Carl Youngs Yantra
... This is the aim of Yantra yoga, the prefix "YAN" means "to conceive", a mental conception. So Yantra is also a "tool" or an "instrument" that allows us to visualize a complex geometrical form or trace out a two-dimensional psychic circuit. In the practice of Yantra Yoga we use our body, speech and mind. ... Yantra Yoga was originally taught in the 8th century AD by the Tibetan teacher Vairocana. ... In Yantra Yoga there are many positions similar to those of Hatha yoga, but the way of getting into the positions, the main point of the practice and the point of view of the practice of Yantra Yoga is different. In Yantra Yoga the position is one of the important points but not the main one. ... Everything is related in Yantra Yoga. ... A Yantra is a geometric figure, as some people meditate on a mantra, a specific word or phrase, others do so on images. ... Theoretically, a specific sound or mantra can take shape in the form of a Yantra. ... The practice of Yantra yoga enables this to happen. ... Yantra Yoga is the path of union with God thorough geometric visualization. ... The yantra is like a microcosmic picture; it is a focusing point and an outer and inner doorway. The yantra are often focused on a specific deity. ... The yantra provides a focal point that is a window into the absolute. The idea is to make the yantra so real, inwardly and outwardly, that it becomes alive. In that way it absorbs the practitioners complete attention, and they can no longer tell if the yantra is within them or if they are within the yantra. Symbolism, psychology and mathematics are utilized in the study of Yantra yoga, giving a key to inner life and development of insightful faculties. ... This study began to grow and it grew into what we today know as Samkhya Yoga and Yantra Yoga.