Kumbhaka ordinarily means "breath retention". However, one must remember that yoga is not mere physical exercise. It is a metaphysical action that restores to the yogi the state of one - ness. Shiva is the masculine or active force. Shakti the feminine or passive force. In the context of breath, Shiva is inhalation, the positively charged breath that energises and Shakti is exhalation, the negatively charged breath that relaxes. The middle, the space where the inhalation and exhalation meet is kumbhaka, the union of Shiva and Shakti. When the yogi consciously raises the inhalation to the third eye with the mystical mantra of Shiva-Shakti, holds it in that space and releases it, he is a Raja Yogi. This is the essence of Raja Yoga.
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