CATAKASANA
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Pranayama
Sahaja Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka Paddhati of
Raghuvira 104
Sahaja
Bandha
Mula Bandha Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Sit on knees.
- Bring the chest down so navel touches knees.
- Keep hands flat on mat and forearms on ground.
- Be sturdy.
Visualize yourself as a sparrow
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
CATAKASANA Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण Kapalakurantaka's Hathabhyasa Paddhati 32
कूर्परपर्यंतौ हस्तौ
धारांमवष्टम्भ जानुनि नभौ
संकुच्य तिष्ठेतं
चटकासनं भवति ॥ ३२ ॥
kūrparaparyamtau hastau
dhārāmmavaṣṭambha jānuni
nabhau saṃkucya tiṣṭetaṃ
caṭakāsanaṃ bhavati ॥ 32 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Holding the neck with the
forearms contract the knees
and keep close against the
navel. This is called
Catakasana.
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
अनिंशं सहजः कुम्भः
प्रोक्तः श्रि –
कृत्तिवाससा
nobhyām-āram samākṛṣya
kuṇḍalayāḥ pārśvayoḥ kṣipet
gacchatā tiṣṭhatā śvasa-
dhāraṇaṃ na balād-yadā
aniśaṃ 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).
Mudra
PARUSHU MUDRA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Mudra Vidhanam 10.17
तले तले तु करयो-स्तिर्यक्
संयोज्य चांगुलीः ।
संहताः प्रसृताः कुर्यात् मुद्रा
परशु संज्ञिता ॥
tale tale tu karayo-stiryak
saṃyojya cāṃgulīḥ ।
saṃhatāः prasṛtāḥ kuryāt
mudrā paraśu saṃjñitā ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
For every part/step
interlaced the fingers of
both hands. Contract and
expand them, named as
Parashu Mudra.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पार्ष्ण्या 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.
250.