YOGANIDRASANA
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Pranayama
Pratyahara Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka Paddhati 91-92
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Lie on back.
- Lift legs, one by one, up behind the head.
- Hold hands behind back.
- Gaze to nose.
Visualize Swamiji,
The Supreme Pontiff
of Hinduism
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
YOGA NIDRASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Hatharatnavali 3.70
पादाभ्यां वेष्टयेत्कण्ठं
हस्ताभ्यां पृष्ठबन्धनम् ॥
तन्मध्ये शयनं कुर्याद्
योगनिद्रा सुखप्रदा ॥ 70 ॥
pādābhyāṃ veṣṭayetkaṇṭhaṃ
hastābhyāṃ pṛṣṭhabandhanam ||
tanmadhye śayanaṃ kuryāda
yoganidrā sukhapradā || 70 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION Wind the legs around the neck, tie up the hands on the back and lie down. This is Yoganidra, which offers wellbeing. 70
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
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 – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात्।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं 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.
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