Step 4: Bhastrika Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 4: Breathing Technique - Bhastrika Kumbhaka
Technique
- Sit in Ardha Padmasana or in your preferred comfortable position.
- With a bellowing sound forcefully blow out air out of both the nostrils so that your abdomen gets tucked in.
- Slowly allow the body to inhale.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
भस्त्रेवे लोह-कारस्य रेच-पूरौ श्रमावधि । वेगेन स्तनयोरूध्र्वं ततःपूरोऽर्क-वर्त्मना।।१६४।।
जालन्धरं दृधं बद्ध्वा कुम्भितं चन्द्र-वर्त्मना ।।
रेचयेद् भस्त्रिका-कुम्भआ शरीराग्नि-विवर्धनः।।१६५।।
Bhastreve loha-kārasya reca-pūrau śramāvadhi |
Vegena stanayor-ūrdhvaṃ tataḥ pūro'rka-vartmanā||164||
Jālandharaṃ dṛdhaṃ baddhvā kumbhitaṃ candra-vartmanā ||
Recayed bhastrikā-kumbhaā śarīrāgni-vivardhanaḥ ||165||
Akashic Revelation
One should exhale and inhale like the bellows of a blacksmith until fatigue sets in. Then he should rapidly inhale through the right nostril and exhale through the left nostril, after holding the breath performing Jālandhara-bandha. It is Bhastrika Kumbhaka
