NATARAJASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI 62
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA SOHUM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS LORD NATARAJA
GAZE
MUDRA
BINDU MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM
VERSE 3.5
- WITH RESPECTIVE HAND, HOLD ONTO THE SOLE OF THE FOOT FROM THE INSIDE.
- EXTEND OPPOSITE HAND FORWARD, WITH INDEX AND THUMB TOGETHER.
- SIMULTANEOUSLY, KICK AND PULL THE FOOT BACK AND UP WHILE LEANING FORWARD.
ASANA
NATARAJASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
NATHAMUNI'S YOGA RAHASYA 1. 51
उत्तानपादं क्रौञ्चं च मरीचिं वीरभद्रकम् ।
नटराजं त्रिकोणं च सुप्ताङ्गुष्ठप्रसारणे ॥
UTTĀNAPĀDAṂ KRAUÑCAṂ CA
MARĪCIṂ VĪRABHADRAKAM |
NAṬARĀJAṂ TRIKOṆAṂ CA
SUPTĀṄGAṢṬHAPRASĀRAṆE ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
UTTANAPADASANA, KRAUNCASANA,
MARICYASANA, VIRABHADRASANA,
NATARAJASANA, TRIKONASANA, SUPTA
PADANGUSTHASANA AND SUPTA
PRASARITA PADANGUSTASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATIḤ 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य
विधारितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु
कुम्भकः
NĀBHĀVĀPŪRYA VĀYUŚ-CED-DEHE
VYĀPYA VIDHĀRITAḤ
KUMBHITE JVALANAṂ DHYĀYET
SAMĀNASYA TU KUMBHAKAḤ
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHEN THIS VAYU IS FILLED UP INTO THE
NAVEL AND HELD WITH
CONCENTRATION ON FIRE, IT IS
SAMANA-KUMBHAKA.
MUDRA
BINDU MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
MUDRA VIDHANAM 11. 24
बिन्दुः मुद्रा
तर्जन्यंगुष्ठसंयोगाग्रतो बिन्दु मुद्रिका ॥
TARJANYAṂGUṢṬHASAṂYOGĀGAGRATO
BINDU MUDRIKĀ ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE INDEX FINGER AND THUMB TIPS JOINT TOGETHER
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
गुदं पाष्ण्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM PĀRṢṆYĀ TU SAMPĪḌYA
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.
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BALALINGASANA
(REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI 62
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
SHIVA SAMHITA
4. 16-17
JAPA SOHUM
- INTERLACE THE FINGERS FROM OUTSIDE IN AND HOLD ONTO THE KNEE, PULLING IT UP TOWARDS THE CHEST.
- KEEP SPINE STRAIGHT AND ENGAGE ALL THREE BANDHAS.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF CARESSING A BABY
GAZE
MUDRA
SARVASHANKARI MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM 5.4
ASANA
BALALINGASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kapalakurantaka’s Hathabhyasa
Paddhati 84
एकं जानु उरसि आलिंग्य स्थातव्यं
बाललिंगनं भवति ॥ ८४ ॥
ekaṁ jānu urasi āliṁgya
sthātavyaṁ bālaliṁganaṁ bhavati
॥ 84 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Keeping one knee against the chest
continue to stay embracing it. This
is called Balalingasana.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhatiḥ 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य
विधारितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु
कुम्भकः
nābhāvāpūrya vāyuś-ced-dehe
vyāpya vidhāritaḥ
kumbhite jvalanaṁ dhyāyet
samānasya tu kumbhakaḥ
AKASHIC REVELATION
When this vayu is filled up into the
navel and held with
concentration on fire, it is
Samana-Kumbhaka.
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI 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 mokṣaphaiadam ॥ 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 Śambhavi-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
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Dhyanabindupanisad 91 - 93
शोधनं मलजालानां घटनं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ॥ ९१ ॥
सानां शोषणं सम्यङ् महामुद्राभिधीयते ॥ ९२ ॥
वक्षोन्यस्तहनुर्निपीड्य सुषिरं योनेश्च
वामाङ्घ्रिणाहस्ताभ्यामनुधारयन् प्रविततं पादं तथा
दक्षिणम् ।
आपूर्य श्वसनेन कुक्षियुगलं बध्वा शनै रेचयेदेषा
पातकनाशिनी ननु महामुद्रा नृणां प्रोच्यते ॥ ९३ ॥
śodhanaṁ malajālānāṁ ghaṭanaṁ
candrasūryayoḥ ॥ 91 ॥ rasānāṁ śoṣaṇaṁ
samyaṅ mahāmudrābhidhīyate ॥ 92 ॥
vakṣonyastahanurnipīḍya suṣiraṁ yoneśca
vāmāṅghriṇā
hasyābhyāmanudhārayan pravitataṁ
pādaṁ tathā dakṣiṇaṁ |
āpūrya śvasanena kukṣiyugalaṁ badhvā
śanai recayedeṣā
pātakanāśinī nanu mahāmudrā nṛṇāṁ
procyate ॥ 93 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
The cleansing (with the
Pranayama) of the heaps of
impurities (in the Nadis), the
bringing about of the union
between the Moon and the Sun,
the complete drying up of the
bodily fluids, Rasas (Vaata, Pitta
and Kapha), is known as the
mahāmudrā. With the chin laid
on the chest, pressing the abyss of
the genitals with the left foot,
holding with the two hands the
outstretched right leg, filling
with breath the pair of bellies
and holding it up, one should
slowly exhale it. This indeed is
said to be the sin-destroying
Maha-mudra for men.
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