- Foreword 11
- Publisher’s Note 14 Part I: Principles of Tibetan Medicine
- Phuntsog Wangmo: Introduction to Tibetan Medicine 17
- Body, Energy, and Mind 17
- The Three Humors 21
- The Five Energy Winds 22
- The Five Biles 23
- The Five Phlegms 23
- Balance 24
- Four Lines of Treatment 25
- Breathing as Therapy 28
- The Four Groups of Channels 30
- Elio Guarisco: Tibetan Medicine in Context 35
- Finding Relevance in Ancient Knowledge 35
- Tibetan Medicine: From Bön to Buddhism 37
- Basic Concepts in Tibetan Medicine 40
- The Five Elements 40
- The Three Humors 47
- Constitutions 55
- Disturbances 61
- The Causes of Wind Disorders 62
- Symptoms of Wind Disorders 64
- Recognizing Disorders of the Five Principal Winds 65
- Modes of Healing 69
- General Advice on Diet 70
- Diet for Wind Disorders 71
- Behavior for Wind Disorders 73 Part II: Yantra Yoga
- Chögyal Namkhai Norbu on Yantra Yoga 77
- The Yantra Yoga Lineage 77
- Healing More Than the Body 79
- Breathing and Movement 81
- Elio Guarisco on Yantra Yoga 85
- From Tibetan Medicine to Yantra Yoga 85
- The Tantric Cycles and Yantra Yoga 86
- The Transmission of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu 88
- The Health Benefits of Yantra Yoga 93
- The Preliminaries 95
- Exhaling the Stale Air: Lung Ro Salwa 95
- Loosening the Joints: The Five Tsigjongs 100
- Purifying the Prana: The Eight Lungsangs 112
- Controlling the Channels: The Five Tsanduls 128
- The Five Series of Yantras 133
- The First Series of Yantras 134
- The Second Series of Yantras 138
- The Third Series of Yantras 141
- The Fourth Series of Yantras 144
- The Fifth Series of Yantras 148
- The Seven Lotuses 151
- The Vajra Wave 157
- Temporary and Ultimate Benefits of Yantra Yoga 163 Part III: The Subtle Body
- The Subtle Aspects of Our Existence 167
- Sources 168
- Channels, Energy Winds, and Vital Essences 169
- The Channels and the Chakras: Formation 170
- A Tantric Parallel of Development 173
- Channels: Types and Functions 174
- Chakras: Types and Functions 176
- The Three Main Channels for Practice 181
- Other Channels 185
- Energy Winds: The Tantric Perspective 187
- The Vital Essences 199
- Bodhichitta 203
- Inner and Outer Cycles 204
- The Daily Cycle of the Solar and Lunar Energies 206
- Concluding Remarks 211
- Glossary 213
- Bibliography 225
- Index 231