Tana: Technique to Activate Kundalini

Tana: Technique to Activate Kundalini

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：Hathatatvakaumudi IX.10-12

Original Verse：

"नाभौ चरेदङ्गुलपञ्चकोपरि हृदोऽधरे तानमलं मुहूर्मुहूः ॥

सुखासने नाभिमभिप्रपश्यतो धृत्वा करौ वस्तिगतौ मिलित्वा ॥ १० ॥

परस्परं यः समपृष्ठदण्ड-मन्याशिरः सन्ततमादरेण ॥

प्राणः प्रच्तीचीनपथं हि तस्य यात्याशु कन्दश्चलतीशिवरी च ॥ ११ ॥

अथवा केवलं तानमह्यसेन् नाभिमण्डले

असकृत् प्रत्यहं धीरः कन्दक्षोभकरं मुनेः ॥ १२ ॥"

Transliteration：

"nābhau caredaṅgulapañcakopari hṛdo'dhare tānamalaṃ muhūrmuhūḥ ॥

sukhāsane nābhimabhiprapaśyato dhṛtvā karau vastigatau militvā ॥ 10 ॥

parasparaṃ yaḥ samapṛṣṭhadaṇḍa-manyāśiraḥ santatamādareṇa ॥

prāṇaḥ practīcīnapathaṃ hi tasya yātyāśu kandaścalatīśivarī ca ॥ 11 ॥

athavā kevalaṃ tānamahyasen nābhimaṇḍale

asakṛt pratyahaṃ dhīraḥ kandakṣobhakaraṃ muneḥ ॥ 12 ॥"

Translation：

"Assume sukhasana. Repeatedly pull the region five digits above the navel and placing the

hands on the pelvis.10

One should carefully keep back, spine, neck and head consistently erect.

Thus prana moves in the posterior path sushumna and kundalini soon leaves kanda.11

A wise man should daily practice tana alone at the navel region repeatedly which agitates

the kanda.12"