Christopher Tompkins, Shiva Rea – Vira Vinyasa

Christopher Tompkins, Shiva Rea – Vira Vinyasa

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Vira Vinyasa: The Tantric Origins of Hatha Yoga Unveiled

from the Varahi Tantra, the source text for the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and

the Hatha Yoga tradition ~

A groundbreaking, 7 Session course (full course includes intro)

with Christopher Tompkins and Shiva Rea

In March 2016, Christopher Tompkins discovered that the verses

comprising the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a post-Tantric compilation

considered to be the foundational text for modern yoga, were taken from

two chapters of the Varahi (�vaah-raah-hee�) Tantra, a medieval

Goddess-based Tantra which presented Ha?hayoga as a devotional practice

prescribed for householders, women, and all social classes — features

later removed or distorted in the HYP, which sought to transform

Ha?hayoga into a male renunciant practice focused on preserving the

seminal power of male practitioners.

For the first time in this online course, students will be able to learn

original teachings, meditations, and practices on Hatha Yoga from the

Varahi Tantra, the source text of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, as recently

discovered by Christopher Tompkins.

�The Great Shakti is led from Shiva (in the crown chakra) down through

the left (ida nadi) channel, to be engaged in the sequence of �forceful�

(hatha-kramya) practices. She who embraces the sun and moon breaths

together is the Power of Life itself.�

– Varahi Tantra

Featuring –

An Introduction to core practices of Hatha Yoga as taught in Varahi

Tantra, including�

� The role of bhakti (devotion) in Yoga practice the original accent on

the Divine feminine in Hatha Yoga

� Lost Sequencing of Hatha Yoga Practice – Incorporation of Namaskara

flow / Vinyasa practice, choreographed with mantras and asanas

� The sequencing of core Hatha practices, known today through the HYP,

which presents them without their original sequencing

� The transformative power of mantras � the missing core element of

�Hatha Yoga�

� The life-affirming �descent� of the coiled power (Ku??alini) and the

return of the Goddess

� How activating Kundalini was originally choreographed with seed

mantras, and how these were applied to the Chakras

� Three-part Pranayama practice innovated by the Tantrics, applied to

Namaskara movement

� Mantrayoga, Hathayoga, Layayoga � how the three �parts� of Tantric

Yoga were applied in the sequence of one�s daily Yoga practice

Seven Sessions; each will feature-

� A 10 minute invocation & translation practice via audio download or vimeo

� A 30 minute � visual teaching via audio download or via vimeo

� Seven 30 Minute Key Tantric Realizations/Concepts via audio download

or vimeo

� Seven meditation and/or movement meditation sadhana based upon the

practices revealed in each session.

Practices filmed in Varnasi, Khajuraho, Kailashanata Temple and by the

ocean and available via audio or video with Shiva Rea, global vinyasa

teacher who has been dedicated to the realization and revival of

namaskar and prostration practice within yoga.