Care For Lower Back Pain

DISCLAIMER: This technique is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical diagnosis or treatment. Individuals with any type of medical condition, the elderly, children below 14, women who are pregnant or suspect they may be pregnant are advised to seek professional medical advice before practicing this technique. Viewers who are not on two-way video conferencing are cautioned that they are practicing these techniques at their own risk.

Steps to be followed:

  1. DURVAASA ASANA
  2. NAADEE SHUDDHI
  3. NAAGA KUMBHAKA
  4. PRAKRITHI KUMBHAKA
  5. KRITTI SHRESHTA KUMBHAKA

1. DURVAASA ASANA

YOGAASANA MAALAA SACHITRA, VERSE 87

 

TECHNIQUE

  1. Sit on the floor
  2. Bend your right knee and place the right leg on the left side hip
  3. Bend the left knee and place the left foot on the above the right thigh so that the left foot is placed near the right side hip
  4. Touch the right hand finger tips with the middle joints of left fingers
  5. Place the hands above the genitals
  6. Fix the gaze at the eye brow center
  7. Remain in this position for 30 seconds

IN DURVAASASANA, NEXT-

2. NAADEE SHUDDHI

KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSES 114 & 115

  1. Inhale through the left nostril. contemplating on mantra ‘sam’
  2. Hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
  3. Exhale through the right nostril. contemplating on mantra ‘ham’
  4. Again inhale through the right nostril,contemplating on mantra ‘sam’
  5. Exhale through the left nostril. contemplating on mantra ‘ham’
  6. Practice this for twenty kumbhaks for four times a day

IN DURVAASASANA, NEXT-

3. NAAGA KUMBHAKA

KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSES 77 & 78

  1. Swallow the air little by little through the mouth, like eating rice morsel by morsel
  2. Once you are full, immediately contract the throat, place the chin on the chest
  3. Hold the breath in this posture as long as possible
  4. Then release the lock,exhale slowly from the throat
  5. Do this 21 times

IN DURVAASASANA, NEXT-

4. PRAKRITHI KUMBHAKA

KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSE 70

  1. As you chant the bija mantra “VA” loudly, suck in the air quickly
  2. Hold as long as you can
  3. When you can’t hold anymore, exhale as slowly as possible
  4. Do this 21 times

IN DURVAASASANA, NEXT-

5. KRITTI SHRESHTA KUMBHAKA

KUMBHAKA PADDHATI, VERSE 69

  1. Inhale air through both the nostrils forcibly and hold
  2. As you are holding push up the air up the throat, palate, eye brow center, and top of the head one by one and retain the air at top of the head
  3. When you can’t hold anymore then slowly relax
  4. Do this 21 times

END OF KRIYA