Step 1: Padmāsana
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(Posture)
Āpta Pramana - आप्त प्रमाण
Hathapradapika of Swatmarama
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अथ पद्मासनम वामोरूपरि दक्षिणं च चरणं संस्थाप्य वामं तथा दक्षोरूपरि पश्चिमेन विधिना धृत्वा कराभ्यां दृढम् । अङ्गुष्ठौ हृदये निधाय चिबुकं नासाग्रमालोकयेत् एतद्व्याधिविनाशकारि यमिनां पद्मासनं प्रोच्यते ॥४६ ॥atha padmāsanama vāmorūpari dakṣiṇaṃ ca caraṇaṃ saṃsthāpya vāmaṃ tathā dakṣorūpari paścimena vidhinā dhṛtvā karābhyāṃ dṛḍham । aṅguṣṭau hṛdaye nidhāya cibukaṃ nāsāgramālokayet etadvyādhivināśakāri yamināṃ padmāsanaṃ procyate ॥46 ॥
Akashic Revelation
Place the right foot on the left
thigh and the left foot on the
right thigh, and grasp the toes
with the hands crossed over the
back. Press the chin against the
chest and gaze on the tip of the
nose. This is called the Padmâsana,
the destroyer of the diseases of
the Yamîs.