Step 5: Trinetra Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 5: Breathing Technique –
Trinetra Kumbhaka
Technique
1. Continue to be seated in
Matsyendrāsana. Inhale through
the left nostril & hold the breath
2. Without exhalation, inhale
through the right nostril & hold
the breath.
3. Without exhaling, inhale through
both and hold the breath as long
as you can.
4. Exhale and relax.
5. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 192
सकृच्-चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्य सूर्येण पूरयेत् नियमुअ
पूतयेन्-नोभ्यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि || त्रिन्तेर-
कुम्भकःप्रोक्तस्-त्रि-नेत्रेण त्रि सिद्धिदः ||१९२||
Sakṛc-candreṇa cāpūrya dhārya
sūryeṇa pūrayet
Niyamua pūtayen-nobhyāṃ
dhārayitvā yathāvidhi ||
Trintera-Kumbhakaḥ proktas-tri-
netreṇa tri siddidaḥ ||192||
Akashic Revelation
One should inhale through the left
and hold the breath, followed by
inhalation by the right nostril and
retain. Then again inhale the
breath through the nostrils, and
hold the breath systematically
(before exhalation). This is
Trinetra Kumbhaka by Śiva, which
gives three-fold siddhis
