Quote: 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.