Kum Nye

These are Kum Nye by Tarthang Tulku, the Aro gTér sKu-mNyé and the systems of bsku mnye, that are taught by the International Academy for Traditional Tibetan Medicine and the Shang Shung Institute.

The two terms Kum Nye and sKu-mNyé are different spellings in the Latin alphabet of the same Tibetan phrase Wylie: sku mnye, which literally means "massage of the subtle body".

[1][2][3][4][5] This system appears to be largely from the Medical Tantras, but includes exercises similar to those found in the Dzogchen series.

[11] Although the purpose of the Aro gTér sKu-mNyé is mainly religious, the system is said also to have a variety of mundane benefits, including more vivid sensory experience, emotional openness, enhanced meditation, physical fitness, and lessening of depression.

[12] In practice, Aro sKu-mNyé is a set of 111 movement exercises[10] divided into series that correspond to the Buddhist five elements.

[13] They range from simple and gentle to vigorous and extremely difficult,[14] and bear no similarity to any other Eastern or Western form of exercise.

/ Relax back into the starting position and repeat[18] The Ku Nye taught by the International Academy for Traditional Tibetan Medicine is a system of therapeutic oil massage.

The Shang Shung Institute, affiliated with Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, offers a Training program in Kunye Massage.