Step 4: Naga Kumbhaka
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(Breathing Technique)
Step 4: Breathing Technique -
Naga Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 77 & 78
ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्ठेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं रोधयेद्-
यथाकालं बध्वा जालंघरं दृढम् कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-न् अग
-कुम्भःशिवोदितःक्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्-अस्य
समीरितम्
Odana-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
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.
