Step 2: Bhastrika Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 2: Breathing Technique -
Bhastrika Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 164 & 165
भस्त्रेवे लोह-कारस्य रेच-पूरौ श्रमावधि |वेगेन
स्तनयोर्-ऊर्ध्वं ततःपूरो'र्क-वर्त्मना||१६४||जालन्ध्रं
दृधं बद्धा कुम्भितं चन्द्र-वर्त्मना ||रेचयेद् भस्त्रिका-
कुम्भआ शरीराग्नि-विवर्धनः ||१६५||
Bhastreve loha-kārasya reca-pūrau
śramāvadhi |
Vegena stanayor-ūrdhvaṁ tataḥ
pūro'rka-vartmanā||164||
Jālandharaṁ dṛdhaṁ baddhvā
kumbhitaṁ candra-vartmanā ||
Recayed bhastrikā-kumbhaā
śarīrāgni-vivardhanaḥ ||165||
Akashic Revelation
One should exhale and inhale like
the bellows of a blacksmith until
fatigue sets in. Then he should
rapidly inhale through the right
nostril and exhale through the left
nostril, after holding the breath
performing Jālandhara-bandha. It is
Bhastrika Kumbhaka
Technique
- Rapidly inhale and exhale like the bellows of the black smith until you become fatigued.
- Then inhale through the right nostril.
- Press the chin on the chest so that the throat is locked.
- Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- Relax the chin and exhale through left nostril.
- Now stand straight and put your hands on your hip.
- Now try to come back to the same posture.
- Do this 3 times.
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