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Step 2: Triśūla Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

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Step 2: Breathing Technique –

Triśūla Kumbhaka

Illustration of yogi in Matsyendrāsana

Technique

  1. In Matsyendrāsana, inhale through the nostrils simultaneously inhale.
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
  1. Exhale very slowly
  1. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Breathing technique step 1 diagram
Breathing technique step 2 diagram
Breathing technique step 3 diagram
Breathing technique step 4 diagram

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 193

घोणाभ्यां च मुखेनापि युगपत् पूतयेत् सदा त्रिशूलाख्यः
कुम्भ उक्तस्-त्रिशूलनुत्
Ghoṇābhyāṃ ca mukhenāpi yugapat
pūtayet sadā
Triśūlākhyaḥ kumbha uktas-triśūlanut
||193||

Akashic Revelation

One should always inhale through both nostrils and mouth simultaneously and hold the breath (before exhalation). This is Triśūla Kumbhaka by Śiva which removes three-fold sufferings

A person with a turban sitting in a meditation pose in front of a depiction of Shiva