हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

34 HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ is felt in the body, he should breathe in by the right nostril. 64. After the interior of the body is quickly filled with air, the nose should be closed tightly with the thumb, the-ring finger and the little finger. 65. Having performed Kumbhaka as prescribed, the breath should be exhaled through the left nostril. This removes the [disorders arising from] excess of wind, bile, and phlegm, and increases the [digestive] fire in the body. Bhastrikā Kumbhaka should be thus performed: Press the left nostril with the ring and little fingers and, by the right nostril, inhale and exhale like a pair of bellows. When tired, perform Kumbhaka, inhaling by the right nostril, and exhaling by the left nostril. Then press the right nostril, and inhale and exhale like the bellows through the left nostril, etc. Thus go on alternately till tired. This is one method: The other way of practising it is to close the left nostril, and inhale as much as possible by the right nostril, quickly close that nostril and then exhale gradually through the left nostril. This should be done many times, and when feeling tired one should inhale through the right nostril, perform Kumbhaka, and exhale through the left nostril. Then this should be done for the other nostril. 66. This rouses the Kuṇḍalinī quickly, and is purifying, pleasant and beneficial. It removes the obstructions caused by phlegm, etc. that exist at the mouth of the Suṣumnā. Sūryabhedana and Ujjāyī generate heat, and Sītkārī and Śītalī are cool. Bhastrikā preserves an equable temperature. Sūryabhedana primarily controls excess of wind, Ujjāyī phlegm, Sītkārī and Śītalī bile, and Bhastrikā, all three.