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Step 4: Agniśhoma Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 4: Breathing Technique -
Agnīshoma Kumbhaka
Technique
- In Durvāsana, inhale through the right nostril.
- Hold the breath.
- Exhale through the left nostril.
- Inhale through left nostril.
- Hold the breath.
- Exhale through right nostril.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 87
सूर्येण पूरयेत् प्राणम् कुम्भयित्वा यथा-विधिःरेचयेद्-
अन्य-मार्गेण पुनस्-तेन-प्रपूरयेत् येन त्यजेत्-तेनापुर्य
चाग्नि-षोमाख्य-कुम्भकः
Sūryeṇa pūrayet prāṇam
kumbhayitvā yathā-vidhiḥ
Recayed-anya-mārgeṇa punas-tena-
prapūrayet
Yena tyajet-tenāpurya cāgni-
ṣomākhya-Kumbhakaḥ
Akashic Revelation
Having inhaled through the right
nostril, perform Kumbhaka. Exhale
through the other nostril and again
inhale through the same nostril
through which exhalation was done.
Inhaling through the nostril through
which it was exhaled and vice versa,
it is called Agneeshoma Kumbhaka.
