Yantra Yoga: Tibetan Yoga of Movement

Very cool. I like how it clears up that it was the Buddhists who had the first yoga text (some iteration of this text) with asana description and not Hatha Yoga Pradipika. I practice Ashtanga and Iyengar, so could distill some of this for my own application, but have never been formally taught this style, so ended up being somewhat limited.

I hate yoga books that are not pragmatic. This book is not only very well written. But it's a step by step how-to of Tibetan Yoga. I contains very well illustrated pictures progressing from the simplest exercises to the most advanced! Even if you don't practice a Hatha style of yoga, you'll want this book for a great reference manual.

A perfect reference work for those who want to round out their knowledge and application of the hath a aspect of yoga. Study the Tibetan sources- they are among the very best!

I'm beginning to think this yoga system was invented in the 1970s, not 1200 years ago, as advertised. First, it is remarkable that the poses are all hatha yoga poses that western students were already familiar with (except perhaps one). Kind of convenient, yes? Namkhai Norbu even gives them the same names as the corresponding hatha poses. A question that comes up is: were these poses even part of hatha yoga 1200 years ago? The hatha yoga pradipika was from the 15th century. What are the chances these poses were brought to Tibet 1200 years ago but there is no mention of them in Indian texts from that time? There is even a yantra yoga movement called "the dog" that is clearly downward facing dog. This pose simply is not mentioned in any of the old texts--hatha or Tibetan--yet here is in a book that is supposedly based on a Tibetan text from 1200 years ago.The text that Namkhai Norbu supposedly based his commentary on is " 'phrul 'khor nyi zla kha sbyor". The more you look, the more you find that there is no scholarly mention of this text anywhere outside of Namkai Norbu's yantra yoga. You cannot find online a reproduction of this text anywhere.Next, if this is from a Tibetan lineage, shouldn't you be able to find some video of people in Tibet doing this? It's possible to find videoes of monks doing other styles of Tibetan yoga, and you can see some similaities or overlap across the styles. But you can't find any videos of this yantra yoga style coming out of Tibet and there is little overlap with the rest of Tibetan yoga. What is does have in common is the use of breath holds during movement. But even there, the breath hold happens through one movement, where the other Tibetan yoga styles have the movement repeat several times during a long breath hold.I'm not saying that this style does not have value, but I think it is not evident that this is truly an ancient style. I think it is a recent hybrid of hatha yoga and Tibetan breath, made for the ease of practice by westerners who are unable to do some of the more challenging Tibetan movements like jumping up in the air and landing in lotus. That's not to say yantra yoga does not have some challenging sequences.The newer yantra yoga bookis easier to follow. I recommend that one for anyone interested.

Best investment ! You can do to learn this tipe of yoga wich is not a mixture of orientalisms but a real transmission

This is a very well illustrated book with detailed explanations on the postures and breathing techniques needed to accomplish each exercise.

This book is well written. It gives detailed descriptions and instruction. Quite different than most yoga books available. It will take some time to get through the 108 moves.

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Whilst this book is definitely very well written it is very complex and I struggled to find any practical benefit. This book needs a lot of dedication and perseverance to get through it.

An excellent work on the ancient system of Yoga. Very clear explanations of the concepts and good enough drawings. A beginner or someone new to yoga may find the illustrations a little difficult to understand, but for me no problem. I have a four decade long exposure to yoga and I can understand the concepts very well. Once again, an excellent work

Tibetan version of hatha yoga. The only difference is that it is kinetic.

Yantra Yoga

This is a wonderful book for a great practise!