VIJOGASANA
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Pranayama
Ujjayi Pranayama
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19
Ujjayi
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaSivoham
Visualize a space of
eternal Oneness, Advaita,
with Guru
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
- Stand on knees.
- Cross ankles behind, feet near opposite knee.
- Hold calves with fingers inside and thumbs outside.
- Gaze to third eye.
Asana
VIJOGASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Joga Pradipika 210 - 214
गोडां वांणो ऊभौ होई गोडा आडा राखै
दोई।
दछि पादकै पाणि रहावै फणौ वाम गोडा
ढिगि ल्यावै ॥२१०॥
कोर वारिली संधि भू टेके एडी वामपद
संधि वसेखै तामाही करि बाहर आने
वामपदको फणों भू ठाने ॥२११
goḍāṃ vāṃṇo ūbhau hoī goḍā
āḍā rākhai doīl
dachi pādakai pāṇi rahāvai
phaṇau vāma goḍā ḍhigi lyāve
॥210 ॥
kora vārilī saṃdhi bhū ṭeke eḍī
vāmapada saṃdhi vasekhai
tāmāhī kari bāhara āne
vāmapadako phaṇoṃ bhū
ṭhāne ॥211
AKASHIC REVELATION
Stand on knees. Bring right toe
near the left knee at the back
side. Similarly, bring left toe at
the back of right knee. Take
hold of shanks with hands
turning them on backside in
such a way that the thumbs
come outside and other
fingers inside. Fix the gaze
between eyebrows.
Pranayama
UJJAYI PRANAYAMA Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
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 ॥
सूर्योंज्जायी शीतली च भस्त्री च़ूएव
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.
Mudra
SAMBHAVI 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'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.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104-105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् । वारं वारं यथा
चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मुलबन्धनेन च्ऐकताम् । गत्वा योगस्य
सेन्सिद्धिं 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.
238.