Step 5: Kūrma Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 5: Breathing Technique –
Kūrma Kumbhaka
Technique
1. In Durvāsana, without blinking
the eyes, fix your eyes on one
point.
2. Hold your breath. Not using the hands, just using the mind.
3. When you cannot hold anymore. Relax.
4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 79
निमिलोन्मिलने त्यक्त्वा पीठे काष्ठम्-इव स्थितिनेत्रयोश्-च
शरीरस्य कूर्म-कुम्भःस उच्यते भवतो'भ्यास-वशान्-मनो-
वातौ स्थिरावुभौ
ṇimīlon’mīlane ṭhyakthvā
Pīte āśtam īva ṣthithihi ।
ṇethrayośca ṣarīrasya
ūrmakumbhas-ṣa ūcyathe ॥79 ॥
Akashic Revelation
When the blinking of the eyes are
controlled and one becomes perfectly
steady in an asana like a log of wood
and devoid of movements of the eyes
and the body, it is calledKūrma
Kumbhaka.
