ANANTASANA
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Pranayama
Pratyahara Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka Paddhati 91-92
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
Visualize yourself as Infinite or Endless, an Eternal One
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
- Lie on back and lift right leg behind neck.
- Left hand holds foot from top.
- Straighten the body.
- Concentrate on prana moving from Muladhara to Brahma-randhra.
- Gaze to nose.
Asana
ANANTASANA Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण Kapalakurantaka Hathabhyasa Paddhati 4
उत्तान शयनी एकैकं पाई
ग्रीवायां विन्यस्य इतर
हुस्तेन पावाग्रं गृहीत्वा
इतरपावहूतिस्ती लीकृत्य
तिष्टत् अनन्तासनं भवति
॥४॥
Uttana Shayani Ekaikam
Paayi Griivaayam Vinyasya
Ithara Husthena
Paavaagram Gruhithvaa
Itharapaavahuthisthi
Likruthya Thishtath
Ananthasanam Bhavathi ||
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AKASHIC REVELATION
Lying supine place one foot
on the neck then by other
hand hold the top of the
other foot and then extend
both of that hand and that
foot. This is known as
Anantasana
Pranayama
PRATYAHARA KUMBHAКА
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddadhi 91–92
नव-स्थानानि विज्ञाय
प्रत्याहारः स वेधसः
पादतल-गुह्य -नाभि-हृदयोरः -
कण्ठ -घण्टिकाः क्रमतः ॥९१॥
भ्रू -मध्यं च ललाटं
ब्रह्मस्थानं नवैतानि
योगसिद्धिः सर्वरोग -नाशः
प्रत्याहृतौ भवेत् ॥ ९२ ॥
nava-sthānāni vijñāya
pratyāhāraḥ sa vedhasaḥ
pādatala-guhya-nābhi-
hṛdayoraḥ-kaṇṭha-ghaṇṭikāḥ
kramataḥ || 91 ||
bhrū-madhyam ca lalāṭaṃ
brahmasthānaṃ navaitāni
Yogasiddhiḥ sarvaroga-nāśaḥ
pratyāhṛtau bhavet || 92 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
Soles, organs of generation,
navel, heart, throat, uvula,
middle of the eyebrows,
forehead and Brahma-randhra
are the nine sites according
to Vedhā (Siva).
Concentration of prana on
one site and then another in
this sequence is called
Pratyahara which brings
success in Yoga and removes
all diseases.
Mudra
SAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Mandala Brahmanopanishad 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां
दृष्ट्रऔ निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां
च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति ।
सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति ।
तज्ज्ञानेन संसारनिवृत्तिः ।
तत्पूजनं मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५ ॥
lakṣye'ntarbāhyāyāṃ dṛṣṭau
nimeṣonmeṣavarjitāyāṃ ca iyaṃ
śāmbhavī mudrā bhavati |
sarvatantreṣu gopyā mahāvidyā
bhavati |
tajjñānena saṃsāranivṛttiḥ |
tatpūjanaṃ mokṣaphalam || 5
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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
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 - 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीज्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं समायाति
समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं
यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
gudaṃ pārṣṇyā tu sampīḍya
vāyumākuñcayed balāt |
vāraṃ vāraṃ yathā cordhvaṃ
samāyāti samīraṇaḥ || 104 ||
prāṇāpānau nāndabindū
mūlabandhena caikatāṃ |
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.
151.