Tibetan lamas practiced a special kind of mobile yoga. It was yantra yoga , created in the VIII century AD. Vairochanaya is a Tibetan practitioner of yoga. In Sanskrit, the term "yantra" means liberation from the cycle of rebirth (in Hinduism they believe in reincarnation, which stops when a person comprehends the highest spiritual development, then he will forever remain among the gods). However, in Tibet, "yantra" is a movement, therefore a verbatim and authentic translation is a yoga movement.
Tibetan yoga movement, or yantra yoga came to Europe is not quite pleasant, for the Tibetans way. The fact is that this teaching was classified and, in fact, isolated from the whole surrounding world by the borders of Tibet. However, in 1959, China conquered Tibet, and Tibetan yoga teachers found themselves in exile in various parts of the world. So, by the method of "self-sowing", Tibetan yantra yoga suddenly became known and popular all over the world.
Features
The main distinguishing feature is the order of yantra yoga training . After all, all other directions of yoga are performed in static, and yantra yoga, on the contrary, is dynamic. Tibetan Yogis say that nothing liberates the energy of the human body as well as movement.
Exercises
By the way, the famous "5 Tibetan pearls" complex is also yantra yoga, yoga of Tibetan lamas.
- Raise your hands to the level of your shoulders, start rotating movements around your axis.
- Accept the sitting position, lift your hands on the inspiration and lean forward in the baby's pose as you exhale. With the forehead, touch the floor.
- Lie on your back, stretch your legs, put your hands on the back of your head, raise your straight legs and body to each other in exhalation. Pull your legs towards yourself, elbows look to the side.
- Accept the position sitting on the feet, follow the pose of the child.
- Standing on your knees, bend back in the shoulder blades, hands resting against the buttocks.
- Perform the pose of the child.
- Pull your legs out in front of you, put your hands on the floor. Pull your legs to yourself, lift the body and tear it off the floor. We have weight on our hands and feet.
- Perform the pose of the child.
- Pose of the dog - climb to the feet, knees straightened, hands pull up. Lean forward, touch the floor with your hands, and "step forward" with your hands. Fix the position, bend in the back, put your head between your hands, the pelvis is the highest point in this asana. Gently we go out into the snake's pose, we lower the pelvis down, we bend, the body keeps on straight legs and socks, we do not drop to the end on the floor. At a dynamic pace, we return to the dog's pose and back.
- Perform the pose of the child.