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Verse 1.379

कुम्भयेत्सहजं वायुं यथाशक्ति प्रकल्पयेत्। रेचयेच्चन्द्रमार्गेण सूर्येणापूरयेत्सुधीः

One should restrain the natural breath according to one's capacity, exhale through the lunar channel, and the wise one should fill [the vessel] through the solar channel. This verse outlines a specific sequence of breath regulation that…

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