Discovering the Subtle Body
Module I begins October 15, 2025. In this four-week course, Peter will guide students through foundational practices of Tummo based on Rangjung Dorje’s Zabmo Nangdon (Tibetan: ཟབ་མོ་ནང་དོན), a 14th-century treatise on prana, bindu, and nadi. The focus will be on establishing a daily rhythm of subtle body practice, grounding the view of inner fire within somatic experience, and preparing the conditions for Chandali. This course is designed as an accessible entry point, welcoming both beginners and experienced practitioners who wish to refine their foundations before entering the more intensive completion-stage methods of Module II. Along the way we will incorporate gentle tsa lung and Lu Jong movements, while steadily improving the capacity to retain the breath as preparation for inner fire practice.
Tummo Module I Course Details
Classes begin on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, and Office Hours begin Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10 am MST / 6 pm CEST. The course runs from October 22 – November 12, 2025
Office Hours are held on Saturdays 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.
All sessions are recorded and posted to the learning platform.
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Foundations
An introduction to subtle body practices that prepare for Tummo proper. Students will study the architecture of channels, winds, and essences, and train in the stability that supports inner fire yoga. We will investigate visualization of channels and chakras as a body-mandala, and sane breath retention methods will be introduced. Students will also learn to acclimate to intensity without compulsively abandoning themselves, generate vitality, challenge habitual ways of framing experience, and participate wholeheartedly in the vivid appearance of their lives. Digestive fire, enhanced immunity, creative power, fortified libido, and a felt sense of lightness and well-being are all earmarks of engagement with this method. By the end of the module, students will have the skills to safely continue into Module II.
Union
The module begins with integration with the Dzogchen view. The completion stage practice of Chandali, focusing on igniting the inner fire and recognizing the union of appearances and openness. Students will deepen their vase breathing practice, refine visualization of channels and bindus, and kindle vital essence at the navel to ignite Chandali. Subsidiary yogas of day, night, and dream will be introduced. Students will also train in expelling and leading energies through channels using winds practice, strengthening visualization of the subtle body, and intitaing the blazing and melting the vital essence. Digestive fire, enhanced immunity, creative power, fortified libido, and a felt sense of lightness and well-being are all earmarks of engagement with this method.
All courses offer 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.
"Strong recommendation for Peter, he's based, and a highly accomplished practitioner."
Inner fire meditation promotes engagement with unconditional embodiment, clarity, and open-hearted awareness.
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.
Full Path
Enroll in both modules and follow the arc of Tummo training from foundations to completion stage. Begin by preparing the subtle body through breath, posture, and visualization in Module I, then continue into Chandali in Module II, where the inner fire is kindled and the union of bliss and openness becomes direct experience.
Full participation in Module II
Access to The Field Discord for community dialogue, and Circle for all recorded sessions and course materials.
Practitioner
Incorporate Tummo yoga into your everyday routine. This retreat is aimed at individuals seeking to nurture embodied immediacy, work with their nervous system, and foster an attitude of open-hearted presence.
4 live teachings + 4 lab sessions
Access to The Field Discord for community dialogue, and Circle for all recorded sessions and course materials.
All materials and recordings hosted on Circle
VIP Mentorship Container
For practitioners ready for close guidance and tailored refinement. This is a high-contact container for those who wish to stabilize visualization practice, fine-tune energetic posture, or garner personal feedback and nuanced pacing. 4 seats available
Includes everything in Practitioner, plus:
3 × private 60-minute mentorship sessions
Private channel access in The Field Discord for direct contact. Ongoing voice memo dialogue
Recent Discussions
I joined Michael Taft on Deconstructing Yourself to discuss devotion in meditation practice, the need for stability in groundlessness, and the ontological status of deities in Vajrayana practice. We explored common failure modes of practice, how to handle formless panic, and the magical matrix of the Guhyagarbha tantra that illustrates bardo meditation and the union of emptiness and vivid appearance.
The conversation touched on why deity yoga continues to hold such lasting power and beauty within the Vajrayana tradition, examining that diaphanous intersection where visualization, somatic experience, and mystery converge. We went deep into the mechanics of transformation, the necessity of paradox, and why these practices remain particularly relevant for contemporary practitioners. The Vajrayana tradition continues to offer something irreplaceable in our contemporary spiritual landscape.
