Nadi Shodana
Description
Nāḍīśodhanam: Pranayama
Type
Technique
Pramana
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Source
Shiva Samhita 22- 23
Original Verse
"ततश्च दक्षांगुष्ठेन निरुद्धय् पिंगलां सुधीः ।
इडया पूरयेद्वायुं यथाशक्तया तु कुम्भयेत् ॥
ततस्त्यक्त्वा पिंगलयाशनैरेव न वेगतः ॥ २२ ॥
""पुनः पिंगलयाऽपूर्य यथाशक्त्या तु कुम्भ्येत् ।
इडया रेचयद्वायुं न वेगेन शनैः शनैः ॥२३ ॥"""
Transliteration
"tataśca dakṣāṃguṣṭhena niruddhay piṃgalāṃ sudhīḥ ।
iḍayā pūrayedvāyuṃ yathāśaktayā tu kumbhayet ॥
tatastyaktvā piṃgalayāśanaireva na vegataḥ ॥ 22 ॥
punaḥ piṃgalayā'pūrya yathāśaktyā tu kumbhyet ।
iḍayā recayadvāyuṃ na vegena śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ॥23 ॥"
Translation
"Then let the wise practitioner close with his right thumb the pingala (right nostril), inspire air through the ida (the left nostril) and keep the air confined, suspend his breathing as long as he can; and afterwards let him breathe out slowly, and not forcibly, through the right nostril. Again, let him draw breath through the right nostril, and stop breathing as long as his strength permits; then let him expel the air through the left nostril, not forcibly, but slowly and gently."