USTRASANA 2
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Pranayama
Ujjayi Pranayama
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19
Ujjayi
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
Visualize yourself as a camel
- In kneeling position.
- Bend backward, hold ankles with hands.
- Keep the arms straight.
- Push hips forward and tilt head back.
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
Pranayama
Mudra
Bandha
USTRASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Nathamuni's Yoga Rahasya 2.21
मेरुदण्डग्रन्थिदार्थ्यंसंपिपादयिषुःपुमान् ।
कपोतोष्ट्रासनाभ्यासं कुर्यान्मितहिताशनः ॥
merudaṇḍagranthidārḍhyasamp
ipādayiṣuḥpumān ।
kapotoṣṭrāsanābhyāsaṃ
kuryānmitahitāśanaḥ ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION Stand on knees and keep shanks on ground. Bend backward and hold ankles with respective hands. Keep hands straight and end the head backward by pushing the belly upwards.
UJJAYI PRANAYAMA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19 – 21
प्राणरोधमथेदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि समासतः ।
प्राणश्च देहगो वायुरायामः कुम्भकः स्मृतः ॥ १९ ॥
स एव द्विविधः प्रोक्तः सहितः केवलस्तथा ।
यावत् केवलसिद्धिः स्यात् तावत् सहितमभ्यसेत् ॥ २० ॥
सूर्योज्जायी शीतली च भस्त्री चैव चतुर्थिका ।
भेदैरेव 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.
SAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Mandala Brahmanopanishad 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्ट्रऔ 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 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 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.
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
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.
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