Step 4: Ujjayyi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 4: Breathing Technique - Ujjayi Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhathiḥ, Verse 131 - 132
मुखआ नियम्य नादिभ्याम् - अकृष्यासुम् नियोजयेत् |
कुण्डलि-पार्थयोः पश्चात् कुम्भयेद्-उदर-स्थितम् |१३१|
रेचयेद्-इडया वायुम् गच्छन् तिष्ठ न्-यदा चरेत् |
उज्जायी.-कुम्भकःप्रोक्तःशिवेनाखिलवेदिना ||१३२||
Mukhāā niyamya nādibhyām -
akr̥ṣyāsum niyojayet |
Kuṇḍali-pārśvayoḥ paścāt kumbhayed-
udara-sthitam |131|
Recayed-iḍayā vāyuṁ gacchan tiṣṭhan-
yadā caret |
Ujjāyī.-Kumbhakaḥ proktaḥ
śivenākhilavedinā ||132||
Akashic Revelation
Closing the mouth one should inhale air
through both the nostrils while holding
it along the Kundalini and exhale
through the left nostril. This is Ujjayi
Kumbhaka started by Shiva, which
should be practiced all the time. This
practice removes disorders of phlegm,
dropsy, morbidity of the nadis and
vitiation of the humours in the dhātus
(bodily constituents), phlegmatic
disorders of the throat and increased
bodily fire and luster
Technique
- Remaining in Padmāsana,
- Inhale through both the nostrils.
- Hold the breath as long as you can.
- Exhale through the right nostril.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
