Cure for Depression
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STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED
- PADMA ASANA
- SHEETHALEE KUMBHAKA
- BHASTRIKAA
1. PADMA ASANA (BADDHA) GHERANDA SAMHITA, UPADESHA 2,VERSE 8
अथ पद्मासनं वामोरूपरि दक्षिणं हि चरणं सम्स्थाप्य वामं तथा दक्षोरूपरि पश्चिमेन विधिना कृत्वा कराभ्यां धृडं । अङ्गुष्ठौ हृदये निधाय चिबुकं नासाग्रमालोकये देतद् व्याधि विनाशकारणपरं पद्मासनं प्रोच्यते ॥
(See Figure 1 p.115)
TRANSLATION-cum-TECHNIQUE
- Place the right foot on the left thigh
- Now place the left foot on the right thigh
- Cross the hands behind the back and firmly catch hold of the great toes of the feet so crossed
- Place the chin on the chest and fix the gaze on the tip of the nose (this posture is called the Padmaasa nam (or lotus posture). This posture destroys all diseases)
- Settle in this posture for 30 seconds
2. IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT SHEETHALEE KUMBHAKA GHERANDA SAMHITA, UPADESHA 5, VERSES 73 & 74
जिह्वया वायुं आकृष्य उदरे पूरयेत् शनैः ।
क्षणं च कुम्भकं कृत्वा नाशाभ्यां रेचयेत् पुनः ॥
सर्वदा साधयेत् योगी शीतली कुम्भकं शुभम् ।
अजीनं कफ-पित्तं च नैव तस्य प्रजायते ॥
Jihvayaa Vaayum Aakrushya Udare Poorayet Shanaihi |
Kshanam Cha Kumbhakam Krutvaa Naasaabhyaam
Rechayet Punaha || 5.73 ||
Sarvadaa Saadhayet Yogee Sheethalee-kumbhakam
Shubham |
Ajeernam Kapha-Pittam Cha Naiva Tasya
Prajaayathe || 5.74 ||
TRANSLATION
Draw in the air through the mouth (with lips contracted and tongue thrown out), and fill the stomach slowly. Re-tain it there for a short time. Then exhale through both the nostrils. Let the Yogi always practice this Sheethalee Kumbhaka, giver of bliss; by so doing, he will be free from digestion, phlegm and bilious disorders.
TECHNIQUE
- Continue to sit in same asana
- Close the eyes and relax the whole body
- Extend the tongue outside the mouth and roll the sides of the tongue up so that it forms a tube
- Inhale slowly through the tongue and fill the abdo men slowly
- At the end of inhalation, roll the tongue in, close the mouth
- Retain it there for a short time
- Then exhale through both the nostrils
- Do this 21 times
3. IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT-
BHASTRIKAA
GHERANDA SAMHITA, UPADESHA-5, VERSES 75-
77
॥ अथ भस्त्रिकाकुम्भकः ॥
भस्रैव लोहकाराणां यथाक्रमेण संभ्रमेत्।
तथा वायुम् च लभभधभभपरभभटभद्गपभभपरभभत्र चालयेच्छनैः ॥
एवंविक्शतिवारं च कृत्वा कुर्याच्च कुम्भकम्।
तदन्ते चालयेद्वायुं पूर्वोक्तं च यथाविधि ॥
त्रिवारं साधयेदेनं भस्त्रिकाकुम्भकं सुधीः।
न च रोगो न च क्लेश आरोग्यं च दिने दिने ॥
Bhastraiva lohakaaraanaam Yathaa-kramena sambhramet | Tathaa vaayum cha naasaabhyaam Ubhaabhyaam Chaalayet shanaihi || 5.75 || Vimshati-vaaram Cha Krutvaa Kuryaachcha Kumbhakam | Tadante Chaalayet Vaayum Poorvoktam Cha Yathaavidhi || 5.76 || Trivaaram SaadhayetEnam Bhastrikaa-Kumbhakam Sudheehi | Na Cha Rogo Na Cha Klesha Aarogyam Cha Dhine Dhine || 5.77 ||
TRANSLATION
As the bellows of the ironsmith constantly dilate and con-tract, similarly let him slowly draw in the air by both the nostrils and expand the stomach; then throw it out quickly (the wind making sound like bellows). Having thus inhaled and exhaled twenty times as stated above, then let him perform Kumbhaka and then let him expel it by the previous method (this completes one round of Bhastrikaa). Let the wise one perform this Bhastrikaa (Bellows-like) Kumbhaka thrice; he will never suffer any disease and will be always healthy.
TECHNIQUE
- Inhale slowly expanding the stomach
- Exhale slowly
- Do this 21 times
- After 21 times, now inhale slowly
- Hold the breath as long as you can
- When you feel you can’t hold quickly expel the air with the sound of bellows. At this moment the stom ach should contract to touch the back (This is one Bhastrikaa)
- Do this complete sequence three times
END OF KRIYA