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Step 2: Kapalabhati Prānāyāma

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(Breathing Technique)

Step 2: Breathing Technique -

Kapalabhati Prānāyāmā

Technique

Remaining in Durvāsana, breathe out short and fast as you pull your abdomen in and up.

Repeat this Prānāyāmā 7 minutes.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Haṭharatnāvalī 1. 56

अथ कपालभस्त्रिका भस्त्रिवल्लोहकाराणां
रेचपूरुसुसम्भ्रमौ ॥
कआलभस्त्री विख्याता सर्वरोगविशोष्णी ॥ ५६ ॥
atha kapālabhastrikā
bhastrivallohakārāṇāṃ
recupūrasusambhramau ll
kaālabhastrī vikhyātā
sarvarogaviśoṣaṇī ll 56 ll

Akashic Revelation

One should rapidly inhale and
exhale like the bellows of an
ironsmith. This is the famous
kapāla-bhastrī, which removes all
the diseases. 56