Step 5: Bhastrika Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Yoga Sikhopanishad 96 - 100
स्तनयोरथ भस्त्रेव लोहकारस्य वेगतः ॥ ९६ ॥
रेचयेत् पूरयेद्वायुमाश्रमं देहगं धिया ।
यथा श्रमो भवेद्देहे तथा सूर्येण पूरयेत् ॥ ९७ ॥
कण्ठसंकोचनं कृत्वा पुनश्चन्द्रेण रेचयेत् ।
वातपित्तश्लेष्महरं शरीराग्निविवर्धनम् ॥ ९८ ॥
stanayoratha bhastreva lohakārasya vegataḥ ॥ 96
॥recayet pūrayedvāyumāśramaṃ dehagaṃ dhiyā
|yathā śramo bhaveddehe tathā sūryeṇa pūrayet
॥ 97 ॥kaṇṭhasaṃkocanaṃ kṛtvā punaścandreṇa
recayet |vātapittaśleṣmaharaṃ
śarīrāgnivivardhanam ॥ 98 ॥
Akashic Revelation
(The practitioner) should intelligently expel with speed the air in the body, out of the two breasts and fill (it) in (likewise), till he is overcome with fatigue, as with a blacksmith's pair of bellows. When fatigue comes on in the body, then should he fill in through the Solar (Nadi) and after constricting the throat, should expel (it) again through the Lunar (Nadi). (This Kumbhaka) removes (the excess of) the mind, bile and phlegm, raises the temperature of the body, rouses the Kundall, removes defects in the mouth, bestows auspiciousness, is wholesome, removes impediments, such as phlegm remaining in the interior of the opening of the Brahma-nadl and is capable of bursting through the three knots as the result of effectively practising the Bandhas. This Kumbhaka is known as the Bhastra and should be specially practised.
Step 5: Breathing Technique –
Bhastrika Kumbhaka
Technique
1. In Mukthāsana, forceful
breathing, expel the air in the
body with speed. Short, sharp
and strong continuous exhalation
from the nostrils.
2. Repeat the forceful breathing 21 times.
