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It tones, cleanses and massages the internal digestive organs- leading to healthier digestion.
In yoga, engaging this bandha increases the power of the core. Thus, it becomes easier to hold
many postures such as balancing postures like Ardha chandrasana- balancing half-moon and
arm balances like bakasana- crow pose.
editUddiyana and other bandhas
When engaging uddiyana bandha it is often engaged with mula bandha, the root lock. You will
notice that the drawing up of the pelvic floor (mula bandha) naturally leads to the drawing in
and up of the abdomen. This is the way these two locks work together and leads to power,
strength and focus in many yoga postures.
It is also common to engage Jalandhara bandha when engaging Uddiyana.
Note: Pranayama practices are powerful, and can cause dizziness and a sense of a shortbreath.
It is important to ease new students slowly into practicing breathing exercises. With
practice, side effects such as dizziness subside. If a student has any health problems
(especially high blood pressure), they should check with their medical doctor before practicing
this intense breathwork in yoga.
Do NOT practice uddiyana bandha if you are pregnant.
− � Jalandhara Bandha: Vishuddha Chakra (Rudra Loka)
Jalandhara bandha or "chin lock" consists in pressing the chin close to the chest and
dropping the head to help in maintaining immobility of muscle and air movements. Jalandhara
Bandha contains the upward-flowing movement of the prana – balancing the action of mula
bandha to contain the apana. It is also said to seal off the downward movement of ‘nectar’
(often thought to be the hormonal secretions of the pineal gland which regulate the process of
maturing and aging) from the sahasrara or crown of the head, thus preserving youth and
vitality.
Benefits: Jalandhara bandha tonifies the throat chakra, neck, shoulder, and arm regions.
Jalandhara bandha is a great aid in pranayama which in turn is a great boost to pratyhara and
meditation practice. Jalandhara Bandha regulates the circulatory and respiratory systems,
stimulates the thyroid to balance metabolism, and is said to cure all diseases of the throat.
Jalandhara Bandha is contraindicated in high blood pressure and heart disease.
Once understood, the bandhas can be consciously engaged and practiced; but they arise
naturally with the breath when the body is properly aligned. Thus I’d like to approach them
first, not as something to ‘do,’ but as an experience of the breath to be explored and, once
experienced, their action can be enhanced by conscious participation.
Purify Your Chakras; The Practice of Bhuta Shuddhi
The Practice of Bhuta Shuddhi
By Swami Rama
According to ancient tantric texts such as the Rudra Yamala and the Bhuta Shuddhi Tantra,
your body is a living shrine—and a meditation practice called bhuta shuddhi is one of the best
ways to render that shrine wholesome and pure. The practice is so potent that the sages forbid
students who are not familiar with the broad range of yoga practices from undertaking it.
Bhuta shuddhi, they declare, is fruitful to those who combine asana, pranayama, and mantra
japa, but fruitless for those who isolate those practices. It’s also a prerequisite for seekers who
hope to learn the more advanced practices of the yogic and tantric traditions.