monkeys........................................................................ 84
Ninefold Purification Breathing.................................................................... 87
Empty Body and Empty Channels Meditation............................................. 93
Vajra Chanting.............................................................................../........... 102
Nejang Breathing: Partial Vase Breathing................................................. 105
Combining Nejang Exercises with Yogic Breath Retention....................... 106
Contraindications for Breath Retention..................................................... 106
Bumpachen .............................................................................................. 107
Contraindications for Bumpachen ............................................................ 111
Bumpachen and Astrology........................................................................ 113
Chapter Four: The Actual Practice
General Instructions.................................................................................. 117
24 Exercises & Final Relaxation................................................................ 121
Steps of Nejang Practice.......................................................................... 183
Conclusion
Self-Practice............................................................................................. 186
Healing Practice for Others...................................................................... 187
Dedication of Merit................................................................................... 188
