GRANTHIBHEDASANA
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Pranayama
Kākacañcu Kumbhaka
Hathatatva Kaumudi
12.18
Bandha Jalandhara Bandha Yoga-Sikhopanishad 109-112
Japa
Om Nithyananda
ParamaSivoham
- From Padmasana..
- Insert both hands through the thighs and calves.
- Bend elbows and hold respective shoulders with hands.
- Bend head down, tuck chin to chest.
- Gaze to nose
Rejoice knowing your're in Shiva's Secret Knot Posture
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
GRANTHIBHEDASANA Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण Rudrayamalam (Uttara-Tantram) 23.79–80
अथ वक्ष्ये नीलकण्ठ ग्रन्थिभेद
आसनम् शुभम्।
ज्ञात्वा रुद्रो भवेत् क्षि
प्रम् सूक्ष्मावायुनिषेवणात्॥ २३।७९॥
कृत्वा पद्म् आसनम् मन्त्र
ज्ञंघयोः हृदये करौ।कूर्प
रस्थ् ानपर्यन्तं म्
विभेद्य स्कन्धध ारण्
अम्॥२३।८०॥
atha vakṣye nīlakaṇṭha
granthibhedāsanaṃ śubham।
jñātvā rudro bhavet kṣipraṃ
sūkṣmavāyuniṣevaṇāt॥23.79॥
kṛtvā padmāsanaṃ mantrī
jaṅghayoḥ hṛdaye karau।
kūrparasthānaparyantaṃ
vibhedya skandhadhāraṇam॥
23.80॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
O! Neelkantha, now (I shall talk
about) the beneficial
granthibhedāsana; Knowing
which one holds subtle breath
and quickly becomes a rudra.
(23.79) The practitioner (well-
versed) in the mantras should
sit in padmāsana (then) raising
both legs take both hands
(close to) to the chest through
the elbows and rest them on
the shoulders. (23.80)
Pranayama
KAKANCU KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 12.18
राजदन्तयुगुलान्तमस्पृशन्
सन्निधाय रसनां तदन्तिके ॥
काकचञ्चुपुटमारुतं पिबेत्
प्राणसंयमनमेतदुत्तमम् ॥
१८ ॥
rājadantayugulāntamaspṛśa
n sannidhāya rasanāṃ
tadantike ॥
kākacañcupuṭamārutaṃ
pibet
prāṇasaṃyamanametadutta
mam ॥ 18 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Without touching the front
teeth and placing the
tongue near them, one
should draw the air in by
making the lips like the
beak of a crow. This is a
superior practice of
Pranayama.
Mudra
SHAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
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 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
JALANDHARA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 109 – 112
पूरकान्ते तु कर्तव्यो बन्धो जालंधराभिधः ॥ १०९ ॥ कंठसंकोचरूपोऽसौ वायुमार्गनिरोधकः । कण्ठमाकुञ्च्य हृदये स्थापयेद् दृढमिच्छया ॥ ११० ॥ बन्धो जालंधराख्योऽयममृताप्यायकारकः । अधस्तात् कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसंकोचने कृते ॥ १११ ॥ मध्ये पश्चिमताणेन स्यात् प्राणो ब्रह्मनाडिगः । कुण्डल्या ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदनेन निर्विकल्पकप्राप्तिः । वज्रासनस्थितो योगी चालयित्वा तु कुण्डलीम् ॥ ११२ ॥
pūrakānte tu kartavyo bandho jālaṃdharābhidhaḥ ॥ 109 ॥ kaṃṭhasaṃkocarūpo'sau vāyumārganirodhakaḥ |kaṇṭhamākuñcya hṛdaye sthāpayed dṛḍhamicchayā ॥ 110 ॥ bandho jālaṃdharākhyo'yamamṛtāpyāyakārakaḥ adhastāt kuñcanenāśu kaṇṭhasaṃkocane kṛte ॥ 111 ॥ madhye paścimatāṇena syāt prāṇo brahmanāḍigaḥ | kuṇḍalyā granthitrayavibhedanena nirvikalpakaprāptiḥ vajrāsanasthito yogī cālayitvā tu kuṇḍalīm ॥ 112 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION The bandha known as Jalandhara should be performed at the close of the Puraka (in-filling the vital air). This is of the form of constricting the throat with a view to obstruct the passage of vital air. After constricting the throat, he should establish (the vital air) firmly in the bosom. This is known as the Jalandhara bandha , which causes the full flow of nectar. Should the constriction of the throat be made with the immediate contraction of the nether part, by (performing) Pascimatana in the middle, the Prana (vital air) will reach the Brahma-nadi.
291. UTTANA KURMASANA
Pranayama
Kākacañcu Kumbhaka
Hathatatva Kaumudi
12.18
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda
ParamaShivoham
- From Padmasana..
- Insert both hands through the thighs and calves.
- Lay on back and bend elbows and hold respective shoulders with hands.
Feel like a turtle, a stable body and mind do live for hundreds of years
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
UTTANA KURMASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Gheranda Samhita 2.32
कुक्कुटासनबन्धस्थं कराभ्यां धृतकन्धरम् |
पीठं कूर्मावदुत्तानमेतदुत्तानकूर्मकम् ॥ ३२ ॥
kukkuṭāsanabandhasthaṁ
karābhyāṁ dhṛtakandharam |
pīṭhaṁ
kūrmavaduttānametaduttāna
kūrmakam || 32 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
Assuming the kukkutasana
hold both shoulders with the
hands and stand, stretching
like a tortoise. This is known
as the Uttana-kurmakasana.
Pranayama
KAKACANCU KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 12.18
राजदन्तयुगुलान्तमस्पृशन् सन्निधाय रसनां तदन्तिके ॥
काकचञ्चुपुटमारुतं पिबेत् प्राणसंयमनमेतदुत्तमम् ॥ १८ ॥
rājadantayugulāntamaspṛśa
n sannidhāya rasanāṁ
tadantike ॥
kākacañcupuṭamārutam
pibet
prāṇasaṁyamanametadutta
mam ॥ 18 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Without touching the front
teeth and placing the
tongue near them, one
should draw the air in by
making the lips like the
beak of a crow. This is a
superior practice of
Pranayama.
Mudra
SHAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Mandala Brahmanopanishad 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टौ निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं
मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५ ॥
lakṣye'ntarbāhyāyāṁ dṛṣṭau
nimeṣonmeṣavarjitāyāṁ ca
iyaṁ
śāṁbhavī mudrā bhavati |
sarvatantreṣu gopyā
mahāvidyā bhavati |
tajjñānena saṁsāranivṛttiḥ |
tatpūjanaṁ 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
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 - 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन चैकताम् ।
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.
292.