Kum Nye - Tibetan Yoga, A Complete Guide to Health and Well-Being, 115 Exercises & Massages by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche. Based on the Tibetan medical system, Kum Nye consists of exercises developed by Rinpoche to relieve stress and promote the deep relaxation necessary to experience the full benefits of meditation. It is both a natural healing aid and a means for deepening meditation.

An effective means to become fully comfortable in our embodiment, Kum Nye consists of breathing, massage, postures, and movement exercises that release blockages and allow energy to flow unobstructed through body and mind, restoring the wholeness of being.

Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga: A Complete Guide to Health and Wellbeing, Tarthang Tulku, Paperback, 441 pp, $26.00

Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche is a teacher and author in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Born in 1935 in eastern Tibet, Rinpoche was trained by many of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. After leaving Tibet in 1958, Tarthang Tulku taught at Sanskrit University in Varanasi, India, and began reprinting endangered Tibetan sacred texts. In 1968, he moved to the United States, where he has lived and worked ever since. Rinpoche has founded more than 20 organizations, preserving and promoting Buddhist wisdom both in Asia and in the West. A pioneer in communicating the wisdom of his tradition to secular audiences, he is the author of over two dozen books, including Gesture of Balance; Time, Space, and Knowledge - A New Vision of Reality; Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga; Revelations of Mind, and Gesture of Great Love.