Nithya Kriya - Hernia

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12 Steps To Follow

Mandukāsana (Posture) Note: In Mandukāsana, the following Breathing Technique will be performed

Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Matsyāsana (Posture) Note: In Matsyāsana, the following Breathing Technique will be performed

Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Mritya Bhanjakāsana (Posture) Note: In Mritya Bhanjakāsana,, the following Breathing Technique will be performed

Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Nithyananda seated in Machandrasana with an illustration of Shiva

Step 1: Machandrasana

(Posture)

Step 1: Posture –

Machandrāsana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Joga Pradipika 90-93

वाम जंघधपर दछि ठाने वामहस्त पिष्टि दिस आने ।
बहुरो दछन पद है जोई ताकी नली जु पकरै सोई ॥ ९१ ॥

वाम चरन पुनि ऐसे करै दछिन गोडा ऊपर धरै ।।
बहुरौ दछिन हस्त है जोई वाम जंघघ परि आने सोई ॥ ९२ ॥

vāma jaṃghaghapara dachi ṭhāne vāmahasta piṣṭi disa āne । bahuro dachana pada hai joī tākī nalī ju pakarai soī ॥91॥ vāma carana puni aise karai dachina goḍā ūpara dherai ।। bahurau dachina hasta hai joī vāma jaṃghagha pari āne soī ॥92॥

Akashic Revelation Place right leg on the left thigh. Take the left hand towards the backside and catch hold of right thigh. Place the left leg above the right knee. The right hand should be kept on the left thigh. Gaze should be between the eyebrows. It increases gastric fire. It removes all kinds of disorders. Kundalini becomes straight.

Technique

Sit on the ground with knees folded and knees placed one over the another.

Hold the feet with the hands

Bend the head over the knees.

Step 2: Anta Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih,
Verse 28

सुषुम्णान्तर्गतं तस्यां निर्विकल्पेन चेतसा
धारयेन्-मारुतं योगि सोऽन्तःकुम्भः
शिवोदितः
suṣumṇāntargataṃ tasyāṃ
nirvikalpena cetasā
dhārayen-mārutaṃ yogi
so'ntaḥ-kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ

Akashic Revelation
When the marut (prana) is
retained in sushumna
without any mental
distraction by a yogi, it is
called antah-kumbhaka by
Siva.

Step 2: Breathing Technique – Anta Kumbhaka

Illustration of Yoga Posture and Breathing Steps

Technique

1. Close your eyes

2. Inhale

3. Hold the breath

3. Exhale slowly and open your eyes and relax

4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Note: You can use one hand for
controlling the breath, regulating the
breath.

A photograph of a person in a sitting posture with hands in mudra, flanked by two golden statues, set against a backdrop with a painting of a deity.

Step 2: Mahamudrāsana (Posture)

Step 3: Posture – Mahamudrāsana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Jogapradipika 3.105- 106

पथि अपथि न चाहियै विष अमृत होय
जाय
अनरस रसता को लहै मरन कलेस
मिटाय ॥१०५
षई रोग अथवा कुष्ट गुदावर्त मिटि जाय
गुलम अजीर्ण रोगजे मुद्रा देत नसाय
॥१०६

pathi apathi na cāhiyai viṣa
amṛta hoya jāya
anarasa rasatā ko lahai
marana kalesa miṭāya
॥105 ṣaī roga athavā kuṣṭa
gudāvarta miṭi jāya
gulama ajīrṇa rogaje mudrā
deta nasāya ॥106

Technique

Sit on the ground with legs stretched forward

Bend the left knee and place the heel at the perineum

Hold the right foot with both hands with fingers interlocked. You may not be able to do it in the first attempt. But try.

Bend the head forward.

Place the chin on the right knee

Fix your gaze at the nose tip.

Nithyananda seated in meditation in front of a depiction of Dakshinamurthy

Step 4: Anta Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih,
Verse 28

Akashic Revelation
When the marut (prana) is
retained in sushumna
without any mental
distraction by a yogi, it is
called antah-kumbhaka by
Siva.

Step 4: Breathing Technique

– Anta Kumbhaka

Technique

In Mahamudrāsana, inhale.

Hold the breath inside as long as you can

Exhale when you can't hold anymore

Repeat the Kumbhaka 21 times

Note: You can use right hand to regulate the nostrils.

Portrait of The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism

Step 5: Makarāsana (Posture)

Step 5: Posture –

Makarāsana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Gheraṇḍa Saṁhitā, GhS 2.40

अध्यास्यःशेते हृदयं निधाय
भूमौ च पादौ च प्रसार्यमाणौ
शिरश्च धृत्वा करदण्डयुग्मे
देहाग्निकारं मकरासनं तत् ॥३९
adhyāsyaḥ śete hṛdayaṁ nidhāya
bhūmau ca pādau ca prasāryamāṇau
śiraśca dhṛtvā karadaṇḍayugme
dehāgnikāraṁ makarāsanaṁ tat ॥39

Akashic Revelation
Having held the head with the two
arms, one lies down on the ground
facing downwards, chest touching
the ground, two legs spread apart.
This posture is called the
Makarāsana the Crocodile posture –
the increaser of
bodily heat.

Technique

Lie on the ground facing downwards with the chest resting on the ground.

Spread the legs wide apart.

Catch hold of your heads with the two arms.

Step 6: Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

KAILASA'S ONHU

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhithih, Verse 31

रेचयित्वा बहिर्वायुम् बाह्याकाशे क्रमेनय़थ् ।
धारयेथ् प्रयथोयोगी बहिह-कुम्भस्थु रेचितह

Rechayithvaa Bahirvaayum
Baahyaakaashe KramenaYath |
Dhaarayeth PrayathoYogee
Bahiha-Kumbhasthu Rechitaha
|| 31 ||

Akashic Revelation

A Yogi should retain the breath
outside after exhaling
slowly. This is called Bahih
Kumbhaka.

Step 6: Breathing Technique – Bahih Kumbhaka

Technique

In Makarāsana, exhale slowly and completely.

Hold the breath outside judiciously as long as possible.

Then when you can’t keep the breath out anymore, start inhaling.

Repeat the Kumbhaka 21 times

Note: You can use your right hand to regulate your breath.

A portrait of Nithyananda Paramashivam sitting on a golden throne in a meditative pose with hands pressed together.

Step 7: Mandukāsana (Posture)

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Jogapradīpyaka of Jayatarama 3.129- 131

दोऊ पगथली संपुट करै कोर वारिली भूपरि धरै |
कोर वारिली राखै ऐसै तापरि मूलद्वारि टिकि बैठे ॥ १३१ ॥

गोडा पीडी भूपरि दाखै हाथ दोऊ गोडा परि राखै |
द्रिष्टि त्रिकुटी मध्य जु ठानै ताकौ गोरखभद्र बखानै ॥१३२ ॥

या आसन के कीयेते सकल रोग छय होय |
फुन जोगी को जयत कहै खेद न उपजै कोय ॥ १३३

doū pagathalī saṃpuṭa karai kora vārilī
bhūpari dharai |
kora vārilī rākhe aisai tāpari mūladvāri ṭiki
baise || 131 ||

goḍā pīḍī bhūvapari dākhai hātha doū goḍā
pari rākhai |
driṣṭi trikuṭī madhya ju ṭhānai tākau
gorakhab_x0002_hadra bakhānai ||132 ||

yā āsana ke kīyete sakala roga chaya hoya |
phuna jogī ko jayata kahai kheda na upajai
koya || 133 ||

Akashic Revelation Sit on the ground, fold both the legs and join the soles. Now arrange to keep soles in such a way that arms placed upon the fingers of the legs. Both the knees should touch the ground and hand being placed upon them respectively. Gaze should be between the eyebrows. All diseases are warded off and Yogi is never subjected for any type of dejection.

Step 7: Posture – Mandukāsana

Technique

Sit on the floor with legs folded backwards, buttocks placed on the heels, toes touching each other.

Spread the knees apart.

Place the hands on the respective knees.

Step 8: Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 8: Breathing Technique – Bahih Kumbhaka

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhitih, Verse 31

रेचयित्वा बहिर्वायुम् बाह्याकाशे क्रमेनयथ् ।
धारयेथ् प्रथयोयोगी बहिह-कुम्भस्थु रेचितह

Rechayithvaa Bahirvaayum
Baahyaakaashe KramenaYath |
Dhaarayeth PrayathoYogee
Bahiha-Kumbhasthu Rechitaha
|| 31 ||

Akashic Revelation

A Yogi should retain the breath
outside after exhaling slowly.
This is called Bahih Kumbhaka.

Technique

In Mandukāsana, do Bahih kumbhaka.

Exhale slowly and completely.

Hold the breath outside judiciously as long as possible.

Relax and inhale slowly.

You can use your right hand for regulating the nostrils.

Repeat the Kumbhaka 21 times.

Breathing step 1: Exhale through nostrils

Portrait of Nithyananda Paramashivam seated on a throne

Step 9: Mātsyāsana

(Posture)

Step 9: Posture – Matsyāsana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Gheranda Samhita , Upadesha 2, Verse 21

मुक्तपद्मासनं कृत्वा उत्तानशयनञ्चरेत्
कूर्पराभ्यां शिरोवेष्ट्य मत्स्यासनन्तु रोगहा ॥२१

muktapadmāsanaṁ kṛtvā
uttānaśayanañcaret
kūrparābhyāṁ śiroveṣṭya
matsyāsanantu rogahā ||21

Akashic Revelation

In the Padmāsana-posture
without crossing the arms, lie on
the back, holding the head by the
two elbows. This is Matsyāsana
(Fish-posture), the destroyer of
diseases.

Technique

Place the right foot on the left thigh

Now place the left foot on the right thigh

Now lie down on your back

Cling on to your head with your elbows

Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam sitting on a golden throne with deities in the background

Step 10: Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhitih, Verse 31

रेचयित्वा बहिर्वायुम् बाह्याकाशे क्रमेनन्नथ् ।
धारयेथ् प्रथथोयोगी बहिह-कुम्भस्थु रेचितह

Rechayithvaa Bahirvaayum
Baahyaakaashe KramenaYath |
Dhaarayeth PrayathoYogee
Bahiha-Kumbhasthu Rechitaha
|| 31 ||

Akashic Revelation

A Yogi should retain the breath
outside after exhaling
slowly. This is called Bahih
Kumbhaka.

Step 10: Breathing Technique – Bahih Kumbhaka

Technique

1. In Matsyāsana, do Bahih kumbhaka

2. Exhale slowly and completely.

3. Hold the breath outside judiciously as long as possible.

4. Relax and inhale slowly.

Note: You can use your right hand for regulating the nostrils.

Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam sitting in a pose with a trident

Step 11: Mritya Bhanjakāsana

(Posture)

Step 11: Posture –

Mritya Bhanjakāsana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Gheranda Samhita, 2. 21

muktapadmāsanaṁ kṛtvā
uttānaśayanañcaret
kūrparābhyāṁ śiroveṣṭya
matsyāsanantu rogahā ||21

Akashic Revelation

In the Padmāsana-posture
without crossing the arms, lie on
the back, holding the head by the
two elbows. This is Matsyāsana
(Fish-posture), the destroyer of
diseases.

Technique

1. Lie on your back with face upwards

2. Bend the knees and take them
under the armpits with legs held
upwards vertically

3. Hold the feet with the hands

A person meditating in front of a depiction of a Hindu deity

Step 12: Bahih Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 12: Breathing Technique

– Bahih Kumbhaka

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhithih, Verse 31

रेचयित्वा बहिर्वायुम् बाह्याकाशे क्रमेनयथ् ।
धारयेथ् प्रयथोयोगी बहिह-कुम्भस्थु रेचितह

Rechayithvaa Bahirvaayum
Baahyaakaashe KramenaYath |
Dhaarayeth PrayathoYogee
Bahiha-Kumbhasthu Rechitaha
|| 31 ||

Akashic Revelation

A Yogi should retain the breath
outside after exhaling slowly.
This is called Bahih Kumbhaka.

Technique

In Mritya Bhanjakāsana, exhale slowly and completely.

Hold the breath outside judiciously as long as possible.

Relax and inhale slowly.

Note: You can use your right hand for regulating the nostrils.