Sadhana – Bliss & Ecstasy in Tantric Hatha Yoga
Originally recorded live by TaoSemko on Ustream.tv, September and October 2009, as the first program on ProgressiveSadhana.org
A 5 week progressive sadhana: Weekly video lecture and 4 or 5 guided video practices each week, 32 Episodes total.
The sadhana shows how to balance cultivating physical vitality and grounded-ness with breath energy and spiritual development, while applying some of the hidden physiological and spiritual mechanisms used in Tantric Hatha Yoga to connect to genuine bliss:
- Viparita Karani mudra, which is the tantric use of inversion (headstand, shoulderstand, etc) combined with secret inner techniques to increase youth, balance serotonin, and increase naturally occurring DMT in the brain
- Uddiyana Bandha and Nauli Kriya to sublimate physical energy upwards into the higher centers of the head and beyond.
- Lower body/ Leg exercise synchronized with deep breathing (a form of Sukshma Vyayam), followed by progressive muscle relaxation and/or self massage, to increase grounded-ness and physical vitality.
- Tratak/Shambhavi Mudra to foster one-pointed absorrption
- Pranayama to increase and harmonize prana and burn amas while regulating the mind
- Shavasana to increase stillness and relaxation into the physical and subtle bodies, and harmonize the prana
- Oli Mudras (layered sublimation techniques stacking inner mudras and bandhas inside of asana and pranayama practice)
- Mantra and Yantra Laya (absorption in resonance) (optional but powerful)
Q&A currently available on Tao's Group Zoom Q&A each Wednesday via reservation, except major holidays.
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