Anuloma Viloma Pranayama (the
coming and going breath)
Version anglaise, extraite de Kundalini Tantra, la préparation
du 3ième œil
Sit in a comfortable
meditative posture. Make sure the spine is erect and the body is relaxed. The
body must become absolutely still. After some minutes, begin to develop
awareness of the breath in the nostrils.
When you breathe in, your
whole awareness should flow with the breath from the tip of the nose, through
the nasal passages, up to the eyebrow center. And when you breathe out, your
whole awareness should flow with the breath from the eyebrow center to the tip
of the nose.
Become aware of the
triangular form of the breath between the nostrils and the eyebrow center. The
base of the triangle is at the level of the upper lip, its sides are the right
and left nasal passages, and its apex is within the eyebrow center.
Firstly, feel the breath
moving in and out of the left nostril, then the right nostril. Then be aware of
the breath as it flows in and out through both nostrils together. Once you are
established in this breath awareness, begin to consciously alternate the flow of
the breath between the two nostrils in the same way as nadi shodhana, except you
practise it psychically.
Consciously inhale through
the left nostril to bhrumadhya and
exhale through the right, then inhale through the right nostril to bhrumadhya,
and exhale through the left. This is one round-After completing four such
rounds, inhale and exhale through both nostrils simultaneously, visualizing the
passage of the breath forming an inverted V-shape. In this way you have to
continue - four alternate nostril breaths, then one breath through both
nostrils.
Count the rounds from 100 back to zero.
100 - inhale left nostril,
exhale right nostril; inhale right nostril, exhale left nostril, 99 - repeat,
98- repeat, 97- repeat, 96- inhale both nostrils, exhale both nostrils, and so
on.
Note: Accuracy in the counting
is absolutely necessary, and if an error is made, the practice must recommence
from 100. It is very important to keep count of the breaths, because without
keeping count, anuloma viloma is
altogether too powerful for many aspirants, swallowing up their awareness in
the unconscious sphere-
The aim of the practice is
to stimulate ajna chakra on the subconscious, psychic level, and for this,
awareness must be maintained. If you sink into the unconscious sphere, you will
only be aware of the vast store of impressions in the unconscious mind, and
will completely lose awareness of the practice. This awareness is essential for
the development of mind control and the awakening of ajna chakra to conscious
accessibility.
This practice can also be
very well integrated into yoga nidra (or body scan).
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