“Today’s Kriya is again a very powerful Kriya.”

Today’s Kriya is again a very powerful Kriya. Today you are going to have the Kriya for Insomnia cure and I request all of you to have a glass of water, run for 1,2,3 and come back. Please understand, one instruction. Even while you do this Kriya before sleeping in the night, have a glass of water. After this Kriya, drink that water and sleep, fall asleep because this will bring such a powerful energy in you. If you want to run for 1,2,3 run and come back. And have a glass of water around you. Let’s start the kriya. Get ready for kriya.

Come on, let us start the Kriya. Please assemble back. It’s time. Come back.

See it is a very powerful Kriya for Insomnia cure. If you do this Kriya and fall asleep, two thing will happen. Not only you will have a deep sleep, you will not have any dreams, disturbances by dreams. And next day, your quality of day and quality of consciousness both will be very very high! So understand, first step –

“Gulphau cha Vishaanasya adhaha Yat kramena samaahitaha | Paada-angushtau karaabhyaam cha Dhrutvaa cha prushta-deshataha”

“Jaalandharam samaasaadya Naasaagram avalokayet| Bhadraasanam bhavet etat Sarva-vyaadhi-vinaashakam”

Translation – “Place the heels crosswise under the genitals attentively; cross the hands behind the back and take hold of the toes of the feet . Fix the gaze on the tip of the nose, having previously adopted the mudra called Jaalandhara. This is Bhadraasana which destroys all sorts of diseases!” - Gheranda Samhita , 2nd Upadesha, 9th and 10th verses. Yes.

Now I will guide you step by step. First please place the heals cross wise under the genitals. Sit like this (Swamiji demonstrates and shows it). Hold the feet with the hands. And now, please understand, using the hand knee joints, push the leg. Using the hand knee joints, this two part, push the leg – push as much as you can. At least ten times or you can do like this also like butterfly (Swamiji demonstrates the butterfly pose by flapping both his legs) Do it ten times. Stop. And again ten times. Stop. Again ten times. Again ten times.

Next step – Jalandhara.

“Kanta-sankochanam krutvaa Chibukam hrudaye nyaset | Jaalandhare krute bandhe Shodasha-aadhaara-bandhanam”

“Contracting the throat, place the chin on the chest. This is called Jalandhara Bandha. ”

Means just keep this chin on the chest (Swamiji demonstrates this by placing his chin on his chest). Don’t allow any movement through the throat. Just (Swamiji demonstrates again) You can even visualize certain sacred syllables like a ‘Shiva,’ ‘Hraam,’ ‘Hreem,’ any of the sacred sounds in your throat and lock it.

Hold as long as you can. When you can’t hold, release very slowly. Again hold. Do this 16 times. Hold. When you feel you can’t hold anymore, relax. Again hold, again relax. Do this 16 times. Actually if you do it, even now you may feel like sleeping. Such a powerful process. It will induce the sleep immediately. Means put your body into the restful awareness.

Sri Nirantara is not doing properly. Come on, close, leg closer! Ma Krishnananda, I don’t think you are doing Bhadrasana, you are doing some Siddhasana.

In Bhadrasana doing Jalandhara bandha means locking the throat and putting the chin on the chest. Lock, hold as long as you can and again release. Again lock. This technique is very useful even for Brahmacharya.

Now the next step. Next step is Nabho mudra –

“Yatra yatra sthithaha yogee Sarva-kaaryeshu sarvadaa | Oordhva-jihvaha sthiraha bhootvaa

Dhaarayet pavanam sadaa | Nabhomudraa bhavet eshaa Yoginaam roganaashinee”

“Wherever the yogi may be may be, he should always, in everything he does, be sure to keep the tongue turned upwards and constantly hold the breath. “

Please understand tongue turning and upwards. Turn the tongue, roll it and push it up. And hold the breath. With closed eyes, hold the breath. Again you see same pranayama techniques only, at different different level I am asking you to hold. When you hold here (points out to chin placed on chest) the experience in the body will be different, when you hold in the tongue, the experience will be different. Now hold in the tongue as long as you can. When you can’t hold anymore. Hold at least few seconds more. Then relax. Again hold. Do this same.

Do this Nabho Mudra at least 16 times.

Next step next step - Bhastrika – please understand, this is the last step. Once you finish this, your whole body will fall into a restful awareness. It is a very powerful step.

“Bhastraiva lohakaaraanaam Yathaa-kramena sambhramet | Tathaa vaayum cha naasaabhyaam Ubhaabhyaam Chaalayet shanaihi”

Translation - “As the bellows of the ironsmith constantly dilate and contract, similarly let him slowly draw in the air by both the nostrils and expand the stomach; then throw it out quickly (the wind making sound like bellows).”

Please understand, I will give you the instruction, just like a Ironsmith’s air bellow dilating and contracting, inhale through both nostrils. Expand the stomach and then throw it out quickly! I will show you (Swamiji demonstrates the asana) Keep your mouth shut tight.

I will show you completely, please listen. See it first. (Swamiji once again demonstrates)

Try to keep the mouth shut and tight. Blow it away only through nose. Because blowing through mouth is another one Kriya. It is separate. Now don’t do that. Inhale, let your stomach expand. Throw it out quickly!

Now do it very slowly. First inhale very slowly. Let your stomach expand, suddenly blow it quickly. Do this 21 times. Inhale, expand the stomach suddenly blow it out quickly. Do it again and again.

Relax.

Actually this Kriya will directly cure Insomnia. And after this, please drink the water, little water. See especially the kids, sorry, couples who don’t have kids, if you have a glass of milk and put the Gauri Shankar Rudraksha in it - before the Kriya, drop the Gauri Shankar Rudraksha in a glass of milk. Drink end of the Kriya, I can say very clearly, within a month, you will conceive. And this Kriya along with a glass of milk, don’t swallow the Rudraksha. ☺ Keep the Rudraksha Gauri Shankar in the glass of milk, drink the milk. Both should drink the milk – husband, wife both should drink the milk. Anyhow, now practice this Kriya, directly this will heal, cure insomnia, it will take away the sleeplessness.