Hold
- Keep your body steady without adding tension.
- If a pause arises, let it end without prolonging it.
Steps
Exit
- Allow breathing to resume without prolonging the pause.
- Breathing
- Spontaneous suspension, independent of prescribed cycles of inhalation and exhalation.
- Gaze
- Eyes closed in a seated meditation posture.
- Duration
- No preset duration or count.
Adapt
Adaptations
- Raised seatSit on a cushion or a folded blanket.
- ChairUse a straight-backed chair; keep your spine upright.
- WallRest your back against a wall with your legs extended.
Variations
- In siddhāsana: a classical seat associated with kevala.
- Kevalī with ajapā and prescribed breath holds: a distinct formulation.
Signals of effort
- Suspension of respiratory airflow.
- Upright sitting maintained during meditation.