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Step 4: Kevali Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

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Step 4: Breathing Technique -

Kevali Kumbhaka

Technique

  1. Sit in Ardha Padmasana or in your preferred comfortable position.
  1. Inhale along with internal chanting of the mantra "saha." Inhale - sa.
  1. And hold as long as you can judiciously. When you hold the breath inside, chant internally the mantra "soham" slowly. Hold inside with "soham"
  1. Exhale with "ham", chanting internally "ham"
  1. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Yogi sitting in Ardha Padmasana

"sa"

Inhale through nose

"soham"

Holding breath inside

"ham"

Exhale through nose
21 times repetition symbol

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Gheranda Samhita, Upadesha 5, Verse 84

हम्-कअरेनबहिह-यअति सह-कअरेन विस्हेत्
पुनह |
ham-kaarenabahih-yaati saha-
kaarena vishet punaha |

Akashic Rvelation

One should exhale with the
mantra "ham" and inhale with
the mantra "saha"

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