Step 2: Nāḍi Śuddhi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 2: Breathing Technique - Nāḍi Śuddhi Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 114 & 115
सङ्क्र्व्-चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्यं सूर्येण पूरयेत् नियमुअ पूतयेन्-
नोभ्यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि |
|त्रिन्तेर-कुम्भकःप्रोक्तस्-त्रि-नेत्रेण त्रि सिद्धिदः||१९२||
Evaṃ nāḍyor-vibhedena cathuḥ-kāieṣu
viṃśatiḥ
Kumbhakān yadi kurvita nāḍi-
śudhyākhya-kumbhakaḥ ||114||
Grīṣma-madhyanidinārshābhaṃ nābhau
savitṛ-maṇdalam
Sūrya-nāḍyā kṛte kumbhe dhyātvā
śuddhyanti nāḍikāḥ ||115||
Akashic Revelation
One should inhale through the right
nostril and after holding the breath to
the capacity, exhale through the other
nostril while contemplating on haṃsa.
Again inhale through the nostril
through which one has exhaled.
When this is practiced with alternate
nostrils with twenty Kmbhakas four
times a day. This is known as (Nāḍi)
śuddhi-Kumbhaka.
Technique
1. Remaining in Bhadrāsana,
protrude your tongue as much as
possible.
2. Roll the sides of the tongue like a tube.
3. Now inhale through the tube formed by the tongue.
4. Then hold as long as possible.
5. Then exhale through both the nostrils.
6. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
