“Yoga is a living tradition. Lorin is on the front lines as a meditation teacher, a champion of natural meditation, of awakening consciousness everywhere, in all places, in all times. He is bringing over into the Western world the deepest teachings of Tantra, giving them voice to sing out clearly.” Shiva Rea, Samudra School of Living Yoga

“Lorin Roche really knows his stuff.” Jack Kornfield, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

“Lorin Roche is probably the friendliest meditation teacher in America.” James Fadiman, cofounder of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology."

The Radiance Sutras is a fresh translation of an ancient Tantra Yoga text, The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a love song between Devi and Bhairava, (Shakti and Shiva) in which they sing the classic tantra, chakra, kundalini, mantra, mudra practices.

“This is my favorite text of all time.” —Shiva Rea

New Portable Edition
Item #4A: The Radiance Sutras ~ 5 x 5 size ~ Spiral
This is all 112 sutras, in a small size $22. (for portability, does not have the 100 pages of essays at the back).

Events for February 2012

FEBRUARY 24-26th at Bindu Yoga in West Palm Beach, Florida
Instinctual Meditation Training
Bindu Yoga Studio
5913 S. Dixie Highway
West Palm Beach, FL 33405
www.bindu-studio.com
Tel: 561-233-9882


Events for Spring 2012

May 11-12 Shakti Fest in Joshua Tree! Come rock the Radiance Sutras with us in the desert.
We will be doing sutra jams with Shakti Fest musicians - it is always exciting.



May 13-18, 2012 – A 5-day retreat with THE RADIANCE SUTRAS with Dr. Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA.


Come immerse yourself in love-drenched meditation and movement, in the gorgeous world of Esalen. We will explore the luminous teachings of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, an ancient text that describes 112 awareness practices for touching the sacred in the midst of daily life. The Radiance Sutras is a musical, sensuous translation of this tantra by Lorin Roche, who has lived and breathed these yogas for forty years. The Radiance Sutras evoke a world of wonder, awe, and delight. The focus of this workshop is on full-body spirituality—accepting every breath, sensual experience, and emotion as a doorway into deep and intimate contact with the energies of life. The practices include mudra (energy gestures), pranayama (breath), mantra (sound), and dhyana (meditation).

Anyone can practice these methods. The emphasis is on naturalness, spontaneity, and being at home in the universe. You meet yourself wherever you are, whether you are restless, lonely, loving, tired, excited, nostalgic, or quiet. This workshop is an opportunity to dive into the Sutras that are calling you and receive coaching from Lorin and Camille to make them your own, so that you can embody, move, and breathe this luscious reality. All levels of experience are welcome.

Go deeper into the body, breath, and movement of these vibrant energy practices. Receive personal feedback and support from Lorin and Camille, in the synergy of the group field and spirit. The sensuous, poetic language of The Radiance Sutras, Lorin’s new translation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, is our text.

Register at Esalen online or call Esalen at: 831 667 3005.


see more events
and ask about the meditation practice Teleclass.

Sanskrit Word of the Day: Yogasayin
“Half asleep and half absorbed in meditation.”

Actual Sanskrit Word of the Day: Samavaaya - coming together

Coming or meeting together , contact , concourse , congress , assemblage , collection , crowd , aggregate (ena or āt , " in combination " ; °yaṃ- √kṛ , " to meet , combine , flock together ") Gr2S. Gaut. Mn. &c conjunction (of heavenly bodies), (in phil.) perpetual co-inherence , inner or intimate relation , constant and intimate union , inseparable concomitance (= nitya-sambandha , the sixth padā*rtha or category of the vaiśeṣikas , expressing relation which exists between a substance and its qualities , between a whole and its parts [e.g. between cloth and the yarn composing it] , between a genus and its individuals &c ) Kap. Jaim. IW. 66 ; 69, course , duration (e , with gen. , " during ") MBh.

Invented Sanskrit Word of the Day: layasana - the resting, dissolving pose

I propose layasana as a replacement for savasana or shavasana. There is no getting around what sava is - śava, mn. (ifc. f(ā). ; prob. fr. √1. śū , or śvi and orig. = " swollen ") a corpse , dead body. Sure the ancient yogis meditated in graveyards and went around coated in the cremation ashes of the dead. But that is clearly Vampire Chic. I’m not into it.

Consider the great Sanskrit word laya.

• rest, repose
• place of rest, residence , house , dwelling W.
• [mental inactivity, spiritual indifference
• sport, diversion, merriness
• delight in anything
• an embrace

layasana is less obnoxious than savasana, plus it has the obvious pun in it.

And more:

laya

• m. the act of sticking or clinging to (loc.) , S3is. ?? (layaṃ √ gā with loc., " to become attached to any one " Kuval. )
• lying down , cowering MBh.
• melting , dissolution , disappearance or absorption in (loc. or comp.) Up. Kap. &c (layaṃ √ gam or yā " to disappear , be dissolved or absorbed " ; layaṃ saṃ- √gam , " to hide or conceal one's self ")
• extinction , destruction , death MBh. Ka1v. &c (layaṃ √ yā , " to be destroyed , perish ")
• rest , repose S3is3. BhP. (cf. a-laya)
• place of rest , residence , house , dwelling W.
• mental inactivity , spiritual indifference Kap. Veda7ntas.
• sport , diversion , merriness Va1s.
• delight in anything Harav.
• an embrace L.
• (in music) time (regarded as of 3 kinds , viz. druta , " quick " , madhya , " mean or moderate " , and vilambita , " slow ") , Ka1lid. Das3ar. Pan5cat. &c
• a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.
• the union of song , dance and instrumental music L.
• a pause MW.
• a partic. agricultural implement (perhaps a sort of harrow or hoe) VS.
• a swoon L.
• the quick (downward) movement of an arrow L.
• n. the root of Andropogon Muricatus Bhpr.
• laya [L=182773] mfn. making the mind inactive or indifferent BhP.

Meditation Secrets for Women

Meditation Secrets for Women is essential reading if you are a woman and you want to thrive in meditation. It is also handy for guys wanting to understand women and what they need.


Meditation Made Easy is a great review of the essential elements of a meditation practice.

On this site

- offerings of books, seminars, and individual coaching to help you thrive with meditation in your daily life. If you are a yoga, meditation, or tantra teacher, I offer coaching in developing your own approach to practicing and teaching yoga meditation techniques. Meditation 24-7.com is one of my other sites and has some interesting notes on the senses and magnetism.

If you feel like meditating right now, you could head over here and listen to 14 different guided meditations. Each one is 3 to 7 minutes, and you are welcome to listen as much as you like. If you want to download, you can select any size, from small mp3’s to large AIFF files.

Or glance through The Radiance Sutras and notice what resonates with you. Keep it simple and be playful in your approach. Give yourself freedom to explore what delights you.

Invite Lorin to come speak to your conference or lead a workshop. One of my favorite things is training yoga teachers how to teach meditation.

The Instinctual Roots of Meditation

If you have a body and mind, you can meditate. Learning to meditate is a matter of finding out how to activate your innate abilities, and this is always an adventure. If you want to include meditation in your life, find your personal gateways. These are different for each of us, and also change over time as we evolve.

Buddha said that he gave 84,000 dharmas, for all the different kinds of people there are. The good news is there is something for everybody. The downside is that out of the thousands of meditation techniques, most of them will be wrong for your body type and life direction in the here and now. When you practice a technique that is not right for your type, it feels like an imposition and is slightly harmful, and wastes your time.

When you discover your personal gateways, it feels like love. You are falling into the center of your own heart. A relief, and exciting, and restful. The goal of a teacher such as myself is to assist you in spending more time in love with life and less time struggling with techniques that are not right for you in the first place. Instinctive Meditation is a way of accessing the wealth of knowledge of the ancient yoga meditation traditions, and discovering the practices that work for you – your body, your heart and mind, your life.

Lorin’s Other Sites

Lorinroche.com has gotten too large, thousands and thousands of pages, so I have a group of other sides which are more focused on specific areas:



Meditation 24-7 is oriented toward Workshop and Class notes, with sections on the 21 senses, the instincts, and the Journey of Meditation.

Bija.biz has notes on meditation teacher training.

Bhairavatantra.com focuses on The Radiance Sutras and has some notes.

vijnanabhairavatantra.com is a new site and I am putting up some VBT-related notes

Spanda.us has some notes about pulsation and the theme of the Return -

Shrutam.com is redundant, a practice site.

Instinctivemeditation.com is mostly just a mirror site to lorinroche.com