On Jan 10, 2012, at 11:01 AM, richardatrwilliamsdotus wrote:
> > Here is an exercise that enables one to keep > > warm in cold weather... > > Vaj: > Lobsang Rampa was a phony fiction writer. These > are not instructions for heat yoga (caNDAlI-yoga). > Candali (kundalini) is a Sanskrit translation of a Tibetan word - Tummo.
Actually gtum mo is a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit.
But, in fact, 'Heat Yoga' was popularized by Bikram Choudhury. Bikram Yoga's goal is to obtain general health through hatha yoga poses and pranyama.
Different type of "heat yoga" Willy.
Bikram Choudhury believes that the heated studio helps with deeper stretching, while reducing stress and tension. You can find the detailed instructions in Bikram's 'Pranayama Series' of Hatha Yoga poses, which are very similar to the instructions of T. Lobsang Rampa! Go figure. However, the practice of Tibetan 'Tummo', is the yoga of generating 'inner' heat. This practice has been described in detail by W.Y. Evans-Wentz in his book 'Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines'. Tummo is a siddha meditation technique, similar to the practice of TM.
Were you ever instructed in TM? I've been instructed in both TM and chandali-yoga and they're actually nothing alike.
