Awakening the Sacred Body, with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

So these teachings are coming from

a very ancient tradition,

the Bon tradition, which is the oldest spiritual tradition of Tibet.

and these are very profound, they are coming from

a very specific source called the Mother Tantra

in Tibetan, we call Ma Jup

So in these teachings there are two specific practices,

one is nine breathing of purification,

the other one is the five exercises of Tsa Lung.

So the nine breathing of purification has so much to do with

clearing the 3 channels, the 3 core channels in the center of our body,

and what it does is basically

it clears the poisons in our system.

We call it three root poisons:

ignorance, attachment and anger. So we believe that

every human conflicts,

pain, sickness comes

down to these three root poisons. So these

nine breathing of purification practice is very much about

how to open these channels and how to

clear these root poisons.

and the second part is the five Tsa Lung exercise.

There are five particular movements.

These five particular movements are associated with the five elements.

So this is also associated with the five chakras,

or energy centers in our body. If there are blockages

in these energy centers and chakras, they don't flow well,

so if these winds don't flow well,

then all the psychological states

like joy, love, compassion; they don't flow

because the one wind which brings up, it is blocked.

So these exercises clearly helps to unblock those chakras,

enhances those winds,

and then gives birth to all the qualities of the mind.

So the benefit of these practices on a physical level,

I believe that it has a benefit to the health of the brain,

I believe it has an enormous benefit of the heart health,

because it is like working on the arteries and opening up the channels,

and it maintains the channels open. It also helps

digestive system for people who have problems with digestion.

It definitely helps the amount, how long people sleep,

the quality of the sleep, the restlessness in the sleep.

It is scientifically proven.

And overall it helps the nourishment of the body because all the energies

and the winds are flowing properly.

I want to say that people who practice this,

unless they really know what yoga exercise practice is,

the breathing practice is, I would strongly recommend

to have somebody guide them through these practices

the first time, until they become familiar with them.

Like any other exercise, like if you go in a gym, there is always

in any machine would have some risk, but if you know

what you are doing, then you are OK.

As these practices have helped me so much in my own life,

and also I have witnessed many times when I teach around the world,

these practices have transformed many peoples life's,

and my wish and prayer is that these practices help so many other

more people when they come to these practices.

Thank you.