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Closing the mouth, inhale with control and concentration through ida and pingala so that the breath is felt from the throat to the heart and produces a sonorous sound. (2:51)
Do kumbhaka as before and exhale through ida. This removes phlegm from the throat and stimulates the (digestive) fire. (2:52)
This pranayama, called ujjayi, may be performed while moving, standing, sitting or walking. It removes oedema and disorders of the nadis and dhatu. (2:53)
By drawing the breath through the mouth, make a hissing sound, without gaping the mouth, and exhale through the nose. By practising this, one becomes a second Kamadeva (god of love). (2:54) He is adored by the circle of yoginis and becomes the controller of creation and dissolution, being without hunger, thirst, sleep and laziness. (2:55)
And the sattwa in the body becomes free from all disturbances. Truly, by the fore-mentioned method, one becomes lord of yogis on this earth. (2:56)
The wise inhale air through the tongue and practise kumbhaka as (described) before. Then, slowly exhale the air through the nostrils. (2:57) This kumbhaka called sheetali, cures an enlarged stomach or spleen and other related diseases, fever, excess bile, hunger and thirst, and counteracts poisons. (2:58)
Placing both soles of the feet on the top of the thighs is padmasana which destroys all sins (bad karma). (2:59) Sitting properly in padmasana, and keeping the neck and abdomen in alignment, exhale prana through the
nose.
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