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| Man practices tummo meditation while sitting in the snow in shorts (Tanumanasi/Wiki) |
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| Tibetan nuns are able to use meditation techniques to increase their core body temperature |
- Tibetan nuns increase their body temperatures using gtummo meditation
- Use breathing and mental imagery to increase it to more than 38 degrees
- The technique could be used by people trying to function in very cold places
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| Indian Buddhist meditation and yoga in Tibet |
Scientists in Singapore say the discovery means core body temperature can be controlled by the brain -- and it could have major implications for people working in extreme environments.
The researchers discovered that core body temperature can be increased by using special meditation techniques.
Meditation could, therefore, be used to help people to function in very cold environments [as is already being done by many people living in the Himalayas].
The team of researchers at the National University of Singapore showed for the first time that gtummo [pronounced /two-moe/] meditation has been used by Tibetan nuns to increase their core body temperature.
Previous research has only shown that gtummo meditators are able to increase the peripheral body temperature in their fingers and toes.
The researchers, who published their findings in the journal PLoS ONE, collected data during a ceremony in Tibet: Buddhist nuns raised their core body temperature and in the process dried wet sheets wrapped around their bodies in -25 degree Celsius temperatures. More
- Tummo (Tumo or Chandali Yoga), as breathing exercise, is part of tantric meditation cycles for yogic heat developed around the concept of the female deity Tummo.[1][3][4] It is found in the Six Dharmas of Naropa, Lamdre, Kalachakra, and Anu Yoga teachings of Tibetan Vajrayana. The purpose of tummo is to gain control over bodily processes during the completion stage of the "highest yoga tantra" (Anuttara Yoga Tantra) or Anu Yoga. More
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