Step 3: Bhastrika Prānāyāmā (Breathing Technique)
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Step 3: Breathing Technoque -
Bhastrika Prānāyāmā
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih Verse 164 & 165
भस्त्रेवे लोह-कारस्य रेच-पूरौ श्रमावधि |वेगेन स्तनयोर्-
ऊर्ध्वं ततःपूरो'र्क-वर्त्मना||१६४||
जालन्धरं दृधं बद्धा 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
Technique
- Remaining in Gomukhāsana, slowly draw in the air by both the nostrils and expand the stomach as much as you can.
- Then throw it out quickly.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
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