Category: Practices of the Day

  • Day Ten

    We started with Ex #20 Touching Body Energy – a classic Kum Nye practice Then we did Ex #9 OM for about 20 minutes. This practice is usually done for 1/2 hour as a short practice. One can do longer practices with it, sitting for three or four hours. All practices are from Kum Nye Tibetan…

  • Day Nine

    We did the following practices Ex #4 Following Sensations Ex #21 Healing Body and Mind Ex #41 Body Alertness Ex #4 Following Sensations All practices are from Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga – by Tarthang Tulku

  • Day Eight

    Two practices today Ex #33 Energizing the Lower Body Ex #110 Energizing Body and Mind All practices are from Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga – by Tarthang Tulku

  • Day Seven

    We did three practices today in the following sequence Ex #41 Body Alertness Ex #33 Energizing Lower Body Ex #16 Touching Feeling All practices are from Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga – by Tarthang Tulku

  • Day Six

    Started with Ex #21 Healing Body and Mind. Did nine repetitons of it. Then we did did a little head massage. Started by activating our hands by rubbing them together. Then we brought energy of our hands onto the head by placing a palm on the forehead and a palm on the back of the…

  • Day Five

    The first practice was Ex #78 Stimulating Body energy. This practice works with pressure points and movement. It is usually done with 3 or 9 repetitions. Our time allowed us to do only 6 repetitions. Maybe next time we will get to 9 repetitions. There is a one minute sit and sensing between repetitions. We…

  • Day Four

    We did the standing practice #22 Flying and sat for 5 minutes at the end Then we activated our hands by rubbing them together. We placed the activated hands on the forehead and the back of the head – sensing the sensations in and on the head. We did two massages of the head. Using…

  • Day Three

    We started with a Leg Massage pg 138. This massage uses the foot to massage the other leg Then we continued to a sitting movement practice. Ex # 15 Loosening up. This was done very slowly with a 10 minute sit at the end. Ended the session with Scalp Massage pg 90-91 (just one paragraph).…

  • Day Two

    We started with settling into the seven gestures. Spent about 5-7 minutes coming into our seat with the seven gestures. Then we moved into a movement practice on the floor Ex # 56 Coordinating Body and Mind Then we moved to a breath exercise Ex # 7 Opening the Senses All practices are from Kum Nye…

  • Day One

    We started of the session by briefly going into the seven gestures (page 29-31). Then we moved into two movement exercises. Ex #22 Flying. Ex #36 Awakening the senses. All practices are from Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga – by Tarthang Tulku