Sunday, December 26, 2010

Hatha Yoga Pradeepika Ch-2, Po-13

Sûrya Bhedana

Taking any comfortable posture and performing the âsana, the Yogî should draw in the air slowly, through the right nostril. 48

Then it should be confined within, so that it fills from the nails to the tips of the hair, and then let out through the left nostril slowly. 49

Note.—This is to be done alternately with both the nostrils, drawing in through the one, expelling through the other, and vice versa.

This excellent Sûrya Bhedana cleanses the forehead (frontal sinuses), destroys the disorders of Vâta, and removes the worms, and, therefore, it should be performed again and again. 50