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Step 2: Kritti Shreshta Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

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Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 69

नोभ्याम् चाकर्षयेस् वायुम्बलात् हित् स्थानम् आनयेत्
उत्कृष्कृष्य हित् स्तानात् कण्ठ-तालौ भ्रुवो’न्तरे
मूर्द्धान्तम् चेद् गतायात क्रित्ति-श्रेष्ठाख्य कुम्भकः

nobhyāṁ cākarṣayes vāyuṁ balāt hṛt
sthānam ānayet
Utkṛṣkṛṣya hṛt stānāt kaṇṭha-tālau
bhruvo'ntare
mūrdhnāntaṁ ced gatāyāta kṛtti-
śreṣṭhākhya kumbhakaḥ

Akashic Revelation

One should forcibly raise the vayu
brining it into the chest through
nostrils and from there take it further
to the throat, palate, mid-brow, top of
the head and retain it there, this is
kṛtti śreṣṭhā-Kumbhaka

Step 2: Breathing Technique – Kṛitti Shreshta Kumbhaka

Technique

1. Sitting in Ardha Padmāsana, Bring your awareness to the throat region

2. Inhale air forcibly through both the nostrils.

3. Hold as long as you can judiciously

4. Exhale when you can not hold any more.

5. Repeat the Kumbhaka 21 times

Disclaimer: People with Blood
Pressure, heart disease and other
ailments to not proceed with this
Kumbhaka

Ref: 3 December, 2011 Care for Anti-Ageing, The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam