KHANJANASANA
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Pranayama
Ujjayi Pranayama
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19
Ujjayi
Bandha
Uddiyana Bandha
Yoga-Sikhopanishad 106-109
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Keep toes down, ankles crossed behind, and sit on heels.
- Place palms on mat to sides.
Visualize perfect health,
beyond any and all
physical/mental
ailments
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
KHANJANASANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Rudrayamalam (Uttara–Tantram) 23.105 – 106
खञ्जनासनमावक्ष्ये
यत्कृत्वा सुस्थिरो भवेत्॥२३.१०५॥
पृष्ठे पादद्वयं बद्ध्वा
हस्तौ भूमौ प्रधारयेत्।
भूमौ हस्तद्वयं नाथ
पातयित्वानिलं पिबेत्॥२३.१०६॥
पृष्ठे पादद्वयं बद्ध्वा
खञ्जनेन जयी भवेत्।
khañjanāsanamāvakṣye
yatkṛtvā susthiro bhavet॥23.105॥
pṛṣṭhe pādadvayaṁ baddhvā
hastau bhūmau pradhārayet।
bhūmau hastadvayaṁ nātha
pātayitvānilam pibet॥23.106॥
pṛṣṭhe pādadvayaṁ baddhvā
khañjanena jayī bhavet।
AKASHIC REVELATION Now I shall talk of khañjanāsana doing which one becomes stable; Lock both legs behind the back and place both hands on the floor and inhale the breath O! Lord. By placing both legs behind the back the sādhaka becomes victorious. (23.105, 106)
Pranayama
UJJAYI PRANAYAMA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19 – 21
प्राणरोधमथेदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि समासतः ।
प्राणश्च देहगो वायुरार्यामः कुम्भकः स्मृतः ॥ १९ ॥
स एव द्विविधः प्रोक्तः सहितः केवलस्तथा ।
यावत् केवलसिद्धिः स्यात् तावत् सहितमभ्यसेत् ॥ २० ॥
सूर्योज्जायी शीतली च भस्त्री चैव चतुर्थिका ।
भेदैरेव समं कुम्भो यः स्यात् सहितकुम्भकः ॥ २१ ॥
prāṇarodhamathedānīṁ pravakṣyāmi samāsataḥ |
prāṇaśca dehago vāyurāyāmaḥ Kumbhakaḥ smṛtaḥ || 19 ||
sa eva dvividhaḥ proktaḥ sahitaḥ kevalastathā |
yāvat kevalasiddhiḥ syāt tāvat sahitamabhyaset || 20 ||
sūryojjāyī śītalī ca bhastrī caiva caturthikā |
bhedaireva samaṁ kumbho yaḥ syāt sahita Kumbhakaḥ || 21 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION Then I shall presently relate briefly about the control of the vital air. Prana is air coursing through the body and Ayama is said to be Kumbhaka (holding under control). The same is said to be of two kinds: the combined (Pranayama) and that (which is practiced) alone by itself. One should practice the combined Pranayama till he attains success in the (practice of Kumbhaka) alone by itself. The Kumbhaka which is practiced along with Surya, Ujjayi, Siitali and Bhastrl as the fourth, that is the combined Kumbhaka.
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'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
UDDIYANA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 106 – 109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ
कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियाणकः ।
बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥ १०६ ॥
तस्मादुड्डियाणाख्योऽयं योगिभिः समुदाहृतः ।
उड्रियाणं तु सहजं गुरुणा कथितं सदा ॥ १०७ ॥
अभ्यसेत् तदतन्द्रस्तु वृद्धोऽपि तरुणो भवेत् ।
नाभेरूर्ध्वमधश्चापि ताणं कुर्यात् प्रयत्नतः ॥ १०८ ॥
षाण्मासमभ्यसेन्मृत्युं जयत्येव न संशयः ।
kumbhakānte recakādau
kartavyastūḍḍiyāṇakaḥ |
bandho yena suṣumnāyāṁ
prāṇastūḍḍīyate yataḥ || 106 ||
tasmāduḍḍiyāṇākhyo'yaṁ Yogibhiḥ
samudāhṛtaḥ |
uḍḍiyāṇaṁ tu sahajaṁ guruṇā kathitaṁ
sadā || 107 ||
abhyaset tadatandrastu vṛddho'pi taruṇo
bhavet |
nābherūrdhvamadhaścāpi tāṇaṁ kuryāt
prayatnataḥ || 108 ||
ṣāṇmāsamabhyasenmṛtyuṁ jayatyeva na
saṁśayaḥ |
AKASHIC REVELATION By what means a great bird soars up without rest, that alone is the Uddiyana and a Bandha is prescribed therefor. One should assume the Pascima–tana (constricting the belly) posture in the belly above the naval. This will be the Uddiyana–bandha, the lion which will quell the elephant of Death, and which binds (the disease–generating) phlegm which is the water of Ether having its origin at the (thousand petalled lotus of the head, flowing downwards).
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