URDHVA
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PASCIMATANA
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
Visualize Swamiji, The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
- Sit and extend both legs out.
- Lift one foot behind the neck.
- Lean forward and down, as in Pascimatanasana.
Asana
URDHVA
PASCIMATANASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त
प्रमाण
Kapalakurantaka's
Hathabhyasa Paddhati 50
पश्चिमतानवत्समस्तितिम
क्रता एकम पादम
ग्रिवायाम
ध्र्त्वातिष्ठेत
ऊर्ध्वपश्चिमतानम भवति
॥50॥
paścimatānavatsamsthitiṃ
kṛtā ekam pādaṃ grīvāyām
dhṛtvātiṣṭet
urdhvapaścimatānaṃ
bhavati ॥50॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Assuming the position of
Pascimatana keep one leg
on the neck and maintain
the position. This is called
Urdhva-pascimatana.
Pranayama
PRATYAHARA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त
प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddadhi 91–92
नव-स्थानानि विज्ञाय
प्रत्याहारः स वेधसः
पादतल-गुह्य -नाभि-हृदयोरः -
कण्ठ -घण्टिकाः क्रमतः ॥ ९१ ॥
भ्रू -मध्यं च ललाटं
ब्रह्मस्थानं नवैतानि
योगसिद्धिः सर्वरोग -नाशः
प्रत्याहृतौ भवेत् ॥ ९२ ॥
nava-sthānāni vijñāya
pratyāhāraḥ sa vedhasaḥ
pādatala-guhya-nābhi-
hṛdayoraḥ-kaṇṭha-ghaṇṭikāḥ
kramataḥ ॥ 91 ॥
bhrū-madhyaṃ ca lalāṭaṃ
brahmasthānaṃ navaitāni
Yogasiddhiḥ sarvaroga-nāśaḥ
pratyāhṛtau bhavet ॥ 92 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Soles, organs of generation,
navel, heart, throat, uvula, middle
of the eyebrows, forehead and
Brahma-randhra are the nine
sites according to Vedhā (Siva).
Concentration of prana on one
site and then another in this
sequence is called Pratyahara
which brings success in Yoga
and removes all diseases.
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
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104–105
गुदं पाष्र्ण्या 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.
150.