Step 4: Kumuda Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 4: Breathing Technique -
Kumuda Kumbhaka
Technique
1. Either in Vajrāsana, Padmāsana or Ardha Padmāsana, inhale through the left nostril
2. Hold the breath
3. Exhale through both the nostrils. When you are exhaling visualize the pain is being released from the body.
4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
> If you cannot sit in any of these āsanas, you can just stretch your legs and keep.
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhithih, Verse 190
पूरयेच्-चन्द्र-मार्गेण धारयित्वाध्वजायुधे |
रेचयेत्-तम्-उभाभ्यां चेत्-कुमुदःकुम्भकःस्मृतः||१९०
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Pūrayec-candra-mārgeṇa
dhārayitvādhvajāyudhe |
Recayet-tam-ubhābhyāṁ cet-
kumudaḥ Kumbhakaḥ smṛtaḥ ||190||
Akashic Revelation
When the air is inhaled through the
left nostril and after holding the
breath, exhaled through both the
nostrils, it is called Kumuda
Kumbhaka
