Nithya Kriya

Step 4: Triśula Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)

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Step 4: Breathing Technique –

Triśūla Kumbhaka

Technique

In Durvāsana, inhale through the nostrils and also through the mouth simultaneously both at a time.

When you finish inhaling, hold the breath as long as you can.

Then exhale slowly through the nostrils.

Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhithih, Verse 193

घोणाभ्यां च मुखेनापि युगपत् पूतयेत् सदा त्रिशूलाख्यः
कुम्भ उक्तस्-त्रिशूलनुत्

Ghoṇābhyāṃ ca mukhenāpi yugapat
pūtayet sadā
Triśūlākhyaḥ kumbha uktas-triśūlanut
||193||

### Akashic Revelation
One should always inhale through noth
nostrils and mouth simultaneously and
hold the breath (befire exhalation). This
is Triśūla Kumbhaka by Śiva which
removes three-fold sufferings

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