How To Use Bhandas In Kundalini Yoga Video

Bhandas are yoga techniques that add to the awakening of energy. Learn how to use Bhandas in this Kundalini energy video.

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. Bandhas are energy locks or energy seals that we reverse the flow of energy. They are not only used in Kundalini yoga, but they are also used in many other styles of yoga. The root lock, Mula Bandha, is located right at the base of the spine, and to activate Mula bandha you squeeze the anal sphincter and lift up in the area around the sexual organs. That forces the energy up. Jalandhara Bandha or the chin lock, you pull the chin back, the whole head back so that sits in that little nudge in the throat, sealing off the upward energy and moving that energy down. In Uddiyana Bandha, that is the belly lock. You draw your belly button into your spine, so navel to spine. It is usually done on the exhalation, so all the air comes out, draw the belly button into the spine to get the extra energy out and then withhold breath. So there are three common bandhas in Kundalini: Mula Bandha, where you squeeze the anal sphincter and the area around the sexual organs, Jalandhara Bandha where you pull the chin back, the chin lock, and Uddiyana Bandha, drawing the navel into the spine.

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