Step 2: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 2: Breathing Technique -
Naga Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhitih, Verse 77 & 78
ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्थेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं रोधयेद्-
यथाकालं बध्वा जालन्धरं दृढम् कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-न्
अग-कुम्भःशिवोदितःक्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्-
अस्य समीरिताम्
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.
Technique
- In Pascimatanāsana, Swallow air very slowly and let the air go inside little by little like eating the rice morsel by morsel.
- One you are full, immediately put your chin on the chest, contract the throat.
- Hold the breath as long as possible.
- Exhale slowly from the throat.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
