Step 2: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 2: Breathing Technique -
Naga Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhatih,
Verse 77 & 78
ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्ठेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं
रोधयेद्-यथाकालं बध्वा जालन्धरं दृढम्
कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-न् अग-कुम्भःशिवोदितः
क्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्-अस्य
समीरितम्
Odana-grāsavad-vāyuṃ
kaṇṭhenāpūrayec-chanaiḥ
Taṃ rodhayed-yathākālaṃ
badhvā jālandharaṃ dṛḍham
Kaṇṭhena recanaṃ kuryān-n
aga-kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ
Kṣudhaṃ jayet pipāsāṃ ca
phalam-asya samīritam
Akashic Revelation
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.
Technique
- Remaining in Vajrāsana, swallow air very slowly and let the air go little by little like eating rice morsel by morsel.
- Once you are full, immediately contract the throat, place the chin on the chest.
- Hold the breath in this posture as long as possible.
- Then release the lock and exhale slowly from the throat.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
