“Today’s Kriya is basically for all the skin problems.”

Today’s Kriya is basically for all the skin problems. Care for all the skin problems. All skin problems are related to the breathing layer – pranamaya kosha. The prana not spreading all over the body will cause skin problem. If it spreads properly, the skin problems disappear. So you will do five kumbhakas today.

FIRST – MAAKADAASANA-JOGA PRADIPIKA || 125TH -127TH VERSES

The first Kumbhaka is SHanta Kumbhaka. Keep the feet together. Keep the toes pointing downwards. Sit on the heels with the heels raised off the ground. Rest the knees on the floor and spread the knees a little apart. Take the hands up, cross them and place it behind the head.

The frist Kumbhaka is – MAAKADAASANA is SHANTHA KUMBHAKA. This is from KUMBHAKA PADDHATI || VERSE: 90

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Hold the breath inside. Visualize your whole skin outside the skin, inside the skin is filled with prana. It is just a bone structure, skelenton structure. Hold the breath inside and outside the body. Just visualize yourself as a skeleton. Hold as long as possible. Relax when you can not hold any more. See just visualize your whole body is a skeleton. Then inhale, hold as long as you can. While you hold visualize you are just a skeleton and the prana is going in and out freely. Your skin is not stoppign the air moving into the body. Air is moving into all your organs, parts of body, everywhere freely till your back bone. Till yoru bone structure. Do this 21 times.

NEXT Step - SEETHKARI PRANAYAMA-HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA||UPADESHA 2||VERSE 54

Continue to sit in the same posture and close your eyes. Press the lower teeth with the upper teeth and open the lips comfortably. Suck the air in through the gaps in between the teeth. Be aware of the sound produced. After inhaling close the mouth and exhale through the nose. Do not hold. don’t hold the breath. Just inhale and exhale. That’s it.

The Next step - BHASTRIKA-GHERANDA SAMHITA||UPADESHA 5||VERSES 75-

With a bellowing sound forcefully blow out air out of both the nostrils so that your abdomen gets tucked in. Slowly allow the body to inhale. Repeat the cycle. (do this 52 times) Skin will be completely not only cleansed of toxins, it will shine. Your skin will glow. Do it. You will have a pure aura.

Next step - TRINETRA KUMBHAKA-KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI || VERSE: 192

Inhale through the left nostril. Hold the breath. Withou exhaling, inhale through the right nostril also, hold the breath as long as you can judiciously. Again without exhaling, inhale through the right nostril. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously. Again without exhaling, inhale through both the nostrils. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously. Now exhale slowly and relax. Let me show you (Swamiji demonstrates) – Inhale through left, hold, inhale through right, hold as long as you can. Now exhale slowly. Start. Do this 21 times

NEXT – TRISHULA KUMBHAKA-KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI || VERSE: 193

Inhale through the nostrils and also through the mouth simultaneously. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously. Now exhale slowly and relax. Please understand through the nostrils and mouth inhale. Hold judiciously as long as you can. Then relax slowly. Do this 21 times. Relax.