Nithya Kriya - Hypothyroidism
Step 5: Breathing Technique -
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Krama Netra Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 191
पूरयेच्-चन्द्र-मार्गेण धारयित्वाध्वजायुधे |
रेचयेत्-तम्-उभाभ्यां चेत्-कुमुदःकुम्भकःस्मृतः||
१९०||
Sakṛt-sūryeṇa cāpūrya dhārya
candreṇa pūrayet|
Dhārayec-ca prayatnene recayet
kramatas-tathā ||
Netra-kumbha iti khyātaḥ kramato
vyutkramād-api ||191||
Akashic Revelation
One should inhale once through
Sūrya-nāḍi, hold the breath and
again inhale through Candra nāḍi
and then after holding the breath
exhale in the same order. This is
known as Netra Kumbhaka. This is
done also in the reverse order
Technique
- Reamaining in Padmāsana, inhale through the right nostril.
- Put the chin on the chest in Jalandhara Bandha.
- Hold the breath
- Then again inhale through the left nostril without exhaling.
- Again put the chin on the chest
- Hold the breath in Jalandhara Bandha.
- Then slowly Exhale through the right nostril.
- Hold the breath.
- Exhale through the left nostril.
