Nithya Kriya

Steps For KAILASA’s Nithya Kriya℠

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8 Steps to Follow:

1. Bishithāsana (Posture)

Note: In Bishithāsana, the following Breathing techniques will be performed

2. Antah Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

3. Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

4. Bodhashokāsana (Posture)

Note: In Bodhashokāsana, the following Breathing techniques will be performed

5. Prakrithi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

6. Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

7. Kurma Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

8. Relax

Step 1: Bishithāsana (Posture)

Step 1: Posture – Bishithāsana

A practitioner demonstrating Bishithāsana posture

Technique

Sit with legs stretched

Place both feet together

Place your arms below the legs

Raise both the legs upwards

Bring the feet over your face

Interlock the fingers

Keep the palms upon the forehead

Remain in this posture for 30 seconds

Inhale and exhale in a normal way

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Gheranda Samhita, Upadesha 2, Verse 23

थथ्र याम्यम् कूर्परम् च याम्य करे च वक्थ्रकम् ।भ्रुवोर्
-मध्ये गथा द्रुशितिहि पीतम् मत्स्येन्द्रम् उच्यथे
Thathra Yaamyam Koorparam Cha
Yaamya Kare Cha Vakthrakam |
Bhruvor-Madhye Gathaa Drushtihi
Peetam Matsyendram Uchyathe
||2.23||

Akashic Revelation

“Having kept the abdomen at ease,
similar to the back, the bent left leg
should be placed over the right lap.
There in that posture the right elbow
should be placed on this and the face
has to be placed on the right palm.
The sight fixed at the eye brow
center. This is called Matsyendrasana.”

Step 2: Antah Kumbhaka

(Breathing Techique)

Step 2: Breathing Technique –

Antah Kumbhaka

Technique

1. In Bishithāsana, close your eyes

2. Inhale

3. Hold the breath inside.

4. Exhale slowly.

5. Open your eyes and relax

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddathih, Verse 28

सुषुम्णान्तर्गतं तस्यां निर्विकल्पेन चेतसा
धारयेन्-मारुतं योगि सोऽन्तःकुम्भःशिवोदितः

suṣumṇāntargataṃ tasyāṃ nirvikalpena
cetasā
dhārayen-mārutaṃ yogi so'ntaḥ-
kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ

Akashic Revelation

When the marut (prana) is retained in sushumna without any mental distraction by a yogi, it is called antah-kumbhaka by Siva.

A man sitting in a meditative posture on a throne, smiling with hands in Anjali mudra

Step 3: Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Techique)

Step 3: Breathing Technique –

Bahih Kumbhaka

Technique

In Bishithāsana, exhale completely. Slowly but completely.

Hold the breath outside

Relax and inhale slowly

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddathih, Verse 31

रेचयित्वा बहिर्-वायुं बाह्याकाशे क्रमेण यत्
धारयेत् प्रयतो योगी बहिःकुम्भस्तु रेचितः

recayitvā bahir-vāyuṁ bāhyākāśe
krameṇa yat
dhārayet prayato yogī bahiḥ-kumbhastu
recitaḥ

Akashic Revelation

When the air is exhaled slowly and breath is retained outside by a yogi, it is called bahih kumbhaka or recita.

Step 4: Bodhashokasana (Posture)

Step 4: Posture– Bodhashokāsana

Technique

Sit in a squatting position.

Hold the knees close to the chest.

Cross the arms and hold the knees.

Place the chin on the knees.

Fix the gaze at the nose tip

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Joga Pradipika 220 - 221

दोउ पगथली भूपरी धेरै कोर माहिली ऐसे करै।कोर
मिलाई उकड बैठे जंघघा छाती अग्र निवेसे ॥
२२० व्यबूका गोडा उपरि करै नासादृष्टि अचल ले
धेरै ।भुजा परसपर पकडे दोई खवां लागनी कठीन
जु सोई॥ २२१dou pagathalī bhūparī
dherai kora māhilī aise karai |
kora milāī ukaḍa baise jaṁghaghā
chātī agra nivese || 220
vyabūka goḍā upari karai nāsādṛiṣṭi
acala le dherai |
bhujā parasapara pakaḍe doī
khavāṁ lāganī kaṭhīna ju soī || 221

Akashic Revelation
Place both the soles on the ground.
Fold the legs and arrange them in
such a way that the thighs touch
the chest. Place the chin on knees.
Gaze should be at the tip of nose.
Catch hold of both the hands
bringing wrist upon the knees.
Catch hold wrist by hands.

The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism sitting on a golden throne in a meditative pose.

Step 5: Prakrithi Kumbhaka (Breathing Techique)

Step 5: Breathing Technique –

Prakrithi Kumbhaka

Illustration of Bodhashokāsana with breathing steps

Technique

In Bodhashokāsana, as you chant the bīja mantra “VA” loudly suck in the air.

After you are full, hold the breath

Then slowly exhale normally.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 70

वान्वितेनाशुगं कर्षेन् कुर्वन्तूच्चतरं स्वनम् धारयेच्-चेद्
-उदानस्य प्रकृति:Kउम्भक:स्मृत:||७०||

Vānvitenāśugaṃ karṣen
kurvantūccataraṃ svanam
Dhārayec-ced-udānasya prakṛtiḥ
Kumbhakaḥ smṛtaḥ ||70||

Akashic Revelation

One should suck in air quickly with
a loud sound of the bīja mantra “VA”
and retain the breath. This is called
Prakrithi Kumbhaka.

Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam sitting on a throne

Step 6: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Techique)

Step 6: Breathing Technique –

Naga Kumbhaka

Technique

1. In Bodhashokāsana, inhale and
swallow the air very slowly. Do it
judiciously as long as you can.

2. When you are full, hold.

3. When you can't hold, exhale very slowly.

4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 77 & 78

ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्ठेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं रोधयेद्-
यथाकालं बध्वा जालन्धरं दृढम् कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-
न् अग-कुम्भःशिवोदितःक्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्
-अस्य समीरितम्

Odana-grāsavad-vāyuṃ
kaṇṭhenāpūrayec-chanaiḥ
Taṃ rodhayed-yathākālaṃ badhvā
jālandharaṃ dṛḍham
Kaṇṭhena recanaṃ kuryān-n aga-
kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ
Kṣudhaṃ jayet pipāsāṃ ca phalam-
asya samīritam

Akashic Revelation

One should swallow the air slowly
into the throat like a morsel of rice,
retaining it to the capacity, with
firm application of Jalandhara-
bandha and then expel it from the
throat. This is Naga Kumbhaka
explained by Shiva. By this practice
one is able to control hunger thirst.

Step 7: Kurma Kumbhaka (Breathing Techique)

Step 7: Breathing Technique –

Kurma Kumbhaka

Technique

Continue to be seated in Bodhashokāsana.

Try to stare at one point.

Do not blink your eyes as much as you can.

Try to stare at one point and do not blink.

When you can't anymore relax and do again.

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

> Note: When you try to stare, automatically the stopping of the breath happens.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 79

निमिलोन्मिलने त्यक्त्वा पीठे काष्ठम्-इव
स्थितिर्नेत्रयोश्-च शरीरस्य कूर्म-कुम्भःस उच्यते
भवतो'भ्यास-वशान्-मनो-वातौ स्थिरावुभौ

Nimilonmilane tyaktvā pīṭhe
kāṣṭham-iva sthitiḥ
Netrayoś-ca śarīrasya kūrma-
kumbhaḥ sa ucyate
Bhavato'bhyāsa-vaśān-mano-vātau
sthirāvubhau

Akashic Revelation

When the blinking of the eyes are
controlled and one becomes
perfectly steady in the asana like a
log of wood and devoid of
movements of the eyes and the body,
it is called Kūrma-Kumbhaka. With
the practice of this Kumbhaka, one
attains steadiness of vayu and mind.

Step 8: Relax

Just sit in a relaxed way for few minutes.