Step 5: Trinetra Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 5: Breathing Technique -
Trinetra Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhitih, Verse 192
सकृच्-चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्य सूर्येण पूरयेत् नियमुआ
पूतयेन्-नोभ्यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि ||
त्रिन्तेर-कुम्भकःप्रोक्तस्-त्रि-नेत्रेण त्रि सिद्धिदः ||१९||
Sakṛc-candreṇa cāpūrya dhārya
sūryeṇa pūrayet
Niyamua pūtayen-nobhyāṃ
dhārayitvā yathāvidhi ||
Trintera-Kumbhakaḥ proktas-tri-
netreṇa tri siddidaḥ ||192||
Akashic Revelation
One should inhale through the left
and hold the breath, followed by
inhalation by the right nostril and
retain. Then again inhale the breah
through the nostrils, and hold the
breath systematically (before
exhalation). This is Trinetra
Kumbhaka by Śiva, which gives
three-fold siddhis
Technique
- Reamaining in Padmāsana, inhale through the left nostril
- Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- Without exhalation, inhale through the right nostril.
- Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- Again without exhaling, inhale through the right nostril.
- Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- Again without exhaling, inhale through both the nostrils.
- Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
- Now exhale as slowly as possible.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
