Bhagavad Gita 5.27
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः। प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ॥
sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṃścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau
Translation
Having external contacts excluded, and with gaze fixed between the eyebrows; having made equal the outgoing and ingoing breaths moving within the nostrils;
What it means
Shutting out external contacts, gaze fixed between the brows, equalizing the in- and out-breaths moving through the nostrils: the meditation posture is given concretely. Attention, gaze and breath are the instruments.
Try this today
The chapter turns technical: concrete meditation posture, gaze and breath instruction.
Something to reflect on
When did I last sit with my inputs shut and my breath even - and what happened?
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