Nithya Kriya - Pulmonary Disease

Steps For KAILASA’s Nithya Kriya℠ Care For Pulmonary Disease

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6 Steps to Follow

1. Padmāsana (Posture)

Note: In Padmāsana, the following techniques will be performed

2. Lahari Prānāyāmā (Breathing Technique)

3. Kapālabhati Prānāyāmā (Breathing Technique)

4. Shunyaka Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

5. Kevali Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

6. Vama Gati Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

Step 1: Padmāsana

(Posture)

Āpta Pramana - आप्त प्रमाण
Hathapradapika of Swatmarama
45

अथ पद्मासनम्

वामोरूपरि दक्षिणं च चरणं संस्थाप्य वामं तथा
दक्षोरूपरि पश्चिमेन विधिना धृत्वा कराभ्यां
दृढम् ।
अङ्गुष्ठौ हृदये निधाय चिबुकं नासाग्रमालोकयेत्
एतद्व्याधिविनाशकारि यमिनां पद्मासनं प्रोच्यते
॥४६॥

atha padmāsanam
vāmorūpari dakṣiṇaṃ ca
caraṇaṃ saṃsthāpya vāmaṃ
tathā
dakṣorūpari paścimena vidhinā
dhṛtvā karābhyāṃ dṛḍham ।
aṅguṣṭau hṛdaye nidhāya
cibukaṃ nāsāgramālokayet
etadvyādhivināśakāri yamināṃ
padmāsanaṃ procyate ॥46 ॥

Akashic Revelation
Place the right foot on the left
thigh and the left foot on the
right thigh, and grasp the toes
with the hands crossed over the
back. Press the chin against the
chest and gaze on the tip of the
nose. This is called the
Padmâsana, the destroyer of the
diseases of the Yamîs.

Step 1: Posture -

Padmāsana

Technique

1. Sit on ground.

2. Bend the knees.

3. Interlock the fingers.

4. Insert them on the floor on one side of your body.

5. Bend the head forward

Step 2: Lahari Prāṇāyāmā (Breathing Technique)

Step 2: Breathing Technique -

Lahari Prāṇāyāmā

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Nathamuni Yoga Rahasya 1. 100

उज्जायी नाडिकाशुद्धिःसूर्यभेदश्च भस्त्रिका ।
सीत्कारी शीतली चैव लहरी भ्रामरी तथा ।
कपालभातिरान्दोली प्राणायामा दश स्मृताः॥
ujjāyī nāḍikāśuddhiḥ sūryabhedaśca
bhastrikā ।
sītkārī śītalī caiva laharī bhrāmarī
tathā ।
kapālabhātirāndolī prāṇāyāmā daśa
smṛtāḥ ॥

Akashic Revelation
Texts talk about ten types of
Pranayama. They are Ujjayi,
Nadisodhana, Suryabhedana,
Bhastrika, Sitkari, Sitali, Lahari,
Bramari, Kapalabhati, and Andoli.

Illustration of a yogi in Padmasana meditating, with breathing steps 1, 2, and 3 shown below

Technique

1. In Padmāsana, breathe in with short inhalation with one nostril.

2. Then with the other nostril, breathe out with short exhalation.

3. Repeat this Kumbhaka for 5 minutes

Step 3: Kapālabhati Prānāyāmā (Breathing Technique)

Step 3: Breathing Technique -

Kapālabhati Prānāyāmā

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Haṭharatnāvalī 1. 56

अथ कपालभस्त्रिका भस्त्रिवल्लोहकाराणां
रेचुपूरसुसम्भ्रमऔ ॥
कआलभस्त्री विख्याता सर्वरोगविशोष्णी ॥ ५६ ॥
atha kapālabhastrikā
bhastrivallohakārāṇāṃ
recupūrasusambhramau ll
kaālabhastrī vikhyātā
sarvarogaviśoṣaṇī ll 56 ll

Akashic Revelation
One should rapidly inhale and
exhale like the bellows of an
ironsmith. This is the famous
kapāla-bhastrī, which removes all
the diseases. 56