KAILASA Library/Nithya Kriya - 108 Yogic Techniques for Diseases and Disorders/CURE FOR PULMONARY DISEASESign in
Nithya Kriya - 108 Yogic Techniques for Diseases and Disorders

CURE FOR PULMONARY DISEASE

This text was machine-transcribed from the printed book and may contain errors. Select the words and choose “Report a mistake”.

Disease Description

Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting, such as the common cold, to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, and lung cancer.

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED

  1. BHADRA ASANA
  1. PLAAVINEE KUMBHAKA
  1. KAMALA KUMBHAKA
  1. KUMUDA KUMBHAKA
  1. KRAMANETRA KUMBHAKA
  1. TRINETRA KUMBHAKA

1. BHADRA ASANA HATHA PRADEEPIKAA, UPADESHA 2, VERSE 37

गुल्फौ च वृषणस्याधः सीवन्याः पार्श्वयोः क्षिपेत्।
पार्श्वपादौ तु पाणी यां दृढं बद्ध्वा तु निश्चलम् ॥

Gulphau Cha Vrushaanasyaadhaha Seevanyaaha Paarshvayoho Kshipeth | Paarshvapaadhau Thu Paaneebhyaam Dhrudam Badhvaa Thu Nishchalam ||2.37||

TRANSLATION One should place the two ankles under the scrotum adjacently to the perineum and hold the feet firmly with hands and remain steady.

Bhadra Asana

TECHNIQUE

  1. Place the heels adjacent to each other and close to the perineum
  1. Hold the feet with hands
  1. Remain steady for 30 seconds

IN BHADRA ASANA, NEXT –

2. PLAAVINEE KUMBHAKA

KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSE: 171

यथेष्टं पूरयेद्वायुं बद्धे जालन्धरे दृढे ।
हृदि धृत्वा जले सुप्त्वा प्लाविनीकुम्भको भवेत् ॥

YatheshtampoorayethVaayum BadhdheJaalandhareDhrude |
HrudhiDhruthvaaJaleSupthvaa Plaavinee-KumbhakoBhaveth ||171||

TRANSLATION One should fill in the air sumptuously in his lungs and then adopt Jaalandhara Bandha firmly. If one lies on water it is called Plaavinee Kumbhaka.

TECHNIQUE

  1. Stay on same posture
  1. Inhale completely
  1. Contract the throat and rest your chin on the chest
  1. Retain the air inside as much as you can possible
  1. When you can't hold anymore, Release the throat lock and exhale slowly
  1. Do this 21 times

IN BHADRA ASANA, NEXT –

3. KAMALA KUMBHAKA

KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSE: 189

॥ अथ कमलकुम्भकः ॥
पूरयेदर्कनाड्यासु कुम्भयित्वा यथाविधि ।
रेचयेच्चेन्दुनाड्यासु कुम्भकः कमलाभिधः ॥

PoorayethArka-Naadyaasu KumbhayithvaaYathaa-Vidhi |
Rechayecchendu-Naadyaasu Kumbhakaha Kamala-abhidhaha ||189||

TRANSLATION One should inhale through the right nostril and hold the breath properly and exhale through the left nostril. This is called Kamala Kumbhaka.

TECHNIQUE

  1. Inhale through the right nostril
  1. Retain the breath as long as you can judiciously
  1. Exhale through the left nostril
  1. Do this 21 times

IN BHADRA ASANA, NEXT –

4. KUMUDA KUMBHAKA

KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSE: 190

॥ अथ कुमुदकुम्भकः ॥

पूरयेच्चन्द्रमार्गेण धारयित्वाध्वजायुधे ।
रेचयेत्तमुभा यां चेत्कुमुदः कुम्भकः स्मृतः ॥

Poorayeth Chandra-Maargena DhaarayithvaaDhvajaayudhe | RechayethThamUbhaabhyaam ChethKumudaha Kumbhakaha Smruthaha ||190||

TRANSLATION The breath should be inhaled through the left nostril. After retaining the breath, if the exhalation is done through both the nostrils, it is called Kumuda Kumbhaka.

TECHNIQUE

  1. Inhale through the left nostril
  1. Hold the breath
  1. Exhale through both the nostrils
  1. Repeat this 21 times

IN BHADRA ASANA, NEXT –

5. KRAMA NETRA KUMBHAKA

KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSE: 191

॥ अथ क्रमनेत्रकुम्भकः ॥

सकृत्सूर्येण चापूर्य धार्य चन्द्रेण पूरयेत् ।
धारयेच्च प्रयत्नेन रेचयेत् क्रमतस्तथा ॥
नेत्रकुम्भक इति ख्यातः क्रमतो व्युत्क्रमादपि ॥

SakruthSooryenaChaapoorya DhaaryaChandrenaPoorayeth |
Dhaarayeth Cha Prayathnena RechayethKramathas-Thathaa ||191 ||

TRANSLATION One should take the breath in through the right nostril, hold the breath and then again inahale through the left nostril. He should with effort hold the breath again and exhale in the same order. This is known as krama-netra kumbhaka. This is also done in the reverse order.

TECHNIQUE

  1. Inhale through the right nostril
  1. Hold the breath
  1. Inhale through the left nostril
  1. Hold the breath
  1. Exhale through the right nostril
  1. Hold the breath
  1. Exhale through the left nostril
  1. Hold the breath
  1. Do this 21 times

IN BHADRA ASANA, NEXT –

6. TRINETRA KUMBHAKA

KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSE: 192

सकृच्चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्यं सूर्येण पूरयेत् ।
नियम्य पूरयेन्नो यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि ॥
त्रिनेत्रकुम्भकः प्रोक्तः त्रिनेत्रेण त्रिसिद्धिदः ॥

SakruthChandrenaChaapoorya DhaaryaSooryenaPoorayeth |
NiyamyaPoorayennobhyaam DhaarayithvaaYathaa-Vidhi ||
Thrinethra-KumbhakahaProkthaha ThrinethrenaThrisiddhidhaha ||

TRANSLATION Inhale through the left nostril and retain, inhale through the right nostril and retain and then inhale through both the nostrils, retain the breath (all these in one shot before exhalation). This is the Trinetra Kumbhaka – the giver of three siddhis – as explained by the three-eyed Shiva.

TECHNIQUE

  1. Inhale through the left nostril
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
  1. Without exhalation, inhale through the right nostril
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously 5. Again without exhaling, inhale through both the nostrils
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
  1. Now exhale through both the nostrils slowly
  1. Do this 21 times

END OF KRIYA
Kriya Date
17-Dec-2011