TRIKONASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA SHIVOHAM

- STAND AND STEP ONE LEG FAR BACK. KEEP FRONT TOES POINTING FORWARDS AND BACK TOES FACING SIDEWAYS.
- KEEP ARMS STRAIGHT AND BRING FRONT ARM DOWN TOWARDS GROUND BESIDE FOOT, WHILE OTHER ARM EXTENDS TOWARDS THE SKY.

VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A TRIANGLE
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

ASANA
TRIKONASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
NATHAMUNI'S YOGA RAHASYA 2. 20
उत्तानपादं क्रौञ्चं च मरीचिं वीरभद्रकम् ।
नटराजं त्रिकोणं च सुप्ताङ्गुष्ठप्रसारणे ॥
UTTĀNAPĀDAṂ KRAUÑCAṂ CA
MARĪCIṂ VĪRABHADRAKAM |
NAṬARĀJAṂ TRIKOṆAṂ CA
SUPTĀṄGAṢṬHAPRASĀRAṆE ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
FOR CLEANING THE SEVEN CAKRAS,
VRKSASANA IS CONSIDERED VERY
SPECIAL. AND FOR STRENGTHENING THE
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, DIFFERENT
VARIATIONS OF KONASANA MUST BE
PRACTICED.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्यĀम्-Āरm् समĀk्ṣय
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ प्Āर्śवयॊḥ
k्ṣइपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣ्हतĀ śवस-
ध्Āरṇअm् न बल्Āद्-यद्Ā
अनिśअm् सहज्ḥ कुम्भ्ḥ
प्रोक्त्ḥ śरि-k्ṛत्तव्Āसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṬṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAṂ NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAṂ SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRI-KṚTTIVĀSASĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
INHALING PRANA THROUGH THE
NOSE AND CARRYING IT ALONG THE
KUNDALI, ONE SHOULD HOLD IT
COMFORTABLY OFF AND ON. THIS IS
SAHAJA-KUMBHAKA NARRATED BY SRI-
KRTTIVASA (SHIVA)
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
MANDALA BRAHMANOPANISHAD 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टऔ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्यI
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५
॥
LAKṢYE'NTARBĀHYĀYĀṂ DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀṂ CA IYAṂ
ŚĀṂBHAVĪ 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 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

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 ॥
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.
30.
TRIKONASANA
(REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA MULA BANDHA YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 104-105

JAPA SHIVOHAM

- STAND AND STEP ONE LEG FAR BACK. KEEP FRONT TOES POINTING FORWARDS AND BACK TOES FACING SIDEWAYS.
- KEEP ARMS STRAIGHT AND BRING FRONT ARM DOWN TOWARDS GROUND BESIDE FOOT, WHILE OTHER ARM EXTENDS TOWARDS THE SKY.

VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A TRIANGLE
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

ASANA
TRIKONASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Nathamuni's Yoga Rahasya 2. 20
उत्तानपादं क्रौञ्चं च मरीचिं वीरभद्रकम् ।
नटराजं त्रिकोणं च सुप्ताङ्गुष्ठप्रसारणे ॥
uttānapādaṁ krauñcaṁ ca
marīciṁ vīrabhadrakam |
naṭarājaṁ trikoṇaṁ ca
suptāṅgaṣṭhaprasāraṇe ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
For cleaning the seven cakras,
Vrksasana is considered very
special. And for strengthening the
reproductive organs, different
variations of Konasana must be
practiced.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramana - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhati of Raghuvira 104
नोभ्य्Āम़्-आRम़् सम्ĀकृS़्य
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ प्Āर्S़वय़ोḥ
क़्S़िपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिS़्ठत्Ā śवस्-
ध्Āरṇअम़् न बल्Āद्-यद्Ā
अनिS़्अम़् सहज़ḥ कुम्भ्ḥ
प्रोक्त़ḥ śरि-क़्ऋत्तित्व्Āसस्Ā
nobhyām-āraṁ samākṛṣya
kuṇḍalayāḥ pārśvayoḥ
kṣipet gacchatā tiṣṭhatā śvasa-
dhāraṇaṁ na balād-yadā
aniśaṁ sahajaḥ kumbhaḥ
proktaḥ śri-kṛttivāsasā
AKASHIC REVELATION
Inhaling prana through the
nose and carrying it along the
kundali, one should hold it
comfortably off and on. This is
sahaja-kumbhaka narrated by Sri-
Krttivasa (Shiva)
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 mokṣaph his dam || 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 Śāmbhavī-mudrā 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.