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PRANAYAMA 79Pranayamas in the morning and 10 in the evening. Graduallyincrease the number to 20 in each sitting. Gradually increasethe period of Kumbhaka also. Have a Bhavana (mental attitude)that all the Daivi Sampat as mercy, love, forgiveness,Santi, joy, etc., are entering your system along with the inspiredair and all the Asuri Sampat such as lust, anger, greed, etc., arebeing thrown out along with the exhaled air. Repeat OM orGayatri mentally during Puraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka.Hard-working Sadhakas can do 320 Kumbhakas in four sittingsat the rate of 80 in each sifting. This Pranayama exercise removesall diseases, purifies the Nadis, steadies the mind inconcentration, improves digestion, increases the digestivepower, helps in maintaining Brahmacharya and enables one toattain Kevala Kumbhaka in due course of practice.10. Kevala KumbhakaqrilrydtfrwrsQifr Tgrl' I It-s 1tttlil external, siqfr( internal, ftq+ position, efitfr beyond,q(el: ^ fourth.The fourth (Pranayama exercise) is going beyond the internaland external positions.NOTESln the previous Sutras, three kinds of Pranayama exercisesare given, viz., internal, external and the period of suspension.!n this Sutra the highest stage of Pranayama, i.e.,going beyond internal (Puraka) and external (Rechaka), isgiven.This exercise is Kevala Kumbhaka wherein is neitherPuraka nor Rechaka. There is Kumbhaka only. This is for advancedYogins. Kumbhaka is of two kinds, viz., Sahita andKevala. Thatwhich is coupled with inhalation and exhalation istermed Sahita Kumbhaka, which is described in SukhaPurvaka. That which is devoid of Puraka and Rechaka isKevala Kumbhaka. When you get mastery in Sahita, it is said:'When after giving up of inhalation and exhalation, one holdshis breath with edse, it is Kevala (absolute) Kumbhaka." He at-