Foundations of Practical Tummo Meditation

Inner fire meditation helps to rewire our conceptual and experiential understanding of the body.
Starting January 15, 2024, Peter will provide practical instructions to establish a daily Tummo yoga practice in this intensive course. I'll be teaching an eight-week course based on the teachings of Rangjung Dorje's "Zabmo Nangdon," (Tibetan: ཟབ་མོ་ནང་དོན) a 14th-century treatise on the workings of prana, bindu, and nadi. This course is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. We'll focus on practical instructions to help you establish a Trulkhor and Tummo yoga practice that you can integrate into your daily meditation practice.
Course Details

Classes begin on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 and European classes start on Jan 18 at 6pm CEST.

The course will run from January 15, 2025 to March 9, 2025.

Office Hours are held on Saturdays and Sundays at 10am MST (6pm CEST) throughout the duration of the course. Office hours provide an excellent opportunity to seek clarification on practice questions and dive deeper into the course material.

Live course meetings will occur on Wednesday evenings at 5 pm MST, while office hours are on weekend mornings.

All sessions are recorded and posted to the learning platform.

We learn by teaching one another, and cohort participants will have ample opportunity to connect.

The class does not require cultural or religious affiliation with Tibetan traditions. The only requirement is being a human being with curiosity and grit.

The class does not require cultural or religious affiliation with Tibetan traditions. The only requirement is being a human being with curiosity and grit. We learn by teaching one another, and cohort participants will have ample opportunity to connect.

The course offers eight weeks of 60-minute live Zoom sessions and printed content + exercises (yantra) via pre-recorded videos. We believe that learning is enhanced when participants teach one another, and cohort members will have ample opportunities to connect and share their experiences. While the course is rooted in Tibetan traditions, it does not require any specific cultural or religious affiliation. The only requirement is being a human being with curiosity and a willingness to engage deeply with the practices.
Tummo will not help us transcend our messy human lives. Instead, we aim to dissolve the apparent conflict between messy and transcendent. The confluence of posture, breath retention, and visualization is an arena where we can challenge habitual ways of framing our experience. Tummo supports the practice of owning our disturbance and healing the apparent split of the divided self.

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"Strong recommendation for Peter, he's based, and a highly accomplished practitioner."

Charlie Awbery

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Charlie Awbery

Founder of Evolving Ground

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Deconstructing Yourself Podcast
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Deconstructing Yourself Podcast

I recently enjoyed a lively discussion with my esteemed colleague Michael Taft on his podcast, "Deconstructing Yourself." Many of you know Michael through his extensive activity in the meditation training and podcasting space.

We explored various topics, including embodied immediacy, navigating disturbing experiences, cultivating open awareness, and how the traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tummo helps us to be more familiar with any refusal to go into experiential intensity. I hope you have time to tune in to this fun discussion!

I recently enjoyed a lively discussion with my esteemed colleague Michael Taft on his podcast, "Deconstructing Yourself." Many of you know Michael through his extensive activity in the meditation training and podcasting space.

We explored various topics, including embodied immediacy, navigating disturbing experiences, cultivating open awareness, and how the traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tummo helps us to be more familiar with any refusal to go into experiential intensity. I hope you have time to tune in to this fun discussion!

I recently enjoyed a lively discussion with my esteemed colleague Michael Taft on his podcast, "Deconstructing Yourself." Many of you know Michael through his extensive activity in the meditation training and podcasting space.

We explored various topics, including embodied immediacy, navigating disturbing experiences, cultivating open awareness, and how the traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tummo helps us to be more familiar with any refusal to go into experiential intensity. I hope you have time to tune in to this fun discussion!

Natural Awakening Podcast
Natural Awakening Podcast
Natural Awakening Podcast

I recently appeared on Wystan Bryant-Scott's podcast, Natural Awakening. Wystan teaches Unified Mindfulness, a secular system of meditation designed by Shinzen Young. He has hosted some exciting guests in the past, including Stephen Zerfas, who was recently featured in The Atlantic for his work in creating practical access to the jhanas—a tough act to follow!

During the interview, we discussed tummo, Mahasandhi, and my work in using embodied presence to help people find more freedom, manage anxious feelings, and improve their relationships.

I recently appeared on Wystan Bryant-Scott's podcast, Natural Awakening. Wystan teaches Unified Mindfulness, a secular system of meditation designed by Shinzen Young. He has hosted some exciting guests in the past, including Stephen Zerfas, who was recently featured in The Atlantic for his work in creating practical access to the jhanas—a tough act to follow!

During the interview, we discussed tummo, Mahasandhi, and my work in using embodied presence to help people find more freedom, manage anxious feelings, and improve their relationships.

I recently appeared on Wystan Bryant-Scott's podcast, Natural Awakening. Wystan teaches Unified Mindfulness, a secular system of meditation designed by Shinzen Young. He has hosted some exciting guests in the past, including Stephen Zerfas, who was recently featured in The Atlantic for his work in creating practical access to the jhanas—a tough act to follow!

During the interview, we discussed tummo, Mahasandhi, and my work in using embodied presence to help people find more freedom, manage anxious feelings, and improve their relationships.

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Increased Spaciousness and Relaxation

Inner Warmth and Resilience

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What Rumors Are Spreading
  • "Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."

    Brian Lewis, MD, MPH

    Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville

  • "One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."

    Matthew T Phillips

    Senior Cloud Engineer

  • "He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."

    Andrew Graham

    Long-time Yogin

  • "Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."

    Jenny Burkhardt

    Biomedical Engineer

  • "Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."

    Manuel Franz

    Hospice Nurse

  • "Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."

    Jenny Burkhardt

    Biomedical Engineer

  • "Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."

    Brian Lewis, MD, MPH

    Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville

  • "One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."

    Matthew T Phillips

    Senior Cloud Engineer

  • "He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."

    Andrew Graham

    Long-time Yogin

  • "Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."

    Jenny Burkhardt

    Biomedical Engineer

  • "Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."

    Manuel Franz

    Hospice Nurse

  • "Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."

    Jenny Burkhardt

    Biomedical Engineer

Inner fire meditation promotes engagement with unconditional embodiment, clarity, and open-hearted awareness.

The Unexcelled Method

Tummo encourages us to participate wholeheartedly in the vivid appearance of our experience. Inner fire meditation dismantles the habit of taking appearances as having an objective and essential nature.

Health Benefits

Stress Inoculation & Nervous System Dexterity

The Death Process

Meet The Guest Teachers

Bruce Tift

Bruce Tift, MA, LMFT, has been in private practice since 1979, taught at Naropa University for twenty-five years, and worked in a psychiatric ward and as a family therapist with social services.

A practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism for more than forty years, he had the good fortune to be a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and to meet a number of realized teachers.

Michael Taft

Michael Taft will outline the Tantric view of open mind and unconditional kindness. Michael's gentle approach will complement the energetic style Tummo demands.  

From Zen temples in Japan to yogi caves in India, Michael has been meditating for over thirty-five years and has extensive experience in Buddhist and Hindu Tantric practices. Michael is the co-founder of the groundbreaking Alembic Center in Berkeley.

Peter McEwen's focus is to provide instruction and support for practitioners that are balancing the dizzying array of work and family commitments that modern life demands. In a society that prioritizes output, meditation and mindfulness practices are often conflated with self-optimization. Instead, we can view meditation as a tool that reveals our immediate experience - discomfort and all - as a reliable source of well-being and problem-solving. He has completed the traditional 3-year retreat curriculum of Vajrayana Buddhism. Since 2008 Peter has been a Dharma Gar participant under the direction of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Peter has engaged in daily Tummo practice since 2008 and has experienced vast benefit from the method.

Peter McEwen's focus is to provide instruction and support for practitioners that are balancing the dizzying array of work and family commitments that modern life demands. In a society that prioritizes output, meditation and mindfulness practices are often conflated with self-optimization. Instead, we can view meditation as a tool that reveals our immediate experience - discomfort and all - as a reliable source of well-being and problem-solving. He has completed the traditional 3-year retreat curriculum of Vajrayana Buddhism. Since 2008 Peter has been a Dharma Gar participant under the direction of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Peter has engaged in daily Tummo practice since 2008 and has experienced vast benefit from the method.

Peter McEwen's focus is to provide instruction and support for practitioners that are balancing the dizzying array of work and family commitments that modern life demands. In a society that prioritizes output, meditation and mindfulness practices are often conflated with self-optimization. Instead, we can view meditation as a tool that reveals our immediate experience - discomfort and all - as a reliable source of well-being and problem-solving. He has completed the traditional 3-year retreat curriculum of Vajrayana Buddhism. Since 2008 Peter has been a Dharma Gar participant under the direction of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Peter has engaged in daily Tummo practice since 2008 and has experienced vast benefit from the method.

Join Us For The Inner Heat Cohort

The instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.

Join Us For The Inner Heat Cohort

The instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.

Join Us For The Inner Heat Cohort

The instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.

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