KUNDALINI AWAKENING KRIYA II
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Steps to be followed
- Mahamudraa
- Kechari Mudra
- Shambhavi Mudra
- Moolabandha
1. MAHA MUDRAA The importance of kundalini connection in relation with mahamudra is explained in following slokas
Hatha Yoga Pradipika: Chapter 3-verses 10,11,12,13 & 15
pädamülena vämena yonià sampéòya dakñiëam |
prasäritaà padaà kåtvä karäbhyäà dhärayeddåòham || 10
kaëöhe bandhaà samäropya dhärayedväyumürdhvataù |
yathä daëòahataù sarpo daëòäkäraù prajäyate || 11
åjvébhütä tathä çaktiù kuëòalé sahasä bhavet |
tadä sä maraëävasthä jäyate dvipuöäçrayä || 12
tataù çanaiù çanaireva recayennaiva vegataù |
mahämudräà ca tenaiva vadanti vibudhottamäù || 13
candräìge tu samabhyasya süryäìge punarabhyasyet |
yävattulyä bhavetsaìkhyä tato mudräà visarjayet || 15
Translation Press the left heel into the perineum (or vagina), straighten the right leg, and with the hands, firmly take hold of the outstretched foot. - 10 By locking the throat and retaining the breath, the prana rises straight, just like a snake beaten with a stick becomes straight.-11 So the kundalini shakti becomes straight at once. Then the two (ida and pingala) becomes lifeless as the shakti enters sushumna.- 12 Then exhale slowly and gradually, not quickly. Indeed this is described as maha mudra by the great siddhas.- 13 After practicing on the left side, practice on the right side. When the number of rounds is even, discontinue and release the mudra. -15
2. Kechari Mudra
Hatha Yoga Pradipika: Chapter 3-verse 31
kapälakuhare jihvä praviñöä viparétagä |
bhruvorantargatä dåñöirmudrä bhavati khecaré ||
TRANSLATION Kechari mudra is turning the tongue backwards into the cavity of the cranium and turning the eye inwards towards the eyebrow centre
3. Shambhavi Mudra
Hatha Yoga Pradipika: Chapter 3-verse 13
antarlakñyaà bahirdåñöirnimeñonmeñavarjitä |
eñä sä çämbhavé mudrä vedaçästreñu gopitä ||
TRANSLATION With internalized (one pointed) awareness and external gaze unblinking, that verily is shambhavi mudra, preserved in the Vedas.
4. Mula Bandha
Hatha Yoga Pradipika: Chapter 3-verse 61
paarshnibhaagena sampeetya yonimaakunchayedgudam|
Apaanamoordhvamaakrushya moolabandhobheedheeyate|| 3.61 ||
TRANSLATION Keep one heel in between anus and scrotum and contract the intestines near the navel by that it touches the back. So apana moves upwards. It is called moola mudra.
TECHNIQUE
- Sit with stretched legs.
- Bend the left heel and Keep between the genitals and anus
- Exhale completly, and Contract the intestines near the navel such that it touches the back
- Bend forward and hold the right foot with the both hands
- Hold the breath and raise the head and close your eyes
- Do not bend spines. Be in this pose for sometime.
- Adopt Kechari mudra. (Turning the tongue backwards into the cavity of the cranium and turning the eye inwards towards the eyebrow centre)
- When you feel you cant hold anymore slowly inhale and tilting the head slightly backwards and perform Shambhavi Mudra ( Open your eyes and gaze at the eyebrow centre without blinking.)
- After inhaling hold the breath inside With intense awareness 10. While holding breath, adopt moola bandha (Keep the heel in between anus and scrotum and press it. Contract the intestines near the navel in such a way that it touches the back.)
- When you feel you cant hold anymore, relax eyeballs and release moolabandha and breath
- This is 1 sequence. Do this sequence 3 times.
- After that, Do this sequence 3 times with right heel
- After that, Do this sequence 3 times with stretched legs.