Bandha
Question
Dear Sir,
With God grace and your valuable help(There is no mistake to denote You as a 'Guru' bz you vanished the dark of several mind) I can keep my brahmacharya in every aspects of life , I have doubts regarding Yoga, Please clear it:-
1 When I can increase the number of 'Tribanda' and 'Pranayama'?
2 At the time of doing Tribanda, Jalandar banda and Moolabanda (Kumbaka) can hold with 15 Oms easily but In Uddiyana banda by doing Rechaka I can go around 8 Oms only , How can I improve it?
3 Please describe about the ratio calculation of Pranayama (like 4:6:6)?
4 Some of days after doing Yoga, have a feeling like caught fiver with high body heat in body and tongue , why is this?
5 In the book " Autobiography of a Yogi", Yogis like Sri Pranavananda(Banaras's saint with two bodies) and Sri Ram Gopal Majumdhar (sleepless saint) meditating several hours like 8 and 18 hous, is it possible by an ordinary man ?
again thanking you
Sarvam Khalvidham Brahman
Vijith
Answer
1. It will suffice to perform 3 sets of each of the Bandhas & 3 sets of Tribandha. The duration of Pranayama is to be gradually increased based on ones comfort and ability (refer the post of Pranayama)
2. None of the Bandha-s should involve kumbhaka of more than 3~5 seconds (or 3 OMs). Donot hold longer
3. It is not necessary to employ a ratio in the Pranayama described earlier. The counts in kumbhaka alone matter. Puraka and Rechaka are to be gradual.
4. As the body purifies through Nâdi Shuddhi (purification of energy channels), such symptoms sometimes appear.
5. When the Yogi who was earlier ordinary advances and reaches the stage where his Prarabdha karma necessitates such long hours of meditation, the Lord makes it happen. Such Jiva-s have finished their worldly duties as a result of which the karma to indulge in Samadhi meditation for long hours alone remains before self-realization and final departure.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)