Balancing your Nostrils through Pranayama

Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi Ch35.41-42

Original Verse：

"यस्मिन् पुटे मरुद्वाति तेन वायुं विरेचयेत् |

पुटेन वायुशून्येन पूरयेदथ कुम्भकम् ॥ ४१ ॥

रेचयेदन्यया नाड्या कुर्यादन्यं पुनः पुनः |

ब्रह्मोक्ता गदिता चेयं रुद्रयाऽत्र निगद्यते ॥ ४२ ॥"

Transliteration：

"yasmin puṭe marudvāti tena vāyuṃ virecayet |

puṭena vāyuśūnyena pūrayedatha Kumbhakam ॥ 41 ॥

recayedanyayā nāḍyā kuryādanyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ |

brahmoktā gaditā ceyaṃ rudrayā'tra nigadyate ॥ 42 ॥"

Translation：

One should exhale through the nostril through which one finds dominance of air flow. One should gently inhale through the nostril through which the air is not dominantly flowing and then retain (Kumbhaka) followed by exhalation through the opposite nostril. Thus, repeat this through alternate nostrils again and again. This is propagated by bhrama. The one narrated by Rudra is being narrated.