Nithya Kriya - Digestive Issues

Steps For KAILASA’s Nithya Kriya℠ Care For Digestive Issues

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4 Steps to Follow

1. Pascamatanāsana (Posture)

Note: In Pascamatanāsana, the following Breathing techniques will be performed

2. Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

3. Samana Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

4. Triśula Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

A person sitting in a meditative posture on a gold throne in front of a wall adorned with religious art

Step 1: Pascimatanāsana (Posture)

Step 1: Posture –

Pascimatanāsana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Trisikhi- brahmanopanishad 50

जानूपरि ललाटं तु पश्चिमं ताणमुच्यते ।
येन केन प्रकारेण सुखं धार्यं च जायते ॥ ५१
॥

jānūpari lalāṭaṃ tu paścimaṃ
tāṇamucyate |
yena kena prakāreṇa sukhaṃ
dhāryaṃ ca jāyate ॥ 50 ॥

Akashic Revelations
Stretch legs on ground and
then properly
catch hold of toes wit

Technique

Sit with the legs stretched.

Bend forward.

Place your forehead on the knees.

Catch hold of the feet with your hands.

Step 2: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 77 & 78

ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्थेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं रोधयेद्-
यथाकालं बध्वा जालन्धरं दृढम् कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-न्
अग-कुम्भःशिवोदितःक्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्-
अस्य समीरितम्
Odana-grāsavad-vāyuṃ
kaṇthenāpūrayec-chanaiḥ
Taṃ rodhayed-yathākālaṃ badhvā
jālandharaṃ dṛḍham ||77
Kaṇṭhena recanaṃ kuryān-n aga-
kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ
Kṣudhaṃ jayet pipāsāṃ ca phalam-
asya samīritam ||78

Translation

One should swallow the air slowly
into the throat like a morsel of rice,
retaining it to the capacity, with firm
application of Jalandhara-bandha and
then expel it from the throat.
This is Naga Kumbhaka explained by
Shiva. By this practice one is able to
control hunger thirst

Step 2: Breathing Technique -

Naga Kumbhaka

Technique

1. Remaining in
Pascimatanāsana, swallow the
air as if you are eating morsel
of rice.

2. Swallow air and hold.

3. When you cannot hold
anymore, relax by exhaling
through the mouth.

4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Note: This will completely clean
your stomach. All your digestive
problems will be completely
cured when you do the Naga
Kumbhaka in this posture.

A portrait of Nithyananda Paramashivam sitting on a throne, flanked by two statues of deities.

Step 3: Samana Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 3: Breathing Technique – Samana Kumbhaka

Apta Pramana आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhati of Raghuvira 62-64

कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु कुम्भकः
मुद्रासु वक्ष्यते कुम्भ उड्डियानो महाफलः
एजते प्रज्वलेत् स्विद्येद्-रोम-कूपेषु मोचयेत्
तम्-एव व्यापकं योगी सोऽयं नकुलीश-मतं तथा
क्षुत्-तृट्-क्षयो वह्नि-दीप्तिःक्षत-भग्नावरोहणम्
समान-कुम्भकाभ्यासात् फलं स्याद्-इति शणकरः

nābhāvāpūrya vāyuś-ced-dehe vyāpya
vidhāritaḥ kumbhite jvalanaṃ dhyāyet
samānasya tu
Kumbhakaḥ mudrāsu vakṣyate
kumbha uḍḍīyāno
mahāphalaḥ ejate prajvalet svidyed-
roma-kūpeṣu mocayet tam-eva
vyāpakaṃ yogī so'yaṃ nakulīśa
mataṃ tathā kṣut-tṛṭ-kṣayo vahni-
dīptiḥ kṣata
bhagnāvarohaṇam samāna-
kumbhakābhyāsāt phalaṃ syād-iti
śaṅkaraḥ

Akashic Revelation:
When the Vāyu is held with
concentration on fire, it is samana-
kumbhaka. When it catches heat, it
becomes intensified and causes
perspiration through the pores.

Illustration of Pascimatanāsana and breathing steps

Technique

Remaining in Pascimatanāsana, inhale completely as long as you can.

Hold as long as you can judiciously.

While you are holding, visualize intense fire in your stomach, burning all the impurities and disorders.

When you can not hold any more, exhale.

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Note: This will completely cure all your digestive problems.

A person seated on a golden throne in a meditative pose with hands in prayer, with an image of Lord Shiva floating behind them

Step 4: Triśula Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 4: Breathing Technique -

Triśula Kumbhaka

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhitih, Verse 193

घोणाभ्यां च मुखेनापि युगपत् पूतयेत् सदा
त्रिशूलाख्यःकुम्भ उक्तस्-त्रिशूलनुत्

Ghoṇābhyāṃ ca mukhenāpi
yugapat pūtayet sadā
Triśūlākhyaḥ kumbha uktas-
triśūlanut ||193||

Translation
One should always inhale through
noth nostrils and mouth
simultaneously and hold the breath
(befire exhalation). This is Triśūla
Kumbhaka by Śiva which removes
three-fold sufferings

Illustration of Paschimatanasana with Trisula Kumbhaka steps

Technique

Remaining in Pascimatanāsana, inhale through the nostrils and also through the mouth simultaneously.

Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.

Now exhale slowly and relax.

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.