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The Khechari Mudra as said in Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
The principle of Khechari was adopted by the Yogis from snakes going in
hibernation for long periods of time. They improved upon it and came up with
khechari. Such is my personal belief.
Please read Hatha Yoga Pradipika chapter 3.
Verse 32: Kechari Mudra is done by inserting the tongue into the hole in the
soft palate at the roof of the mouth, by turning it backward.
33. In order to be successful, the tongue must lengthened into a Lambika (such
as the long tongue of Goddess Kali). Sometimes cutting the frenulum (a mucous
membrane extending from the floor of the mouth to the midline of the underside
of the tongue) is necessary. Else, pull or move your tongue around constantly.
When it gets long enough, to reach the point between the eyebrows, then Kechari
becomes possible.
36. The frenulum is cut 1/2 millimeter each day and the wound is sealed. In 6
months, the tongue becomes free & quite long. (Note: Dont eat food or drink that
are too hot like chilli or too sour. This will make the tongue thicker and
interfere with Khechari.)
38. A Yogi adept in Khechari, who turns his tongue upward in his seat (usually
Siddhasana), is impervious to poisons, disease, ageing and death.
39. He overcomes disease, death, sleep, laziness, hunger, thirst, and fainting.
43. NECTAR: If a Yogi can drink the Juice of Soma (Moon) by meditating in
Khechari mudra, surely he subdues Death within 15 days!
44. The Khechari Mudra expert cannot be killed even if bitten by the most poison
ous
snake; because his body is imbued with nectar.
45. Death cannot enter a body which is full of Nectar secreted from Soma (The
triangular Moon mandala inside Sahasrara, the 1000 petalled Lotus)
48. The Juice of Immortality is secreted by the moon.
49. Taste the nectar with the tip of the tongue. The Ambrosia may be salty,
bitter, sour, milky, or, like ghee(clarified butter) or, honey. Be free from
disease, old age, be thou immortal and pull astral beings by the magnetic force.

50. The nectar falls from the Moon in the brain to the 8 petalled lotus near the
heart. He who catches it by balancing Prana and doing Khechari and meditates on
the source of all Power (Kundalini or Mahashakti or Almighty or whatever you
call it!) becomes free from all physical ailments and lives a very long life.
Note: If you try it unguided (without the help of an experienced yogi) and block
the internal nares and stop the oxygen flow, you may be unconscious or even
suffer terminal damage. Please be patient, this is not a magic pill, it may take
years to accomplish. A surgeon might assist you in getting the frenulum of
tongue cut. But even then you must practice everyday by turning the tongue back,
pushing the top palate, etc. Yogi Gorakhnath said that yoga without knowledge
and knowledge without yoga are both useless... like a bird with a single wing.
It cannot fly like that. So, you must combine spiritual wisdom, meditation on
one higher power with your physical yoga in order to make it a success.
Otherwise, you will only gain a blackout state like a long deep sleep out of
Khechari Mudra. Yoga, after all, is not a gymnastic exercise, its
practical spirituality. Good luck.
posted by:
Amitabha Chatterjee
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