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Lu Jong is an ancient practice from the Buddhist Tantrayana and Bön traditions. The exercises of Lu Jong are based on the knowledge of Tibetan medicine, which understands that humans are a unity of body and mind. If the natural inner balance gets disrupted, the whole organism will be affected and diseases can be the result. Through the combination of position, movement and breath, Lu Jong opens the channels in the body and mobilizes misdirected energy. On the physical level, this leads to the activation of the body’s own self-healing powers. On the mental level, the exercises help us overcome negative emotions like anger and craving in order to achieve emotional balance and to increase our energy. On an energetic level, Lu Jong releases blockages and opens the subtle body channels. This will re-establish the proper flow of energy.
Tog Chöd is a powerful, dynamic practice using a wooden sword which symbolizes our own innate wisdom. It is based on the traditional Tibetan Yaman monk dances and Kalachakra movements, but was created in direct response to the needs of those of us in the modern world.
Its series of flowing movements are decisive and empowering as we stomp on and cut our enemies, which are our own negative emotions. In doing so we are brought into the present moment as we cut through our conceptual mind and cut our thoughts of fear and expectations. There is no enemy outside ourself, and when we realize this we can learn to create our own reality and know our inner power.
The aim of this type of meditation is to train attention, stability and awareness and achieve a state of calm abiding.