Step 2: Uddiyana Bandha
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(Internal Seal)
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Yoga-Sikhopanishad (106-109)
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियाणकः ।
बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥ १०६ ॥
तस्मादुड्डीयनाख्योऽयं योगिभिःसमुदाहृतः ।
उड्डियाणं तु सहजं गुरुणा कथितं सदा ॥ १०७ ॥
अभ्यसेत् तदतन्द्रस्तु वृद्धोऽपि तरुणो भवेत् ।
नाभेरूर्ध्वमधश्चापि ताणं कुर्यात् प्रयत्नतः ॥ १०८ ॥
षण्मासमभ्यसेन्मृत्युं जयत्येव न संशयः ।
kumbhakānte recakādau kartavyastūḍḍiyāṇakaḥ |bandho yena suṣumnāyāṃ prāṇastūḍḍīyate yataḥ ॥ 106 ॥ tasmāduḍḍīyaṇākhyo'yaṃ Yogibhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ |uḍḍiyāṇaṃ tu sahajaṃ guruṇā kathitaṃ sadā ॥ 107 ॥ abhyaset tadatandrastu vṛddho'pi taruṇo bhavet nābherūrdhvamadhaścāpi tāṇaṃ kuryāt prayatnataḥ ॥ 108 ॥ ṣāṇmāsamabhyasenmṛtyuṃ jayatyeva na saṃśayaḥ |
Akashic Revelation
The Uddiyana-bandha should be performed at the close of the Kumbhaka and before the Recaka (expulsion of vital air). For the reason that by (such Bandha) the Prana (vital air) would spring up in the Susumna, this is said to be what is called Uddiyana by Yogin-s. Uddiyana is always communicated by the Guru in the natural course. (The practitioner) should practice it without sloth, (whereupon) even an old man would turn young. He should, with effort, make constriction above and below the navel. Should he practice it for six months, he will verily conquer death; there is no doubt (about it). (106- 109)
Step 2: Internal Seal -
Uddiyana Bandha
Technique
1. Again lift yourself in the same position Bhujangāsana.
2. In Bhujangāsana, contract the
bowels equably above and below
the navel towards the back, so
that the abdominal viscera may
touch the back.
3. Hold as long as you can
4. Relax when you can't hold any longer
5. Practice the Uddiyana Bandha 21 times.
