AGHORASANA
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Pranayama
Abhyantra Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka Paddhati of
Raghuvira 28
Antah-Ku
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda
ParamaShivoham
Visualize yourself as an Aghori
- Bring the soles of feet together at the perineum.
- Press your tongue up against the roof of your mouth and gaze to third eye.
- With your right hand cover your mouth.
- Close the left nostril with index finger and inhale through the right nostril.
- Close both nostrils, hold breath, then exhale through left nostril.
- Repeat other side.
Gaze
Mudra
Khechari Mudra
Shiva Samhita 4.31
Asana
AGHORASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Yoga Pradipika 205 – 208
पूर्व कहो भिश्रिका जोई वाही विधि जो कीजै सोई ।
सब अंगुरी मुख बाहरि आने मुखको पुनि संपुट करि ठाने
॥२०५॥
जिभा उलति तालवे धरै हाथां सो आरंभ पुनि करै । आरंभ
की क्रिया है जाई विधि पूर्व अब वर्णौ सोई
॥२०६॥दछि हथेली मुख परि करे दछिन नासा अंगुष्ट
धरै । सूर्य सू वाई उरै आने सहित मात्रा कुंभक
ठाने ॥२०७॥ चन्द्र नादि करि वाय उतारे सम सरीर
नीकी विधि धारै । जो दुजै स्वर आरंभ ठानै तो सब
स्वर विधि उलति ठाने ॥२०८॥
pūrva kaho bhiśrikā joi vāhī vidhi jo
kījai soī ।saba aṃgurī mukha bāhari
āne mukhako phuni saṃpuṭa kari ṭhāne
॥205॥jībhā ulati tālave dharai
hāthāṃso āraṃbha puni karai ।
āraṃbha kī kriyā hai jāī vidhipūrva aba
varṇo soī ॥206॥
dachi hathelī mukha pari kare dachina
nāsā aṃguṣṭa dharai ।
sūryasū vāī uri āneṃ sahita mātrā
kumbhaka ṭhānai ॥207॥
candranādi kari vāya utāre sama sarīra
nīkī vidhi dhāre ।
jo dujai svara āraṃbha ṭhāneṃ to saba
svara vidhi ulati ṭhāne ॥208॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Every asana is very clearly
described by Mahadeva in Hatha
Yoga literatures, including the
way you need to breathe. This
aghora asana should be
practised in the manner of
Misraka asana. Take all of the
fingers away from the mouth and
make a hollow like mouth. Turn
the tongue and place it on the
palate. Put right hand on the face
and place the thumb towards the
right nostril. Then inhale through
the right nostril and after
kumbhaka exhale through the left
nostril.
Pranayama
ABHYANTRA KUMBHAKA (ANTAH-KU)
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhati of Raghuvira 28
सुषुम्णान्तर्गतं तस्यां
निर्विकल्पेन चेतसा ।
धारयेन्मारुतं योगी
सोऽन्तःकुम्भः शिवोदितः ॥ २८
॥
suṣumṇāntargatam tasyāṃ
nirvikalpena cetasā ।
dhārayen-mārutam yogī
so'ntaḥ-kumbhaḥ śivoditaḥ
AKASHIC REVELATION
Right thumb towards the
right nostril, inhale (puraka)
through the right nostril –
exhale (rechaka) through the
left nostril.
Mudra
KHECAHRI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Shiva Samhita 4.31
अथ खेचरिमुद्राकथनम् ।
भ्रुवोरन्तर्गतां दृष्टिं विधाय
सुदृढां सुधीः ।
उपविश्यासने वज्रे
नानोपद्रववर्जितः ॥
लम्बिकोर्ध्व स्थिते गर्ते रसनां
विपरीतागाम् ।
संयोजयेत्प्रयत्नेन सुधाकूपे
विचक्षण् ।
मुद्रेषा खेचरी प्रोक्ता
भक्तानामनुरोधतः ॥ ३१ ॥
atha khecarimudrākathanam ।
bhruvorantargatāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ vidhāya
sudṛḍhāṃ sudhīḥ ।
upaviśyāsane vajre
nānopadravavarjitaḥ ॥
lambikordhva sthite garte rasanāṃ
viparītagām ।
saṃyojayetprayatnena sudhākūpe
vicakṣaṇ ।
mudreṣā khecarī proktā
bhaktānāmanurodhataḥ ॥ 31 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
The wise Yogi, sitting in vajrasana
posture, in a place free from all
disturbance, should firmly fix his
gaze on the spot in the middle of
the two eyebrows; and reversing
the tongue backwards, fix it in the
hollow under the epiglottis,
placing it with great care on the
mouth of the well of nectar, (i.e.
closing up the air passage). This
mudra, described by me at the
request of my devotees, is the
Khechari-mudra.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पाष्णर्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥
१०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चूऐकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो
नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
gudaṃ pārṣṇyā tu saṃpīḍya
vāyumākuñcayed balāt ।
vāraṃ vāraṃ yathā cordhvaṃ samāyāti
samīraṇaḥ ॥ 104 ॥
prāṇāpānau nāndabindū mūlabandhena
caikatām ।
gatvā Yogasya saṃsiddhiṃ yacchato
nātra saṃśayaḥ ॥ 105 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Pressing the anus with the heel, (the
practitioner) should forcibly draw up
the vital air in such a way that the air
would move upwards stage by stage.
The Prana and Apana (vital airs), as
also the Nada (Intellect) and the Bindu
(mind), becoming one by means of the
Mula-bandha, bestow the successful
accomplishment of Yoga. Herein there
is no doubt.
124. KANERI PAVA ASANA
Pranayama
Recaka Kumbhaka
Paddadhi 73
Bandha
Uddiyana Bandha
Yoga-Sikhopanishad 106-109
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Bring feet together in front, toes together and heels apart.
- Place elbows on heels.
- Rest chin on palms.
- Gaze to nose and engage Uddiyana bandha.
Visualize Yourself as
a Female Elephant
Drinking Water
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
KANERI PAVA ASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Joga Pradipika 259–261
कनेरी –पाव आसन ग्वालीपाव
आसन कह्यो है जैसे याहुमैं
जाने विधि तैसे ।
दोउ गुलफ माहिला जानो अरु
एड्यांविचि कहूणी ठानो ।।
२५९ ।।
kanerī–pāva āsana
gvālīpāva āsana kahyo hai
jaise yāhumaiṃ jāne vidhi
taise ।
dou gulapha māhilā jāno aru
eḍyāvici kahūṇī ṭhāno ।। 259
।।
AKASHIC REVELATION
Adopt Gvalipava asana,
place elbows between
heels and ankles, keep
both the hands vertically
erect and join both the
palms and place the
fingers on head. Gaze
at the nose and adopt
Uddiyana.
Pranayama
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
Śāstra Pramāṇa Srimat
Sarvajnanottra Agama
Yoga Pada 19
ततोर्ध्वं रेचयेत् वायुं
मृदुनिश्वास संयुतम् ॥ १९॥
रेचकस्त्वेष विख्यातः
प्राणसंशयकारक ।
tatordhvam recayet va'yum
mr'du nis'vasa samyutam |
recakastves"a vikhya'tah
pra'n.a sams'aya ka'rakah ॥
19॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
The sadhaka should
empty the stomach by
slowly exhaling the
prana. This mode of
Pranayama is known as
Recaka which is
instrumental in driving
the prana out.
Mudra
SHAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Mandala
Brahmanopanishad 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां
दृष्ट्रौ निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां
च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति ।
सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं
मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५ ॥
lakṣye'ntarbāhyāyāṃ dṛṣṭau
nimeṣonmeṣavarjitāyāṃ ca
iyaṃ
śāṃbhavī mudrā bhavati |
sarvatantreṣu gopyā
mahāvidyā bhavati |
tajjñānena saṃsāranivṛttiḥ |
tatpūjanaṃ mokṣaphaladam ॥
5 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Fixing the gaze inwards
into the inner space and
with the eyes opening out,
but devoid of the acts of
opening and closing of the
eyelids, this Shambhavi–
mudra is assumed. This
mahā–vidya (the great
ultimate source knowledge)
is, of all the Tantras, what
is kept a profound secret.
With the experiential
knowledge of this, is
attained freedom and
completion from the state
of worldly existence.By its
worship, is bestowed the
fruit of liberation.
Bandha
UDDIYANA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Yoga Sikhopanishad 106–109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादावौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियानकः
। बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः
॥ १०६ ॥ तस्मादुड्डीयणाख्योऽयं योगिभिः
समुदाहृतः । उड्डियाणं तु सहजं गुरुणा कथितं सदा
॥ १०७ ॥
अभ्यसेत् तदतन्द्रस्तु वृद्धोऽपि तरुणो भवेत्
। नाभेरुर्ध्वमधश्चापि तार्णं कुर्यात्
प्रयत्नतः ॥ १०८ ॥
षाण्मासमभ्यसेन्मृत्युं जयत्येव न संशयः ।
kumbhakānte recakādau kartavyastūḍḍīyānakaḥ | bandho yena suṣumnāyāṃ prāṇastūḍḍīyate yataḥ ॥ 106 ॥ tasmāduḍḍīyāṇākhyo'yaṃ Yogibhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ | uḍḍiyāṇaṃ tu sahajaṃ guruṇā kathitaṃ sadā ॥ 107 ॥ abhyaset tadatandrastu vṛddho'pi taruṇo bhavet | nābherūrdhvamadhaścāpi tāṇaṃ kuryāt prayatnataḥ ॥ 108 ॥ ṣāṇmāsamabhyasenmṛtyuṃ jayatyeva na saṃśayaḥ |
AKASHIC REVELATION
By what means a great bird
soars up without rest, that alone
is the Uddiyana and a Bandha is
prescribed therefor. One should
assume the Pascima–tana
(constricting the belly) posture in
the belly above the naval. This
will be the Uddiyana–bandha,
the lion which will quell the
elephant of Death, and which
binds (the disease–generating)
phlegm which is the water of
Ether having its origin at the
(thousand petalled lotus of the
head, flowing downwards).
125.