Step 4: Trinetra Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 4: Breathing Technique-
Trinetra Kumbhaka
Technique
- Remaining in Vajrāsana, Inhale through the left nostril.
- Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- Without exhalation, inhale through the right nostril.
- Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- Again without exhaling, inhale through both the nostrils.
- Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- Now exhale through both the nostrils slowly.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Pramāṇa - प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 192
सक्र्च्-चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्य सूर्येण पूरयेत् नियमुआ पूतयेन्-
नोभ्यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि ||
त्रिन्तेर-कुम्भकःप्रोक्तस्-त्रि-नेत्रेण त्रि सिद्धिदः||१९२||
Sakṛc-candreṇa cāpūrya dhārya sūryeṇa
pūrayet
Niyamua pūtayen-nobhyāṃ dhārayitvā
yathāvidhi ||
Trintera-Kumbhakaḥ proktas-tri-netreṇa
tri siddidaḥ ||192||
Akashic Revelation
One should inhale through the left and hold the breath, followed by inhalation by the right nostril and retain. Then again inhale the breah through the nostrils, and hold the breath systematically (before exhalation). This is Trinetra Kumbhaka by Śiva, which gives three-fold siddhis
