ARDHA PASCIMOTANASANA
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Pranayama
Jivacala Kumbhaka
Hathatatvakaumudi
10.39
Jiva
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda Paramashivoham
- Keep one leg straight and press perineum with other heel.
- Chest forward and down.
- Hold your toes feet and bring head towards the knee.
Visualize Swamiji,
The Supreme Pontiff
of Hinduism
Gaze
Mudra
Vaisnavi Mudra
Yoga Sikhopanishad
Verse 4.31
Asana
ARDHA PASCIMOTANASANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kapalakurantaka's Hathabhyasa Paddhati 49
एकं पादं प्रसार्य
एकं पादस्य पार्ष्णिना सीवनि संपीडय हस्तद्वयेन
प्रसारित
पादांगुष्ठं धृत्वा जानुपरि मस्तकं न्यसेत्
अर्धपश्चिगतानं भवति ॥ ४९॥
ekaṃ pādaṃ prasārya ekaṃ
pādasya pārṣṇinā sīvani
saṃpīḍadya hastadvayena
prasārita
pādāṃguṣṭhaṃ dhṛtvā
jānupari mastakaṃ nyaset
ardhapaścimatānaṃ bhavati
॥ 49॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Extending one foot, and
placing the heel of another
foot on the perineum of the
extended foot (being
pressed by that heel) hold
the big toe of that extended
foot by the two hands and
then place the head on the
knee of the extended foot.)
This is known as Ardha-
Pascimottanasana.
Pranayama
JIVACALA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 10.39
हाथेन वै कुम्भितमारुतस्य चेत् प्राणस्य
सञ्चालनमङ्गमानसात् ॥
अधस्तथोर्ध्वं यमिनः स कुम्भो नाम्ना शिवोक्तः
किल जीवचालकः ॥ ३९ ॥
hāthena vai
kumbhitamārutasy cet
prāṇsya
sañcālanamaṅgamānasāt ॥
adhastathordhvaṃ yaminaḥ
sa kumbho nāmnā śivoktaḥ
kila jīvacālakaḥ ॥ 39 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
One forcefully moves the
retained prana through all the
limbs of the body in upward
and downward directions
along with mind. This is
Jivacala Kumbhaka propaged
by Siva himself.
Mudra
VAISNAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 5.14
अन्तर्लक्ष्य
बहिर्दृष्टिनिमेषोन्मेषवर्जिता ।
एषा सा वृएष्णवी मुद्रा
सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोपिता ॥ १४ ॥
antariaksyam
bahirdstirnimeṣonmeṣavarjita |
eṣá sa valsnavi mudrà
sarvatantreṣu gopita || 14 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
The external vision of the Yogin,
when it becomes fixed only on
the one object In the Interior,
(with the mind concentrated on
the Viraj, Sutratman, Bija or the
Turiya in the Muladhara, Anahata
or Sahasrara) and in
consequence devoid of shutting
or opening the eyelids, this is the
reputed Vaisnavi Mudra, which is
well preserved as a secret in all
the Tantras. 14.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 - 105
गुदं पार्ष्ण्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति
समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
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.
278. KRAUNCASANA
Pranayama
Jivacala Kumbhaka
Hathatatvakaumudi
10.39
Jiva
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Place your left ankle outside of hip.
- Hold the sole of the right foot and lift the leg up towards the forehead.
- Keep knee straight
- Gaze to nose.
Visualize yourself as a crane
Gaze
Mudra
Vaisnavi Mudra
Yoga Sikhopanishad
Verse 4.31
Asana
KRAUNCASANA
Apta Pramana - आप्त प्रमाण
Nathamuni's Yoga Rahasya 1. 50 – 51
वासिष्ठमथकौण्डिन्यमूर्ध्वकुक्कुटमेव
च ।
अष्टावक्रमथोत्तानमयूर
सेतुबन्धनम् ।
उत्तानपादं क्रौञ्च
च मरीचिं वीरभद्रकम् ।
नटराजं त्रिकोणं
च सुप्ताङ्गुष्ठप्रसारणे ॥
vāsiṣṭhamathakauṇḍinyamūrdh
vakukkuṭameva ca |
aṣṭāvakramathottānamayūram
setubandhanam |
uttānapādam krauñcar ca
marīcií vīrabhadrakam |
natarājam trikoṇam ca
suptāṅguṣṭhaprasāraṇe ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
The list of asanas is as
follows – Vasiṣṭhāsana,
Kauṇḍinyāsana,
Ūrdhvakukkuṭāsana,
Aṣṭāvakrāsana, Uttāna
mayūrāsana,
Setubandhāsana,
Uttānapadāsana,
Krauñcāsana, Marīcyāsana,
Vīrabhadrāsana,
Varajāsana, Trikoṇāsana,
Supta Pādanqusthāsana
and Supta Prasarita
Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana.
Pranayama
JIVACALA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 10.39
हाथेन वै कुम्भितमारुतस्य चेत्
प्राणस्य
सञ्चालनमङ्गामानसात् ॥
अधस्तथोर्ध्वं यमिनः स
कुम्भो नाम्ना शिवोक्तः
किल जीवचालकः ॥ ३९ ॥
hāthena vai
kumbhitamārutasy cet
prāṇsya
sañcālanamaṅgamānasāt ||
adhastathordhvam yaminaḥ
sa kumbho nāmnā śivoktaḥ
kila jīvacālakaḥ || 39 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
One forcefully moves the
retained prana through all the
limbs of the body in upward
and downward directions
along with mind. This is
Jivacala Kumbhaka propaged
by Siva himself.
Mudra
VAISNAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 5.14
अन्तर्लक्ष्य
बहिर्दृष्टिनिमेषोन्मेषवर्जिता ।
एषा सा वॄेष्णवी मुद्रा
सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोपिता ॥ १४ ॥
antariakṣyam
bahirdstirnimeṣonmeṣavarjita |
eṣá sa valsnavi mudrà
sarvatantreṣu gopita || 14 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
The external vision of the Yogin,
when it becomes fixed only on
the one object In the Interior,
(with the mind concentrated on
the Viraj, Sutratman, Bija or the
Turiya in the Muladhara, Anahata
or Sahasrara) and in
consequence devoid of shutting
or opening the eyelids, this is the
reputed Vaisnavi Mudra, which is
well preserved as a secret in all
the Tantras. 14.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति
समीरनः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानऔ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
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.
279.
ARDHA
PASCIMOTANASANA
(Repeated)
Pranayama
Jivacala Kumbhaka
Hathatatvakaumudi
10.39
Jiva
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Keep one leg straight and press perineum with other heel.
- Chest forward and down.
- Hold your toes feet and bring head towards the knee.
Visualize Swamiji,
The Supreme Pontiff
of Hinduism
Gaze
Mudra
Vaisnavi Mudra
Yoga Sikhopanishad
Verse 4.31
Asana
ARDHA PASCIMOTANASANA Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण Kapalakurantaka’s Hathabhyasa Paddhati 49
एकं पादं प्रसार्य एकं पादस्य पार्ष्णिना
सीवनि संपीडय्य
हस्तद्वयेन प्रसारित पादांगुष्ठं धृत्वा जानुपरि मस्तकं न्यसेत्
अर्धपश्चिमतानं भवति ॥ ४९॥
ekaṁ pādaṁ prasārya ekaṁ pādasya pārṣṇinā
sīvani saṁpīḍayya
hastadvayena prasārita pādāṁguṣṭhaṁ dhṛtvā jānupari mastakaṁ nyaset
ardhapaścimatānaṁ bhavati ॥ 49॥
AKASHIC REVELATION Extending one foot, and placing the heel of another foot on the perineum of the extended foot (being pressed by that heel) hold the big toe of that extended foot by the two hands and then place the head on the knee of the extended foot.) This is known as Ardha- Pascimottanasana.
Pranayama
JIVACALA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 10.39
हाथेन वै कुम्भितमारुतस्य चेत् प्राण्स्य
सञ्चालनमङ्गामानसात् ॥
अधस्तथोधर्वं यमिनः स कुम्भो नाम्ना शिवोक्तः
किल जीवचालकः ॥ ३९ ॥
hāthena vai kumbhitamārutasy cet prāṇsya
sañcālanamaṅgamānasāt ॥
adhastathordhvaṁ yaminaḥ sa kumbho nāmnā śivoktaḥ
kila jīvacālakaḥ ॥ 39 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION One forcefully moves the retained prana through all the limbs of the body in upward and downward directions along with mind. This is Jivacala Kumbhaka propaged by Siva himself.
Mudra
VAISNAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 5.14
अन्तर्लक्ष्य
बहिर्दृष्टिनिमेषोन्मेषवर्जिता ।
एषा सा वृेष्णवी मुद्रा सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोपिता ॥ १४ ॥
antariakṣyam bahirdstirnimeṣonmeṣavarjita |
eṣá sa valsnavi mudrà sarvatantreṣu gopita ॥ 14 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION The external vision of the Yogin, when it becomes fixed only on the one object In the Interior, (with the mind concentrated on the Viraj, Sutratman, Bija or the Turiya in the Muladhara, Anahata or Sahasrara) and in consequence devoid of shutting or opening the eyelids, this is the reputed Vaisnavi Mudra, which is well preserved as a secret in all the Tantras. 14.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पार्ष्ण्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोधर्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
gudaṁ pārṣṇyā tu saṁpīḍya vāyumākuñcayed balāt |
vāraṁ vāraṁ yathā cordhvaṁ samāyāti samīraṇaḥ ॥ 104 ॥
prāṇāpānau nāndabindū mūlabandhena caikatām |
gatvā Yogasya saṁsiddhiṁ yacchato nātra saṁśayaḥ ॥ 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.
280.