Step 2: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 2: Breathing Technique -
Naga Kumbhaka
Technique
1. Remaining in Parāsana, inhale and swallow the air very slowly. Do it judiciously as long as you can.
2. When you are full, hold.
3. When you can't hold, exhale very slowly.
4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 77 & 78
ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्ठेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं रोधयेद्-
यथाकालं बध्वा जालन्धरं दृढम् कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-
न् अग-कुम्भःशिवोदितःक्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्
-अस्य समीरितम्
Odana-grāsavad-vāyuṁ
kaṇṭhenāpūrayec-chanaiḥ
Taṁ rodhayed-yathākālaṁ badhvā
jālandharaṁ dṛḍham
Kaṇṭhena recanaṁ kuryān-n aga-
kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ
Kṣudhaṁ jayet pipāsāṁ 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.
