What is tantric yoga and how can it empower you on an inward journey toward freedom?

This is the central question of The Matrix of Tantra: An Exploration of Practice and Philosophy, a course that was filmed at the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Master teachers Sally Kempton, Gary Kraftsow, and Rod Stryker invite you to join them on a journey of mind and body as they share tantric teachings and practices with you. This integrative experience offers you a unique opportunity to take classes with esteemed experts, weave together the practices of yoga—including asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation—and learn ways to incorporate them in your daily life.

You’ll gain an understanding of:

The philosophy and methods of tantra and its applications to everyday life
The connections between asana, meditation, pranayama, and chanting
Asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation practices designed to help you integrate the mind-body connection
Breathing and visualization techniques to relieve mental agitation
Meditations for healing, stability, and tranquility
The connections and parallels between various schools of psychology and tantric philosophy
The truth about tantra in a discussion that debunks common myths about the philosophy and practice

If you’re curious about traditional practices and enjoy learning in a step-by-step fashion, you’ll love this enriching experience!

Pre-sale Dates: November 14 – 21 $149 ($199 full price)

Click here to register!

Session Descriptions:

Rod Stryker
- Detox to Freedom

This session focuses on the essential tantric teaching of mastering both the inner and outer universe. You’ll move through a wise progression of asana that includes twists and forward bends, then work with deeper hatha practices to stoke vital force in order to access a vision of the highest promise of practice. In addition to asana, bandha, and mudra, this session will include chanting as well as kriyas and tantric meditation techniques.

Yoga of the Mind: Clarity and Insight

Activation of the lunar force is said to cultivate healing, stability, tranquility, and the awakening of the light of wisdom. These practices emphasize increasing the self-nurturing, unsurpassed calm that allows us to remain centered in the midst of turbulence and steady in the midst of change.

Sally Kempton
- Meditating in the Subtle: The Tantric Practices for Awakening Intuition, Heart-Based Intelligence, and Healing Wisdom
  
  Why is meditation considered such a powerful practice for healing? This session explores what healing meditation really is. You’ll learn about techniques of the tantric meditation traditions, which have unfolded amazing ways of working with the subtle energies of the body and mind. This meditation class works with visualization, mantra, inner channels, and imagination to help you open to your own power and innate intuitive wisdom.
- The Tantric Path of Emotional Alchemy: How to Transform Emotional Pain Into Healing Energy

This session is all about the philosophical heart of yoga as it contains deep advice for living. In this session, you’ll examine a series of alchemical practices for going beyond emotional turmoil and learn how to develop greater sensitivity to your emotions through a series of meditations, reflective writing, and visualizations for healing. Chanting and stretching are interwoven into the practices as well.

Gary Kraftsow:
- Foundations of Tantra

Learn the philosophical foundations of tantric yoga, as well as the methods and purposes of the various practices that have emerged from the tradition. Explore the integrated use of breath-centric asana, pranayama, and mudra to bring awareness into the central channel (sushumna) and the journey along the path to liberation. You’ll learn to activate mantra in the chakras through central channel breathing and use the power of meditation to affect deep inner transformation.

Integrated Viniyoga Practice

In this session, Gary guides you through an integrated practice of asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation. You’ll learn how these practices inform one another, particularly how asana serves the meditative experience. You’ll be encouraged to think about what yoga is on a deep level and how the practice of it can help you achieve what you want in life.