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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)

Illustration of yogi in seated meditation pose
Diagram showing four steps of Sama Kumbhaka breathing

Technique

  1. Remaining in Siddhāsana, don't inhale, don't exhale.
  1. Just hold the breath. Put your awareness on the heart.
  1. When you cannot hold anymore, relax by exhaling.
  1. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times by putting the awareness on the chest.

Note: This will heal the whole – anything realted to lungs.

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