Night fell; I went to her tent, which she had pitched right in front of the monastery. She was inside, naked, with only a little blanket to cover her. “How can you sleep like that?” I asked. She told me she had learned Tummo meditation from the Tibetans, a very special exercise that took four years to master. By visualizing a fireplace above your solar plexus, it’s possible to raise your body temperature to a point where you feel hot in the middle of the snow. To practice, Tibetan monks sit in the snow, naked, in the lotus position while students put wet towels on their shoulders. Whoever can
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