Nithya Kriya
Step 6: Sama Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)
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Step 6: Breathing Technique –
Sama Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhatih, Verse 99
आरेकपूरा मनसा नाभ्याद्-आशुगम् ध्रिति:
सम:कुम्भो भगवत प्रोक्त: श्री-चन्द्र-मौलिना
Ārekapūrā manasā nābhyād-āśugaṁ
dhṛtiḥ
Samaḥ kumbho bhagavata proktaḥ
śrī-candra-maulinā
Akashic Revelation
Without actually inhaling or
exhaling, when one mentally hold
the prana in the regions like navel
etc, it is described as Sama
Kumbhaka by Bhagavan Candra-
mauli (Śiva)


Technique
- Remaining in Siddhāsana, don't inhale, don't exhale.
- Just hold the breath. Put your awareness on the heart.
- When you cannot hold anymore, relax by exhaling.
- Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times by putting the awareness on the chest.
Note: This will heal the whole – anything realted to lungs.
