Step 5: Trinetra Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 5: Breathing Technique -
Trinetra Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 192
सकृच्-चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्यं सूर्येण पूरयेत् नियमुअ
पूतयेन्-नोभ्यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि ||त्रिन्तर-
कुम्भकःप्रोक्तस्-त्रि-नेत्रेण त्रि सिद्धिदः||१९२||
Sakṛc-candreṇa cāpūrya dhārya
sūryeṇa pūrayet
Niyamua pūtayen-nobhyāṁ
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
Technique
1. Sitting Varahāsana. inhale
through left nostril and hold
the breath.
2. Without exhaling, inhale
through right nostril and hold
the breath.
3. Again without exhaling,
inhale through both the
nostrils hold the breath. as
long as you can
4. Then exhale and relax.
5. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.cc
