Step 2: Śītalī Kāka Cañcuka Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 2: Breathing Technique - Śītalī Kāka Cañcuka Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih Verse 143
काकचञ्चु-वद्-आस्येनापूर्य वयुम् निरोधयेतूर्ध्वजिह्वाम्
समानीय पिबेद्-धारामृतं सुधीःरेचयेद् घ्राण-रन्ध्राभ्यां
शितली-ककचञ्चुकः १४३
kākacañcu-vad-āsyaenāpūrya vayum
nirodhayet
ūrdhvajihvām samānīya pIbed-
dhārāmṛtaṃ sudhīḥ
recayed ghrāṇa-randhrābhyāṃ śitalī-
kakacañcukaḥ 143
Akashic Revelation
Forming the like a beak of a crow, one should take the air in and hold it. Then raising the tounge, one should taste the flow of nectar and exhale through both the nostrils. This is śitalī-kāka-cañcua. An adept of prana and apana practices this cosistently for a month, gets rid of heat due to exertion, fever and other sickness and overcomes premature death.
Technique
- Remaining in Parāsana, Form the mouth like the beak of a crow.
- Inhale. Hold as long as possible.
- When you are holding, visualize the nectar flowing (all over the body) just feel the taste of the nectar in your tongue inside.
- Exhale through both the nostrils.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka for 21 minutes continuously.
