Tibetan Heart Yoga

Tibetan Heart Yoga is a unique style of practicing Yoga, continuing a lineage that comes from Lord Naropa, a yogi who lived about 1100 AD. Our founder, and Principal Teacher of this lineage, Geshe Michael Roach, is the first American Geshe. Geshe is the highest degree conferred after 20 years of study in a Tibetan Monastery. Geshe Michael has spent the last 20 years learning Yoga from many renowned Tibetan Buddhist and Indian Yoga teachers in America and India. He recently completed a three-year retreat, has published numerous books, and now teaches Yoga, Spirituality, and Enlightened Business around the world.

Tibetan Heart Yoga is a practice where we work from the inside, and the outside. We work from the inside with our thoughts. We work from the outside with our pranayama (breathing), asana (posture), and ethical practices. We learn how to practice our yoga on the mat, and perfect our yoga off the mat. Tibetan Heart Yoga is a set of ten distinct Series. Each Series is a combination of yoga practice and philosophy, in a 20+ hour Course. The Yoga Studies Institute offers Accreditation for each Series. Only seven out of ten series of Tibetan Heart Yoga have been offered so far:

SERIES 1: The Six Paramitas (Perfections) with tonglen compassion meditation
SERIES 2: Mahamudra (The Great Seal) with meditations on the six flavors of emptiness
SERIES 3: Chaturapramana (The Four Infinite Thoughts) meditations for Love, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity
SERIES 4: Prana Vayus (The Five Inner Winds) with inner-body meditations
SERIES 5: Guru Bliss (Bhakti and Blessings) with meditations on devotion to the teacher
SERIES 6/7: Niguma and The Six Elements with meditations on the six elements & the emptiness of each