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Step 4: Breathing Technique - Kevali Kumbhaka

"soham"

Technique

  • 1. Sit in Ardha Padmasana or in your preferred comfortable position.
  • 2. Inhale along with internal chanting of the mantra "saha." Inhale – sa.
  • 3. And hold as long as you can judiciously. When you hold the breath inside, chant internally the mantra "soham" slowly. Hold inside with "soham" 4. Exhale with "ham", chanting internally "ham" "ham"
    • 5. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप पम्ग Gheranda Samhita, Upadesha 5, Verse 84

िमष-कअरेिबनििष-चअनू सि-कअरेि नवसिेूष पुिि | ham-kaarenabahih-yaati saha kaarena vishet punaha |

Akashic Rvelation

One should exhale with the mantra "ham" and inhale with the mantra "saha"