Tantra Yoga

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Taught by GTU. TRANSCENDENCE, IMMANENCE, & THE TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSFORMATION Tantra takes the practitioner to an experiential realization of the body/mind as a dynamic energetic field that is the seat of divine presence. Shakta Tantra Yoga is an integrative form of yoga theory and practice, in Hinduism, that incorporates the physiological, energetic, and psychological dimensions of human existence in its approach. Tantra aims to enhance the vitality of the body/mind and liberate inner awareness. "Tantra" and "Yoga" are both complex and multilayered terms. As such, they are both frequently misunderstood. Tantra is mistakenly associated with sexuality, which occludes the mysticism and meditative absorption that is the focus of Tantra. Both Yoga and Tantra are indelibly related to praxis and never purely theoretical. Indeed, a helpful and inclusive way to approach Tantra is to view it as the Yoga of Praxis. But Tantra is also grounded in a sophisticated theological, cosmological, and physiological foundation and framed by a well-developed contemplative psychology. In distinction from yoga paths that call for renunciation or asceticism, Tantra perceives the body and mind as the locus of sacred hierophanies. Its theology and praxis is, therefore, always integrative of body, mind, and pure consciousness, which Tantra views as the ground of both the physical universe and divine transcendence. [10 max enrollment]