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Step 4: Breathing Technique – Triśula Kumbhaka

Technique

  • 1. In Durvāsana, inhale through the nostrils and also through the mouth simultaneously both at a time.
  • 2. When you finish inhaling, hold the breath as long as you can.
  • 3. Then exhale slowly through the nostrils.
  • 4. Repeat this Kumbhaka 21 times.

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Kumbhaka Paddhithih, Verse 193

घ्ग्भ्न च मुखेि्नप चुगपूषपनूचेूषसद् न्ृनल्लण कुम उ्स-षन्ृनलिुूष

Ghoṇābhyāṃ ca mukhenāpi yugapat pūtayet sadā Triśūlākhyaḥ kumbha uktas-triśūlanut ||193||

Akashic Revelation

One should always inhale through noth nostrils and mouth simultaneously and hold the breath (befire exhalation). This is Triśūla Kumbhaka by Śiva which removes three-fold sufferings

Step 5: Kūrma Kumbhaka (Breathing Technique)