Krtti Shreshtha Kumbhaka

Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi Ch40.12

Original Verse：

"नासाभ्यां कर्षयेद्वायुं बलात् हृत्स्थानमानयेत्।

उत्कृष्योत्कृष्य हृत्स्थानात् कण्ठे ताल्औ भ्रुवोऽन्तरे॥

मूर्ध्नान्तं चेद् गतायातः कृत्तिश्रेष्ठाख्यकुम्भकः॥१२॥"

Transliteration：

"nāsābhyāṃ karṣayedvāyuṃ balāt hṛtsthānamānayet।

utkṛṣyotkṛṣya hṛtsthānāt kaṇṭhe tālau bhruvo'ntare॥

mūrdhnāntaṃ ced gatāyātaḥ kṛttiśreṣṭhākhyakumbhakaḥ॥12॥"

Translation： "One should forcefully draw the air in through the nostrils and take it to the heart. Further, he should hold it at the throat, palate, at the center of the eyebrows and the top of the head by raising it up repeatedly from chest region. This movement to and fro is Krtti shreshtha Kumbhaka."