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atta*fmidy a fanfaarfrafal कुर्वीत संक्रमं पुस्तोपलरूपेष्वपि क्रम त् ॥२७१।।
goa: 941
Meaning : The lotus of the navel faces downwards and contracts when the breath is filled inside through the puraka process (the act of filling the breath). That very lotus becomes blooming and faces upwards when the breath is suspended through the kumbhaka process. Therefore, first of all, the kumbhak process should be undertaken. Thereafter the breath should be stirred and should be made to move freely in that region. Then, it should be pushed upwards so as to urge it slowly to go to an aperture in the crown of the head, tearing apart the unbreakable knot on the way. Then, the yogis (experts in the science of breath), to satisfy curiosity, throw out the breath from the aperture in the crown of the head and make it settle on the cotton of the sunplant. This should be done repeatedly; that is to say, it should be taken to the aperture in the crown of the head and from there again to the cotton of the sun plant. The same thing should be done with the red flowers of other plants such as Yuthika etc. Having mastered this technique by continued practice, when the breath is moving in the Varuna circle, it should be pushed out from the aperture in the crown of the head and made to settle on fragrant objects such as the camphor, incense etc. Then, having become expert in making the breath settle on every such thing, one should try to make the breath settle in the bodies of small birds
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