ASTAVAKRASANA
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Pranayama
Sahaja Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka Paddhati of
Raghuvira 104
Sahaja
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Lift left leg overtop of left shoulder.
- Bring right foot across and hook on top of left foot.
- Lean forward and down while extending the legs out to the left.
- Lift up head and chest, find balance.
Visualize yourself as a flying crane
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
ASTAVAKRASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त
Nathamuni's Yoga Rahasya
1.50
वासिष्ठमथकौण्डिन्यमूर्ध्वकुक्कुटमेव
च ।
अष्टावक्रमथोत्तानमयूरं
सेतुबन्धनम् ।
vāsiṣṭhamathakauṇḍinyamūrdh
vakukkuṭumeva ca ।
aṣṭāvakramathottānamayūram
setubandhanam ।
AKASHIC REVELATION
The list of (best) asanas is as
follows - Vasisthasana,
kaundinyasana,
Urdhvakukkutasana,
Astavrakasana, uttanala
mayurasana, Setubandhasana
Pranayama
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhati of
Raghuvira 104
नोभ्याम् –आरं समाकृष्य
कुण्डलयाः पार्श्वयोः
क्षिपेत्
गच्छता तिष्ठता श्वस
–धारणं न बलाद्–यदा
अनिंश सहजः कुम्भः
प्रोक्तः श्त्रि –
कृत्तिवाससा
nobhyām–āram samākṛṣya
kuṇḍalayāḥ pārśvayoḥ
kṣipet
gacchatā tiṣṭhatā śvasa–
dhāraṇam na balād–yadā
aniśam sahajaḥ kumbhaḥ
proktaḥ śri–kṛttivāsasā
AKASHIC REVELATION
Inhaling prana through the
nose and carrying it along
the kundali, one should
hold it comfortably off and
on. This is sahaja–
kumbhaka narrated by Sri–
krttivasa(Shiva) 104.
Mudra
SAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Mandala Brahmanopanishad 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां
दृष्टौ 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 ॥
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 संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं समायाति
समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्एकताम् ।
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.
270.