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Step 2: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

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Step 2: Breathing Technique -

Naga Kumbhaka

Technique

1. Either in Vajrāsana, Padmāsana or
Ardha Padmāsana, swallow air very
slowly and let the air go inside little
by little like eating the rice morsel
by morsel.

2. One you are full, hold the breath as long as possible.

3. Exhale slowly from the throat.

4. Repeat this Kumbhaka for 7 minutes.

| If you cannot sit in any of these āsanas, you can just stretch your legs and keep. |

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhithih, 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
kaṇṭhenāpūrayec-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.