The healing power of breath
Tibetan Breathing Exercises for Physical, Mental and Emotional Health
Geshe YongDong Losar
Publisher: Samsara
Date Time
Sunday evening September 29, 2024
20.00 - 21.15 hours
Description
A fascinating introduction to the Bon tradition and its ancient art of breathing techniques.
For millennia, many Eastern traditions have used practices that harness the powerful healing energy of the breath to treat physical, mental and emotional problems. In Chinese, this energy is called chi, in Sanskrit it is called prana and in Tibetan lung.
In The healing power of breath Geshe YongDong Losar, a learned monk in the ancient Buddhist Bon tradition of Tibet, guides us through time-tested practices to balance our lung. His deep knowledge, gained through years of study and practice, makes the practice simple and approachable, and shows us a clear path to greater calm, strength and clarity.
In The healing power of breath Discover ancient Tibetan breathing exercises to calm your mind and improve your health.
Content
Table of contents
Preface
Notes on the second edition
Acknowledgment
Introduction: Trust the Guide, Connect to the Path
PART I: THE ESSENCE OF BREATH
1. The breath of life
2. The three dimensions of lung energy
3. The five lung energies
4. Middle and lower breathing exercises
PART II: THE HEALING POWER OF BREATH
5. The meaning of healing
6. Riding on the breath
7. The Healing Tonglen Practice
PART III: BREATH AND MEDITATION
8. Meditation and the Mind
9. Meditate
10. Quiet-stay meditation
11. Insight Meditation
12. It works
PART IV: BREATHING AND VISUALIZATION
13. Looking in a different way
14. The Nine-Breath Purification Exercise
PART V: BREATH AND MOVEMENT
15. The body-mind connection
16. The Five Magical Moves
PART VI: BREATH AND SOUND
17. Mantra – the voice of meditation
18. Seed syllables
19. Connect with the five warrior qualities
20. The Five Warrior Seed Syllable Exercise
Finally
Appendix 1. The Tibetan Bon Tradition
Appendix 2. The Bon Cosmology
About the author
Geshe YongDong Losar
Geshe YongDong Losar is a Tibetan Bön lama, or spiritual teacher, in the Yungdrung Bön lineage, which has its roots in the indigenous spiritual tradition of the Himalayas. He lives in Canada, where he founded and directs Sherab Chamma Ling, a Tibetan Bön Buddhist center. He teaches at many centers and universities around the world.
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This live book review is in English.
In this live webinar with the author himself, you will hear about and experience for yourself what Geshe YongDong Losar conveys in his book 'The healing power of the breath' (Samsarabooks.com).
He will focus on healing the body, mind, spirit and emotion, with breath. He guides us through time-tested practices to help balance our lungs and you will also be able to ask questions during this webinarLooking back
More info about the online course mentioned in the lecture.
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