Trul khor

Trul khor is a Tibetan yogic system that combines physical movements and postures with breath and meditation. Its practices are intended to regulate subtle energies and support contemplative realization.

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Yantra yoga: A Tibetan movement-based yoga system that coordinates posture, breath, and timed sequences. A prominent system of trul khor, taught through linked movements and breathing patterns.
Tibetan Buddhism: The forms of Buddhism that developed in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Trul khor was transmitted and practiced within Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
Dzogchen: A Tibetan Buddhist tradition emphasizing direct recognition of the nature of mind. Some trul khor systems are taught as preparation or support for Dzogchen practice.
Qigong: Chinese practices that cultivate and regulate qi through movement, posture, and breathing. Both coordinate movement and breath, but their cultural and doctrinal lineages differ.
Tibetan subtle body: A tantric model of channels, winds, and drops through which embodied experience and spiritual practice are understood. Trul khor practice is traditionally explained as working with channels and vital winds.
Nyingma: The oldest major school of Tibetan Buddhism, associated with early translations and distinctive tantric teachings. Nyingma lineages preserve influential trul khor systems, including yantra yoga.
Meditation: A family of practices that train attention, awareness, or contemplation. Movement and breath can support meditative stability in trul khor.
Modern postural yoga: Contemporary yoga styles centered primarily on physical postures and fitness. Trul khor embeds movement within Tibetan tantric and contemplative frameworks.
Pranayama: Yogic techniques for regulating or directing the breath. Breath control is coordinated with movement in trul khor sequences.
Vairotsana: An eighth-century Tibetan translator associated with the early transmission of Buddhist teachings from India. Traditions connect the transmission of yantra yoga teachings to this translator.