Step 6: Breathing Technique - Kumbh Raja Kumbhaka🔗

• 1. Sit in Ardha Padmasana or in your preferred comfortable position.

• 2. Forcefully inhale.

• 3. Hold the breath to the maximum capacity by closing the nostrils.
• 4. Exhale when you feel you can not hold more.
• 5. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप पम्ग Kumbhaka Paddhathih, Verse 134

बल्दष-आकर्चेदष-व्चनुच्वदषघ्ग-सुमुदगमष| कुमचेचष-च ूथ् व्चुमषकुमर्जो'चमष-ईररूभ ||१३४||

Balād-ākarṣayed-vāyuṃ yāvad ghrāṇa sumudraṇam | Kumbhayec-ca tathā vāyum kumbharājo'yam-īritaḥ ||134||

Akashic Revelation

One should forcefully inhale air and hold the breathby closing the nose properly. This is called kumbha raja.