Step 2: Naga Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 2: Breathing Technique -
Naga Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 77 & 78
ओदन-ग्रासवद्-वायुं कण्थेनापूरयेच्-छनैःतं रोधयेद्-
यथाकालं बध्वा जालन्धरं दृढम् कण्ठेन रेचनं कुर्यान्-न् अग-
कुम्भःशिवोदितःक्षुधं जयेत् पिपासां च फलम्-अस्य
समीरितम्
Odana-grāsavad-vāyuṁ kaṇthenāpūrayec-
chanaiḥ
Taṁ rodhayed-yathākālaṁ badhvā
jālandharaṁ dṛḍham ||77
Kaṇṭhena recanaṁ kuryān-n aga-
kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ
Kṣudhaṁ jayet pipāsāṁ ca phalam-asya
samīritam ||78
Akashic Revelation One should swallow the air slowly into the throat like a morsel of rice, retaining it to the capacity, with firm application of Jalandhara-bandha and then expel it from the throat. This is Naga Kumbhaka explained by Shiva. By this practice one is able to control hunger thirst
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Technique
- Remaining in Siddhāsana, swallow air very slowly and let the air go little by little like eating rice morsel by morsel.
- One you are full, contract the chin on the chest. Hold the breath as longa s you can.
- Then slowly exhale through the mouth.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
