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Step 3: Triśūlā Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

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Step 3: Breathing Technique -

Triśūla Kumbhaka

A yogi sitting in Vajrasana

Technique

  1. Reamaining in Vajrāsana, inhale through the nostrils and also through the mouth.
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can.
  1. Then slowly exhale through the nostrils.
  1. Repeat the Kumbhaka for 7 minutes

1

Breathing in through mouth and nose

2

Holding breath

3

Breathing out through nose

4

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Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhithih, Verse 193

घोणाभ्यां च मुखेनापि युगपत् पूतयेत् सदा
त्रिशूलाख्यःकुम्भ उक्तस्-त्रिशूलनुत्

Ghoṇābhyāṃ ca mukhenāpi yugapat
pūtayet sadā
Triśūlākhyaḥ kumbha uktas-
triśūlanut ||193||

Akashic Revelation

One should always inhale through
noth nostrils and mouth
simultaneously and hold the breath
(befire exhalation). This is Triśūla
Kumbhaka by Śiva which removes
three-fold sufferings

Photograph of Paramashiva sitting on a throne flanked by deities