The essence of TibetanTantric teaching is that the body is the vehicle for the transformation of the mind. In other words, Mindfulness starts with the body (see previous post).
I advise everyone to take a tutorial from Fast2Yoga (Tibetan Tantric Yoga) - a 12 minutes practice of Lu Jong: the 5 elements (space, earth, wind, fire, water). These 5 exercises (meditation in movement), though very simple, are the cornerstone of Tibetan Tantric Yoga: the fastest path towards lasting happiness.
These exercises also give us vitality and rejuvenation: the 5 elements exercises focus especially on the spine thus allowing us to develop a healthy central nervous system.
There are three very essential prerequisites for
vitality and rejuvenation: a healthy central nervous system (brain and spine),
healthy glands and healthy internal organs.
Lu Jong, the Tibetan healing yoga improves the health
of the body, mind and spirit. This series of movements cultivates our
self-healing capacity by releasing physical and mental blockages and
harmonizing our flow of energy. Rooted in Tibetan Medicine, the Lu Jong
exercises restore the balance of the elements and humors – vital substances –
of the body and increase the flexibility of the spine. Through a rhythmic
combination of position, movement and breath, this practice cultivates
conducive conditions for meditation by calming and focusing the mind.
If you finish this practice with the 5 elements massage from the Kum Nye practice, then the benefits will rise exponentially.
The Kum Nye Massage can regenerate and balance the whole energy system by
opening chakras, or blocked points, on the gross, physical level. Various
massage techniques are used to release blocks and cramping in order to relax
the muscles. This massage has a special benefit for those that do hard physical
labor, those who train the body through sports or other body movement
practices, as well as for those with a sedentary way of life that suffer from
tension. Kum Nye makes us feel more balanced and increases strength and
vitality.
The combination of this two practices is the balance of all
elements and through that, the balance of body and mind.
the spine is more critical to our well-being than the brain
Nerves from the brain and spine go to every tissue in the body and therefore
the health of every tissue in the body depends upon the health of the brain and
spine.
Since the nerves from the spine go to all the organs and glands of the body,
a healthy spine obviously plays an important role in vitality and rejuvenation.
In fact, the spine is more critical to our well-being than the brain, since the
brain is well protected by the cranium or skull bone. Whereas the spinal nerves
have
no protection.
The ancient Tibetan yogis fully understood the vulnerability of the spine and the importance of keeping it healthy and flexible.
If you do nothing to improve your spine's flexibility as you get older, your
spine will deteriorate further and the spinal nerves will be increasingly
impinged upon. This will lead to further deterioration of your organs and
glands, until eventually their actual structure becomes diseased. We call this
organic disease. At this stage, not only is their function impaired, but their
cells are actually dying. If the condition is too advanced, it is irreversible.
It's at this stage that many people go to doctors and are told that they have,
for example, cancer of some particular organ. The cancer has not appeared
overnight; in reality it has been developing for many years. source