Step 3: Urdhvaja Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 3: Breathing Technique -
Urdhvaja Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhitih, Verse 54 & 55
कृकाटिक-पृष्ठ-पार्श्वान्तेषु स्थितःशशि
रेचकाभ्यास-बाहुल्यत् क्रमात् नियोगतः||५४||
ऊर्द्धोर्ध्वमित्यपानस्य कुम्भकोर्ध्वजसंज्ञितः
परकाय-प्रवेशःस्याद् घटिका-द्वितयोन्मिते ||५५||
Kṛkāṭika-pṛṣṭha-pārṣṭhānteṣu sthitaḥ
śaśī
Recakābhyāsa-bāhulyat kramāt
niyogataḥ ||54||
Ūrddhvordhvamityapānasya
kumbhakordhvajasamjñitaḥ
Parakāya-praveśaḥ syād ghaṭikā-
dvitayonmite ||55||
Akashic Revelation
Sasi is situated in the neck, back,
heel and the lower back. When one
practices frequent Recakas and by
visualizing concentrates on apana
from place to place, it is called
Urdhvaja Kumbhaka. Practice of
this leads for two gatikas (48
minutes) leads to Parakay-pravesha
Siddhi (ability to enter into another
body.
Technique
- Remaining in Vajrāsana,
- Inhale and hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- As you exhale, visualise the moon at the base of the
- spine (Muladhara).
- Repeat 6 more times (one time for each chakra) Each time, when you exhale, visualise moon at the next chakra in this sequence; Swadhishtana, Manipuraka, Anahatha, Vishudhi, Ajna and then Sahasrara
