Step 2: Samana Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 2: Breathing Technique -
Samana Kumbhaka
Technique
1. Remaining in Padmāsana, inhale completely
2. Hold as long as you can judiciously
3. While you hold, visualize the
fire element in your navel
region buring all your skind
disorders. Visualize the fire
burning.
4. When you can not hold any more, exhale.
5. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Note: Use the fingers to control the nostrils.
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 62
नाभावाओऊर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे-व्याप्य विधरिथःकुम्भिते
ज्वलनम् ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु कुम्भकः
Nābhāvāoūrya vāyuś-ced-dehe-vyāpya
vidharithaḥ
Kumbhite jvalanam dhyāyet samānasya
tu kumbhakaḥ
Akashic Revelation
When this vayu is filled up into the
navel and held with concentration on
fire, it is Samana-Kumbhaka
