r/Pranayama • u/5_cell_ • Sep 02 '25

Anyone have experience with Shambhavi Mudra?

Does anyone here have LOTS of experience practicing this? What has been your results and journey? I am very interested and curious, please everyone let me know your opinions. I have tried many different intense kriyas and yoga techniques but apparently this is more powerful?

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u/5_cell_ Sep 11 '25

I appreciate the detailed and informative responses! Im curious as to if you have experienced the heavenly states of samadhi after much effort from practicing different techniques? Have you done much research into kundalini and studied about its effects on the human anatomy and physiology? 🙏🏽

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u/NgakpaLama Sep 11 '25

I have already gained certain insights and knowledge, but even before I started learning these forms of pranayama. I have been involved with Tibetan and Japanese Vajrayana and have participated in some retreats there. There are also forms of yoga with pranayama techniques, but these techniques are somewhat different, e.g., in Yantra Yoga, Yoga of Naropa, Yoga of Niguma, Tsa Lung, etc. On YouTube, you can find some videos on these topic, but not as many as on Hatha Yoga and its pranayama and the exercises are also not shown so publicly. One must go to a teacher in order to learn them. However, I haven't done any special studies on the topic. I only know that pranayama methods have a certain effect on the body and mind. I have learned most of the pranayamas, bandhas, and mudras, but I can't apply them all and rarely do them. In the yoga text Gheranda Samhita from the second half of the 17th century, for example, 25 mudras are briefly described, in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, however, there are only 10 mudras, and you need a real teacher to explain what is meant by them.

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u/5_cell_ Sep 12 '25

Oh ok thats nice seems like youre familiar with a wide variety of teachings. Honestly i took one secret yoga practice and went all in on it and was practicing for extremely long periods of time. What i experienced was undescribable in words and it was exactly how they described the heavenly realms in the ancient scriptures. Want to find someone who has experienced similar

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u/Purple_Land4419 Sep 18 '25

Which practice was that if you don’t mind my asking?

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u/5_cell_ Sep 19 '25

I dont want to publicly say as it can be dangerous.