Description

This book gives detailed instructions for dream yoga, including foundational practices done during the day. In the Tibetan tradition, the ability to dream lucidly is not an end in itself, rather it provides an additional context in which one can engage in advanced and effective practices to achieve liberation. Dream yoga is followed by sleep yoga, also known as the yoga of clear light. It is a more advanced practice where the goal is to stay conscious during deep sleep, when the gross mind and senses cease to operate and subtle mind is actualised. Most Westerners do not even consider this depth of awareness a possibility, yet it is well known in Tibetan Buddhist and Bon traditions.”If we cannot carry our practice into sleep”, the Bonpo lama Tenzin Wangyal writes, “if we lose ourselves every night, what chance do we have to be aware when death comes?”.Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche was born into a family with a long history of lamas and Bön priests. He was raised in India, being trained in the traditions of yoga. He now lives in the USA and spreads Tibetan Buddhist and Bön teachings through the Ligmincha Institute which he has founded. In other words, he’s the real deal and this book teaches the authentic Tibetan yogas.