Fine art giclée print reproduction on canvas
-size: 100 x 125 cm.
-mounted on stretcher bars
-protected by a premium varnish
-ready to hang

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This is one of the paintings inspired by my visit to Tibet, and my keen interest in the yogic aspects of Tibetan Buddhism.
This work specifically deals with a meditation technique called 'tummo' whereby inner heat is created.
A quote by the seventh Dalai Lama (1708-1757) regarding this meditation reads as follows:

Vital energies generated by inner or outer means are drawn into one's central channel, causing the mystic fires to blaze. (...) Lights from the mystic fire flash into a hundred directions, summoning the blessings of Buddhas boundless as space.

Inside the body shape the chakra centers and main energy channels are depicted.
Tibetan yoga generally only charts five main chakra centers, rather than seven.
Each one of these five chakras is related to one of the five Dhyani Buddhas, as well as to the different elements earth, water, fire, air-wind, and space.
The traditional Tibetan symbols for these elements, as well as each of the five Dhyani Buddhas with their respective hand gestures, can be seen inside the different chakras.