Introduction to Tantra: Yoga Through the Lens of the Tantras

£30.00

This one-hour & 45 mintue session offers a clear and grounded introduction to Tantra, not as something separate from yoga, but as a lens through which yoga can be understood more fully.

Rather than approaching Tantra as ritualistic or abstract, this session explores how Tantric knowledge supports and deepens the classical limbs of yoga, both externally and internally.

This is an on-demand class.

There is a £15 discount when purchasing this course and the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra course together (discount applied automatically at checkout)

This one-hour & 45 mintue session offers a clear and grounded introduction to Tantra, not as something separate from yoga, but as a lens through which yoga can be understood more fully.

Rather than approaching Tantra as ritualistic or abstract, this session explores how Tantric knowledge supports and deepens the classical limbs of yoga, both externally and internally.

This is an on-demand class.

There is a £15 discount when purchasing this course and the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra course together (discount applied automatically at checkout)

Course Overview

This session will explore the relationship between Tantric texts and yogic practice, bringing together philosophy, structure, and lived application.

We will move through three key layers:

    • What are the Tantras?

    • Historical context and purpose

    • The role of Tantra in the evolution of yoga

    • Understanding Tantra as a practical and experiential system

  • We will explore how Tantra supports and informs the structure of yoga practice:

    External Practices (Bahiranga)

    • Yama – relational and ethical orientation

    • Niyama – personal discipline and inner observances

    • Āsana – posture as preparation and stability

    • Prāṇāyāma – working with the breath to influence prāṇa

    Explored through a Tantric lens: how these are not just preparatory, but energetic and transformative tools.

    Internal Practices (Antarāṅga)

    • Pratyāhāra – refining the relationship with the senses

    • Dhāraṇā – directing attention

    • Dhyāna – continuity of attention

    • Samādhi – integration and absorption

    Understanding how Tantra supports these as direct inner processes, not abstract goals.

    • Mantra – sound as a transformative force

    • Mudrā – gesture and energetic sealing

    • Their role within both classical yoga and Tantric methodology

    • How these tools support attention, prāṇa, and inner steadiness

This is an on-demand class*

(*You will have access to this course for 12 months from purchase)

Structure of the Session

  • Part 1: Introduction to the Tantras (context + philosophy)

  • Part 2: Yoga through the Tantric lens (Bahiranga & Antarāṅga)

  • Part 3: Mantra, Mudrā, and applied practice

  • Part 4: Reflection, integration, and discussion

This session is not about adding more techniques

It is about refining how we understand what we are already practicing

Through the lens of Tantra, yoga becomes:

  • more precise

  • more internal

  • and more directly connected to transformation