The Essence of a Tantric Practice

One of the bugbears that I have about the post-modern yoga landscape is the word 'Tantric Hatha Yoga' - ok admittedly, I also use this description, but I truly wish that I didn't have to.

You see - ALL Hatha Yoga (and that includes Vinyasa & Yin) - is Tantric. Hatha yoga IS a tantric practice, hatha yoga is, at it's heart, focussed on the refinement and activation of 'prana' or life force, Tantra literally means to 'Weave the Loom' or to Intentionally 'Refine Lifeforce Energy' and that is exactly what Hatha Yoga is designed to do.

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