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Inner Enrichment through Kumbhaka Pranayama. A Message from Heart

Systole is when the heart contracts and pumps blood out. Diastole is when the heart relaxes and expands, allowing it to fill with blood. Contraction and expansion are part of life. The systolic function of the heart teaches us to let go. Unless we learn to let go, the diastolic function — the receiving — cannot happen. Children are resilient because they let go easily; adults suffer because they hold on. If we desire only expansion in life without sacrifice, it is not possible. Unless water is drawn from a well, fresh water will not flow in. Unless we exhale, we cannot inhale. Unless we clear away what is unwanted in life, there is no freshness and life becomes a burden. Unless we learn the art of letting go, even death becomes a painful experience. Life teaches us rhythm — giving and receiving, holding and releasing, contraction and expansion. When we resist this rhythm, we suffer. When we align with it, we experience freedom and kumbhaka dawns. There are no such thing as continuous inhalation and endless expansion. Even though we inhale fresh prāṇa, we must pause and empty what is no longer needed. In yogic terminology: • Inhalation is called Pūraka • Exhalation is called Rechaka We cannot say whether systole or diastole is more important. Similarly, we cannot say whether pūraka or rechaka is more important. Kumbhaka means outpouring of joy. Kumbhaka is not merely retention of breath. It is a state of inner fullness — inner abundance. One who is abundant within alone can truly contribute. One who is dry within leads a dry life and cannot give or share. The secret of good health is learning to enjoy giving out. Those who give more than they expect to receive undoubtedly experience abundance in life. This is the secret whispered by those who know the truth of happiness. Bhagavān speaks of this in the Bhagavad Gītā (4.29): अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे | प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणा: || 29|| apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ “Offering the outgoing breath into the incoming breath, offering the incoming breath into the outgoing breath. Some, fully absorbed in prāṇāyāma, regulate and restrain the movements of prāṇa and apāna.”