Step 7: Suryabhedana Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 7: Breathing Technique - Suryabhedana Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 126 & 127
दिनेश-वर्त्मनाकृष्य बाह्य-वायुं सशब्दकम् ||
यावद् हृत्-कण्ठ-योगःस्याद् आनख् आग्र-शिखाग्रकम्
||१२६||
पूरयित्वा यथेषम् तं कुम्भितं चेडया त्यजेत् ||
सूर्य-भेदाख्य-कुम्भो'यं पुनःपुनर्-इमं चरेत् ||१२७||
Dineśa-vartmnākṛṣya bāhya-vāyuṃ
saśabdakam ||
Yāvad hṛt-kaṇṭha-Yogaḥ syād ānakh
āgra-śikhāgrakam||126||
Pūrayitvā yatheṣam taṃ kumbhitaṃ
ceḍayā tyajet ||
Sūrya-bhedākhya-kumbho'yaṃ punaḥ
punar-imaṃ caret ||127||
Akashic Revelation
One should inhale the external air
through the right nostril with sound,
filling the throat to maximum capacity
and exhale through Ida (left nostril),
after holding the breath. This is
Suryabhedan-Kumbhaka which should
be practiced again and again.
Technique
1. Continue to remain in Ardha Padmāsana.
2. Inhale through the right nostril.
3. Hold as long as you can.
4. Exhale as slowly as you can through the left nostril.
5. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
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