SUMATI ASANA
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Pranayama
Ujjayi Pranayama
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19
Ujjayi
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Maintain same hold beneath knees.
- Bring right foot over the left so heels cross, toes point up.
- Gaze to nasal.
The Great Sage and Maharishi, Sumati
Gaze
Gaze to Nasal
Mudra
Khechari Mudra
Shiva Samhita 4.31
Asana
SUMATI ASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Joga Pradipika 333 – 336
मूलद्वारि धरती परि ठाने डावा
पंगपरि दछ पद आने । डार्ड पाखती
को ले आवै हाथ एक अंतर ठहरावै ॥
३३३ ।। दोऊ एड़ी टेके ऐसे आडो
वाई राखो तैसे । फणा जुगम उभा
कर राखै गोडा दोउ उभा राखै ॥
३३४
mūladvāri dharatī pari ṭhāne
ḍāvā pagapari dacha pada
āne ।
ḍāī pākhatī ko le āvai hātha
eka aṃtara ṭhaharāvai ॥ 333
।।
doū eḍī teke aise āḍo vāī
rākho taisai । phaṇā jugama
ubhā kara rākhai goḍā dou
ubhā rākhe ॥ 334
AKASHIC REVELATION
Place the anus (region)
upon the ground, place the
right foot upon the left foot,
bring the left leg and keep
at a distance of one hand (1
cubit). Both heels are
placed in such a way that
they are crossed and the
toes stand up and the knees
are kept straight. The hands
are kept upon the knees and
knees remained pressed by
opposite elbows. Gaze is
fixed at nasal region.
Pranayama
UJJAYI KUMBHAKA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
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 ॥
सूर्याज्जायी शीतली च भस्त्री
चैव चतुर्थिका । भेदौरेव समं कुम्भो यः
स्यात् सहितकुम्भकः ॥ २१ ॥
prāṇarodhamathedānīṃ 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 samaṃ 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
KHECAHRI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Shiva Samhita 4.31
अथ खेचरिमुद्राकथनम् ।
भ्रुवोरन्तर्गतां दृष्टिं विधाय
सुदृढां सुधीः ।
उपविश्यासने वज्रे
नानोपद्रववर्जितः ॥
लम्बिकोर्ध्व स्थिते गर्ते रसनां
विपरीतागाम् ।
संयोजयेत्प्रयत्नेन सुधाकूपे
विचक्षण् ।
मुद्रेषा खेचरी प्रोक्ता
भक्तानामनुरोधतः ॥ ३१ ॥
atha khecarīmudrākathanam |
bhruvorantargatāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ vidhāya
sudṛḍhāṃ sudhīḥ |
upaviśyāsane vajre
nānopadravavarjitaḥ ||
lambikordhva sthite garte rasanāṃ
viparītagām |
saṃyojayetprayatnena sudhākūpe
vicakṣaṇ |
mudreṣā khecarī proktā
bhaktānāmanurodhataḥ || 31 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
The wise Yogi, sitting in vajrasana
posture, in a place free from all
disturbance, should firmly fix his
gaze on the spot in the middle of
the two eyebrows; and reversing
the tongue backwards, fix it in the
hollow under the epiglottis,
placing it with great care on the
mouth of the well of nectar, (i.e.
closing up the air passage). This
mudra, described by me at the
request of my devotees, is the
Khechari-mudra.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
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 ॥
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.
145.