Step 3: Breathing Technique - Naga Kumbhaka
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Technique
1. In Neti Āsana, fill the body by swallow the air very slowly like little b y little, like how you eat the rice morsel by morsel.
2. Once you are full, immediately contract the throat and place the chin on the chest.
3. Hold the breath in this posture as long as possible e
4. Exhale through the mouth.
5. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 77 & 78
ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्ठेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं रोधयेद्-
यथाकालं बध्वा जालन्धरं दृढम् कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-न्
अग-कुम्भःशिवोदितःक्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्-
अस्य समीरितम्Odana-grāsavad-vāyuṃ
kaṇṭhenāpūrayec-chanaiḥ
Taṃ rodhayed-yathākālaṃ badhvā
jālandharaṃ dṛḍham ||77
Kaṇṭhena recanaṃ kuryān-n aga-
kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ
Kṣudhaṃ jayet pipāsāṃ ca phalam-
asya samīritam ||78
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
