SANTA DHUNA ASANA
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Pranayama
Samana Kumbhaka Kumbhaka Paddhati 62

Bandha
Mula Bandha Yoga Sikh Upanishad

Japa

Om Nithyananda ParamaSivoham


Embody tranquility and an unshakeable nature
Gaze

Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5

- Maintain the same position as Rudra Asana 2.
- Switch gaze to nose.
Asana
SANTA DHUNA ASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Yoga Asanamala Sacitra 109
आसण की गुण – मन की चंचलता मीट।
asaca kau guea–mana ke calcalatá mécal
AKASHIC REVELATION
Sit on floor with legs
extended. Bend the left leg,
and place its heel at the
genital. Now place right
foot over left. Place hands
on respective knees with
palms upturned.
Pranayama
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhati of Raghuvira 162
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
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 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 पार्ष्ण्या तु संपीड़य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति
समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन चैकताम् ।
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.
116.