Tibetan Tantric Yoga — Tummo

American practitioner doing tummo:


Tibetan monk doing tummo:


::Don't try this at home, folks. Unless you are experienced in Tantric Yoga.::

For those unfamiliar with Tummo, here is a clip from a brilliant documentary about Tibetan Lamas:


Essentially, these Tibetans have developed a practice in which they can sit in snow in the mountains with their naked bodies covered by wet sheets; then using nothing but their own body and tummo, they can create so much internal heat that steam rises off their backs and they can dry their wet sheets in the frigid temperatures of Tibet.

I would very much like to learn this. Well as they say, when the student is ready the teacher will appear.

Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師 Hagane no Renkinjutsushi)

These are two of my favorite songs from the anime, Fullmetal Alchemist:

"Bratja":


Live performance of "Bratja":



"Dante's Theme":

Bikram's Beginning Yoga Series

The following videos were taken at the Bikram Yoga Studio in Richardson, Texas. Yassi, the owner, narrates for both of them and the guest Bikram yoga practitioners were visiting, demonstrating the beginner's series. In total there are 26 asanas. (The inverted asanas are in the advanced series).

Standing series with Ball Rattanapong and Alisa Matthews:



Same standing series with Esak Garcia:



Floor series with Esak Garcia:




P.S.: I've only taken 4 classes of Bikram so far but I'm already hooked. I can't wait to start the advanced series.