Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

The fainting breath attitude
This practice requires a steady and firm asana - siddhasana is the best. Hold the spine
and head upright and relax the whole body. Perform khechari mudra. Inhale through the
nostrils with ujjayi pranayama while simultaneously bending the head backward and
assuming shambhavi mudra. The inhalation should be slow and deep. At the end of
inhalation, your head should lean backward, but not completely. The position of the head
is as shown in the diagram. Retain the breath inside for as long as is comfortable,
maintaining shambhavi mudra, but keeping the attention at bindu. Keep the arms straight
by locking the elbows and pressing the knees with the hands. Fix your whole awareness
on bindu. Then bend the arms and slowly exhale with ujjayi pranayama as you bend the
head forward. Slowly lower and close the eyes. At the end of exhalation your head should
face forward and the eyes should be completely closed. Relax the whole body for a short
time, keeping the eyes closed. Release khechari mudra and breathe normally. Become
aware of the lightness and calmness pervading the whole mind. This is one round. After
some time, commence the second round. Practice 10 or more rounds, or until a fainting
sensation is experienced. Perform each round for as long as possible, but without strain.
Note: Not for sufferers of high blood pressure, vertigo, high intracranial pressure or
brain hemorrhage.
* You should practise until a state of semi-fainting is induced. If you go beyond this
sensation you may become unconscious.
* This practice is very powerful in inducing pratyahara and rendering the mind free
from thoughts, especially when kumbhaka is prolonged.
Practice 2: Vajroli mudra with awareness of bindu
Sit in siddhasana or siddha yoni asana. Close the eyes and relax. Try to draw the
sexual organs upward by pulling and tensing the lower abdomen and contracting the
urinary system. This contraction is similar to that which is made when the urge to urinate
is controlled. Contract for 10 seconds, release for 10 seconds, and continue this
alternately.
Each time you attain full contraction of the urinary and reproductive systems, bring
your awareness to swadhisthana chakra in the spinai column, at the level of the coccyx.
Repeat,'swadhisthana, swadhisthana, swadhisthana', mentally. Then draw your awareness
up through sushumna passage to bindu visarga, uniting the sexual and reproductive
energy with its source in bindu. Mentally repeat, "bindu, bindu, bindu". Then return to
swadhisthana and release vajroli mudra. This is one round. Continue this alternately for
several minutes, practising up to 25 rounds.
Note: This practice should be performed immediately after moorchha pranayarna, as
both these practices awaken the awareness of bindu.