VARAHASANA
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Pranayama
Jivacala Kumbhaka
Hathatatvakaumudi
10.39
Jiva
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Squat all the way down to the ground.
- Keep your feet together, toes apart.
- Bring your elbows up close to head and palms joined over back facing downward.
- Gaze to nose.
Visualize a boar; one of 10 Incarnations of Mahavishnu
Gaze
Mudra
Anjali Mudra
Mudra Vidhanam
Verse 4. 3
Asana
VARAHASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आस
प्रमाण
Yoga Asanamala Sacitra 76
पाथली की माहिली कोर मिलाई फणा
पाणि ऊकड वैसे एडी मूलद्वार
नीचे राषै जांघघ छीद्र अंगूल
च्यारी अंत्र हाथ दोउ कांधापरि
आणि मौरा हथेली अंगुली काठी लगावै
pāgathalī kī māhilī kora milāī
phaṇā pāṇi ūkaḍu baise
eḍhī mūladvāra nīcai rāṣai
jāṅgha chīdra aṅgūla cyārī
antra
hātha dou kāndhāpari āṇi
maurā hathelī aṅgulī kāṭhī
lagāvai
hātha jodi lagai rasai drsiti
nasa agra
asana kau guna aditha bana
adide gubada jai
AKASHIC REVELATION
Sit on ground in squatting.
Keep the feet together and
heels set at the anus. Toes are
kept apart. Keep knees raised
as thighs press the abdomen.
Bring palms together and thus
joining hands take them
together over the back. Fix the
gaze at the nose.
Pranayama
JIVACALA KUMBHAКА
Āpta Pramāṇa – आस
प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 10.39
हाथेन वै कुम्भितमारुतस्य्
चेत् प्राणस्य
सञ्चालनमङ्गम मानसत् ॥
अधस्तथोर्ध्वं यमिनः स
कुम्भो नाम्ना शिवोक्तः
किल जीवचालकः ॥ ३९ ॥
hāthena vai
kumbhitamārutasy cet
prāṇsya
sañcālanamaṅgamānasāt ॥
adhastathordhvaṁ yaminaḥ
sa kumbho nāmnā śivoktaḥ
kila jīvacālakaḥ ॥ 39 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
One forcefully moves the
retained prana through all
the limbs of the body in
upward and downward
directions along with mind.
This is Jivacala Kumbhaka
propaged by Siva himself.
Mudra
ANJALI MUDRA
Āpta Pramana – आस
प्रमाण
Mudra Vidhanam 4. 3
किचत्आकुिचत अगुययो वाभमखु ंकरयो अयोयसबं धेअजल
kinchit aakunchita angulyagrayoh
svaabhimukham
karayoh anyonyasambandhe
anjali
AKASHIC REVELATION
With both palms facing each
other, kept in close connection
and having contracted the finger-
tips a little makes Anjali mudra.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र
प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पार्ष्ण्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति
समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं
यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
gudaṁ pārṣṇyā tu sampīḍya
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.
212. PRPITHASANA
Pranayama
Jivacala Kumbhaka
Hathatatvakaumudi
10.39
Jiva
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Heels touching, bring your hips to the same level as your knees.
- Let hands hangs down, fingertips touching toes/mat in front of you.
Visualize Swamiji,
The Supreme Pontiff
of Hinduism
Gaze
Mudra
Prana Mudra
Mudra Vidhanam
Verse 6.2
Asana
PRPITHASANA Āpta Pramāṇa – आस प्रमाण Kapalakurantaka's Hathabhyasa Paddhati 75
अथ उत्थानअाासनानि
पाष्णिद्वय संमील्य
स्थित्वा निंतबं जानुप्रदेशे
आनिय तिष्ठेत्
पृप्रिअसनं भवति ॥७५॥
atha utthānaaāsanāni
pārṣṇidvaya sammīlya sthitvā
nitambam jānupradeśe āniya
tiṣṭhet
pṛpriasanam bhavati ॥75॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Uniting two heels keep the
hips at the level of the knees
and stay. This is called
Prpithasana.
Pranayama
JIVACALA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आस प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 10.39
ह्राथेन वै कुम्भितमारुतस्य्
चेत् प्राणस्य
सञ्चालनमङ्गामानसात् ॥
अधस्तथोर्ध्वं यमिनः स
कुम्भो नाम्ना शिवोक्तः
किल जीवचालकः ॥ ३९ ॥
hāthena vai
kumbhitamārutasy cet
prāṇsya
sañcālanamaṅgamānasāt ॥
adhastathordhvam yaminaḥ
sa kumbho nāmnā śivoktaḥ
kila jīvacālakaḥ ॥ 39 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
One forcefully moves the
retained prana through all
the limbs of the body in
upward and downward
directions along with mind.
This is Jivacala Kumbhaka
propaged by Siva himself.
Mudra
PRANA MUDRA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आस प्रमाण
Mudra Vidhanam, Nivedana Mudrāḥ 6. 2
मध्यमातर्जन्त्यनुष्ठयोगे
प्राण –मुद्रा ।
madhyamātarjanyaṃnuṣṭhayoge prāṇa-mudrā ।
AKASHIC REVELATION
When the middle and index finger
stand nearby each other (we
should understand that the other
fingers are folded), it is called
Prana mudra.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पाष्ण्यां तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति
समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं
यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
gudaṃ pārṣṇyā tu sampīḍya
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.
213.