Nithya Kriya - Lower Back Pain

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

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5 Steps to Follow

1. Pavana Mukthāsana (Posture)

Note: In Pavana Mukthāsana, the following Breathing techniques will be performed

2. Nāḍi Śuddhi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

3. Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

4. Prakrithi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

5. Kṛtti Śreśta Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

A person wearing traditional Indian attire, jewelry and a turban, sitting on a golden throne in a meditative posture.

Step 1: Pavana Mukthāsana (Posture)

Step 1: Posture -

Pavana Mukthāsana

Photograph of Swami Nithyananda demonstrating Pavana Mukthasana

Technique

Place the heels close to the perineum.

Keep the knees upright.

Hold the knees with the hands.

Press the knees against the chest.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Yogasanam (Sacitra), Verse 4 & 5

द्वयोस्तु पअदयोहो पअस्ह्रि॑म् लअत्वअस्व-
स्वनितम्बके |जअनुनए वक्सहसि सअधुहु
बश्नअति करबन्ध्नौहि || ३.४ ||एवम्-विध-
स्थितिर्-यत्र थथ वयुमुक्थअसनम् |भवेदननेन
वस्हअस्हुद्धिहि मलस्थ-वयोर्-मोछनम् || ३

pavanamuktāsana
dvayostu pādayoḥ pāṇiṃ lātvā
svasvanitambake ।
jānunī vakṣasi sādhurbaḅhrātī
karabandhanaiḥ ॥4 ॥

evamvidha sthitiryatra tatra
vāyumuktasanam । bhavedanena
vaśāśuddhirmalasthavāyomacanam
॥ 5 ॥

Akashic Revelation

Sit on ground. Bring two heels
close to perineal region. Keep the
knees raised. Hold knees with
two hands and press them against
the chest

Step 2: Nāḍi Śuddhi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 2: Breathing Technique –

Nādi Śuddhi Kumbhaka

Technique

In Pavana Mukthāsana, inhale through the left nostril.

Without holding, exhale through right.

Inhale through right nostril.

Exhale through left nostril.

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 114 & 115

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

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

Evaṃ nāḍyor-vibhedena cathuḥ-
kāieṣu viṃśatiḥ
Kumbhakān yadi kurvita nāḍi-
śudhyākhya-kumbhakaḥ ||114||

Grīṣma-madhyanidinārshābhaṃ
nābhau savitṛ-maṇdalam
Sūrya-ṇāḍyā 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.

A photograph of a person dressed in traditional royal attire, seated in a meditative posture, with a deity image in the background

Step 3: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 3: Breathing Technique –

Naga Kumbhaka

Technique

1. In Pavana Mukthāsana, swallow
the air through the mouth like a
morsel of food.

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

3. When you cant hold anymore, exhale.

4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, 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.

A person with a large black turban and gold jewelry sits on a golden throne with hands in prayer, with an image of Lord Shiva in the background.

Step 4: Prakrithi Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 4: Breathing Technique – Prakrithi Kumbhaka

Technique

In Pavana Mukthāsana, as you chant the bija mantra "VA" loudly suck in the air.

After you are full, hold the breath.

Then slowly exhale normally.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 70

वान्वितेनाशुगं कर्षेन् कुर्वन्तूच्चतरं स्वनम् धारयेच्-चेद्
-उदानस्य प्रकृतिःKउम्भकःस्मृतः||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.

Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam seated in meditation pose

Step 5: Krtti Śreśtha Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 5: Breathing Technique – Kṛtti Śresth Kumbhaka

Technique

1. In Pavana Mukthāsana, inhale air through both the nostrils forcibly and hold.

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

3. When you can’t hold anymore then slowly relax.

4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Breathing technique diagrams with numbered steps

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 69

नोभ्याम् चाकर्षयेस् वायुम्बलात् हित् स्थानम्
आनयेत्
उत्कृष्कृष्य हित् स्तानात् कण्ठ-तालौ भ्रुवो’न्तरे
मूर्द्धान्तम् चेद् गतायात क्रित्ति-श्रेष्ठाख्य कुम्भकः
nobhyāṁ cākarṣayes vāyuṁ balāt hṛt
sthānam 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

Portrait of Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam

|| Pūrna Mantra ||

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

oṁ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate |
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate ||
|| oṁ shānti shānti sāntiḥ

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