Yoga came to Tibet from India more than a thousand years ago, and it was quickly absorbed into the culture's rich traditions.
In this small book readers will discover Tibetan Heart Yoga, which developed over the centuries in the Gelukpa tradition of the Dalai Lamas. The program presented here combines popular yoga exercises with special Tibetan poses and methods of working from the inside to give a healthy and happy heart.
Geshe Michael Roach discovered a number of previously unknown Tibetan works on yoga in the course of his ongoing efforts to find and preserve ancient Tibetan Buddhist texts. He discusses the ideas and insights presented in these texts and places them within the context of the Buddhist tradition. To help readers incorporate this ancient wisdom into their daily lives, he provides a specific regime of yoga postures and meditations. Combining instructive illustrations with the philosophical underpinnings of the Buddhist approach. Geshe Roach has created a unique program for yoga on a physical and spiritual level.

Tibetan Book of Yoga, Geshe Michael Roach, Doubleday, Hardcover, 114 pages, $16.95

Michael Roach is a fully ordained Buddhist monk who received his geshe (Master of Buddhism) degree from Sera Mey Tibetan Monastery after twenty-two years of study. A teacher of Buddhism since 1981, he is also a scholar of Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Russian, and has translated numerous works. Geshe Michael received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and worked in New York City as a director of a large diamond firm for many years. He founded and directs the Asian Classics Institute and the Asian Classics Input Project, and has been active in the restoration of Sera Mey Monastery. He lives in New York City and Arizona.