I'd also agree that Wim Hof breathing is not Tummo, although who knows if there are some similar biological processes that happen as a result of the two methods

I'd also agree that Wim Hof breathing is not Tummo, although who knows if there are some similar biological processes that happen as a result of the two methods. My experience with the Wim Hof breathing is similar to yours though, it's a nice reset button and can make your body feel a lot better when you're in pain or feeling cloudy. It's funny that you mention using it for sex, because Tummo is often a preliminary for Karmamudra practice too. As for Tummo, generally there are a lot of preliminary practices you need to go through before being taught it, which can take the practitioner a lot of time and is probably why you don't see it around in lay communities in the west. For instance, the preliminary practice of ngondro can take people something like 6 months in full retreat to finish, or years if mixed in to daily life. The Yuthok Nyingthig lineage of Tibetan medicine practitioners does things on faster timelines though, in my experience. [1] [2] My acupuncturist is a former monk and teaches Tummo to small groups here in NYC from time to time, although he hasn't done it in a while and I didn't find out about him until after the last group of his had started. You'd still probably want to have had a daily meditation practice and some physical yoga asana practice before beginning I'd imagine -- just sitting in the 7-point posture of Vairochana that you see the monks from the article sitting in requires a pretty open body to get into and maintain. The first time I took a course in Tibetan Nejang I had difficulty with maintaining that arm and shoulder position, even after years of sitting every day in padmasana. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuthok_Nyingthig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuthok_Nyingthig [2] https://purelandfarms.com/ https://purelandfarms.com/