Karmamudra refers to the ancient Buddhist practice of partnered sexual yoga. Also known as 'The Path of Skillful Means' or 'The Path of Great Bliss', Karmamudra uses powerful meditation techniques to transform ordinary pleasure, worldly desire, and orgasm into vehicles for spiritual transformation and liberation. In this ground-breaking book, Dr Nida Chenagtsang draws on his extensive training in Tibetan medicine and yoga to clarify major misconceptions relating to Tibetan Buddhist Tantra in general and Tibetan Buddhist sexual yoga practices in particular. Demystifying sexual yoga without depreciating it, Dr Nida provides an overview of the relationship between Sutric and Tantric orientations in Tibetan Buddhism, offers explanations of Tantric vows, initiations, and subtle anatomy, and explores both bio-medical and traditional Tibetan ideas about sexual health and well-being.

Speaking in a colloquial style as a physician, teacher, yogi, and parent, he addresses issues of sexual abuse, well-being and empowerment in a learned, down-to-earth and compassionate way. Aiming to inform and empower, this book offers vital context and instructions through which beginner and advanced students of any gender or sexual orientation can learn to engage with typically destructive and distracting emotions in a skillful way. Drawing on special Karmamudra teachings found in the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition that are aimed at practitioners without any prior training in tantric yoga, it offers safe and simple methods through which students can work with the raw energy of their desire and transform it into a source of blessings and benefit in their everyday lives.
Karmamudra: The Yoga of Bliss, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Sky Press, Paperback, 370 pp, $29.95

Dr. Nida Chenagtsang was born in Amdo, in North Eastern Tibet and trained in Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) at the Lhasa Tibetan Medical University. Alongside his medical education, he received training in all schools of Vajrayana Buddhism and is a lineage holder of the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition, spiritual counterpart to Tibetan Medicine. He has published many articles and books on Sowa Rigpa and the Yuthok Nyingthig and his extensive research and revival of ancient Tibetan healing methods has gained him high acclaim in both East and West. Dr. Nida is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Sorig Khang International (www.sorig.net) and Co-Founder of the International Ngakmang Institute, established to preserve and maintain the Rebkong ngakpa yogic culture within modern Tibetan society. He trains students in Sowa Rigpa and the Yuthok Nyingthig spiritual tradition in over forty countries around the world.

CONTENTS: Karmamudra: The Yoga of Bliss
Dedication		xi
Karmamudra Prophecy		xiii
Prefaces		01
	Author's Preface	03
	Requesting the Blessings of Drukpa Kunley	07
	Editor and Translator's Foreword	10
	Publisher's Acknowledgments	34
Introduction	Generating Bodhicitta	37
Chapter 1	Clarifying Confusion	41
	Karmamudra Today	43
	Common Myths and Misconceptions about Karmamudra	47
	The Future of Karmamudra	73
Chapter 2	Sutra and Tantra: Renunciation and Transformation	75
	Introducing the Buddhist Path	77
	Sutra and Tantra: Distinguishing the Two Paths	82
	Nyingma and Sarma: The Old and New Schools	108
	Worldly versus Wisdom Sex	128
Chapter 3	Tantric Subtle Anatomy	139
	The Real You: Yoga and the Vajra Body	141
	Tsa, Loong, Thigle	143
Chapter 4	Stages of Karmamudra Practice	157
	Authentic Motivation and the Tantric Preliminaries	159
	Empowerment, Transmission, and Instruction	165
	Practicing at Your Own Pace and Level	178
	The Actual Practice	205
Chapter 5	Medicine, Science, and Health	255
	The Inner Science and the Healing Science	257
	The Science of Tantric Yoga	262
	Karmamudra and Sexual Health	265
Conclusion	Dedication of Merit	279
Appendices	Karmamudra Texts	285
	The Karmamudra Practice of Sun and Moon Chudlen or Alchemical Elixir Extraction (Lelung Jedrung Zhepai Dorje, 1697-1740)
	Stages of Instruction on the Swift Path of the Great Bliss of Primordial Purity (Tokden Shakya Shri, 1853-1919)
	Teaching Song (Sera Khandro Kunzang Dekyong Wangmo, 1892-1940)
	Excerpts from the Treatise on Desire (Nida Chenagtsang, 1971-)
Yuthok's Song		339
Bibliography		347
About the Author		353