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Step 4: Trinetra Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

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Step 4: Breathing Technique -

Trinetra Kumbhaka

Illustration of person in Vajrasana
Nose Mudra Step 1
Nose Mudra Step 2
Nose Mudra Step 3
Nose Mudra Step 4
Nose Mudra Step 5
Nose Mudra Step 6
Nose Breathing Step 7
Nose Mudra Step 8
Nose Exhaling Step 9
Repeat 21 times

Technique

  1. In Vajrāsana, inhale through the left nostril
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
  1. Without exhalation, inhale through the right nostril.
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
  1. Again without exhaling, inhale through the right nostril.
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
  1. Again without exhaling, inhale through both the nostrils.
  1. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously.
  1. Now exhale as slowly as possible.
  1. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhithih, Verse 192

सक्रृ-चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्य सूर्येण पूरयेत् नियमुअ
पूतयेन्-नोभ्यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि ||
त्रिन्तेर-कुम्भकःप्रोक्तस्-त्रि-नेत्रेण त्रि सिद्धिदः||१९||

Sakṛc-candreṇa cāpūrya dhārya
sūryeṇa pūrayet
Niyamua pūtayen-nobhyāṃ
dhāraayitvā 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

Portrait of Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam