Nithya Kriya - Lower Back Pain

Steps For KAILASA's Nithya Kriya℠ Care For Lower Back Pain

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5 Steps to Follow

1. Durvāsana (Posture)

Note: In Durvāsana, the following Breathing techniques will be performed

2. Nādi Śuddhi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

3. Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

4. Prakrithi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

5. Kṛtti Shestra Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

A portrait of Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam sitting on a golden throne in a traditional posture.

Step 1: Durvāsana (Posture)

Step 1: Posture -

Durvāsana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Yoga Asanamala Sachitra, Verse 87

डाई जाङ्घ परिकरि जीमणौ पग डाई
पाषती आणि
फणआ दोउ धरति टेकी बारला गुलफ
कुला की बारिली कानी लगावै
डावा हाथकी आगुल्या की बिचली
स्यन्धि स्यु
जिमणा हाथकिई आगुल्या का अङ्ग
लगावै
ऊपरा थली सुधा हाथ राक्सै हथेली की
बारली कोर मेढ़ उर्दध लगावै
द्रिष्ट ट्रिकुटी आसण कौ गुण गरम
आदिदि रोग जाय सीतल रहै
ḍāī jāṅgha parikari jīmaṇau paga
ḍāī pāṣatī āṇi
phaṇaā dou dharati ṭekī bāralā
gulapha kulā kī bārilī kānī lagāvai
ḍāvā hāthakī āgulyā kī bicalī
syandhi syu
jimaṇā hāthakīi āgulyā kā aṅgra
lagāvai
ūparā thalī sudhā hātha rāṣsai
hathelī kī bāralī kora meḍhra
urddha lagāvai
driṣṭi trikuṭī āsaṇa kau guṇa
garamai ādidi roga jāya sītala rahai

Technique

Sit on the floor .

Bend your right knee and place the right leg on the left side hip.

Bend the left knee and place the left foot on the above the right thigh so that the left foot is placed near the right side hip.

Touch the right hand finger tips with the middle joints of left fingers.

Place the hands above the genitals.

Fix the gaze at the eye brow center.

Nithyananda seated in meditation posture

Step 2: Nāḍi Śuddhi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 2: Breathing Technique –

Nādi Śuddhi Kumbhaka

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 114 & 115

एवम् नाड्योर्-विभेदेन चथुःकाएषु विंशतिःकुम्भकान्
यदि कुर्वित नाडि-शुध्याख्य-कुम्भकह ||११४||

ग्रेएस्ह्म-मध्यनिदिनार्हभम् नाभौ सवितृ-मण्डलम् सूर्य-
णाड्या कृते कुम्भे ध्यात्वा शुद्धयन्ति नाडिकाः||११५||

Evam nāḍyor-vibhedena cathuḥ-kāieṣu
vimśatiḥ
Kumbhakān yadi kurvita nāḍi-
śudhyākhya-kumbhakaḥ ||114||

Grīṣma-madhyanidinārshābhaṃ nābhau
savitṛ-maṇdalam
Sūrya-nāḍyā kṛte kumbhe dhyātvā
śuddhyanti nāḍikāḥ ||115||

Akashic Revelation
One should inhale through the right
nostril and after holding the breath to
the capacity, exhale through the other
nostril while contemplating on haṃsa.
Again inhale through the nostril
through which one has exhaled.

When this is practiced with alternate
nostrils with twenty Kmbhakas four
times a day. This is known as (Nāḍi)
śuddhi-Kumbhaka.

Technique

In Durvāsana, inhale through the left nostril.

Without holding, exhale through right.

Inhale through right nostril.

Exhale through left nostril.

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Step 3: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 77 & 78

ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्थेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं रोधयेद्-
यथाकालं बध्वा जालन्धरं दृढम् कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-न्
अग-कुम्भःशिवोदितःक्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्-
अस्य समीरितम्

Odana-grāsavad-vāyuṃ
kaṇthenāpūrayec-chanaiḥ
Taṃ rodhayed-yathākālaṃ badhvā
jālandharaṃ dṛḍham
Kaṇṭhena recanaṃ kuryān-n aga-
kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ
Kṣudhaṃ jayet pipāsāṃ ca phalam-
asya samīritam

Akashic Revelation

One should swallow the air slowly
into the throat like a morsel of rice,
retaining it to the capacity, with firm
application of Jalandhara-bandha and
then expel it from the throat. This is
Naga Kumbhaka explained by Shiva.
By this practice one is able to control
hunger thirst.

Step 3: Breathing Technique –

Naga Kumbhaka

Technique

In Durvāsana, swallow the air through the mouth like a morsel of food.

When you are full, hold it as long as you can.

When you cant hold anymore, exhale.

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times

A photograph of a religious leader sitting on an ornate chair, with golden statues on either side and in front of him.

Step 4: Prakrithi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 4: Breathing Technique –

Prakrithi Kumbhaka

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 70

वान्वितेनाशुगं कर्षेन् कुर्वन्तूच्चतरं स्वनम् धारयेच्
-चेद्-उदानस्य प्रकृति:Kउम्भक:स्मृतः||७०||

Vānvitenāśugaṃ karṣen
kurvantūccataraṃ svanam
Dhārayec-ced-udānasya prakṛtiḥ
Kumbhakaḥ smṛtaḥ ||70||

Akashic Revelation

One should suck in air quickly
with a loud sound of the bīja
mantra "VA" and retain the
breath. This is called Prakrithi
Kumbhaka.

Illustration of Durvāsana sitting posture

Technique

In Durvāsana, as you chant the bīja mantra "VA" loudly suck in the air.

After you are full, hold the breath

Then slowly exhale normally.

Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam sitting on a throne with deities on either side

Step 5: Kṛtti Śreśta Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 69

नोभ्याम् चाकर्षयेस् वायुम्बलात् हित् स्थानम्
आनयेत्
उत्कृष्कृष्य हित् स्तानात् कण्ठ-तालौ भ्रुवो’न्तरे
मूर्द्धान्तम् चेद् गतायात क्रित्ति-श्रेष्ठाख्य कुम्भक:
nobhyāṁ cākarṣayes vāyuṁ balāt
hṛt sthānaṁ ānayet
Utkṛṣkṛṣya hṛt stānāt kaṇṭha-tālau
bhruvo’ntare
mūrdhnāntaṁ ced gatāyāta kṛtti-
śreṣṭhākhya kumbhakaḥ

Akashic Revelation
One should forcibly raise the
vayu brining it into the chest
through nostrils and from there
take it further to the throat,
palate, mid-brow, top of the head
and retain it there, this is kṛtti
śreṣṭhā-Kumbhaka

Step 5: Breathing Technique –

Kṛtti Śreśta Kumbhaka

Technique

In Durvāsana, inhale air through both the nostrils forcibly and hold.

When you hold, bring your awareness to that back pain area – where you have that pain and see how it feels.

When you can't hold anymore then slowly relax.

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.