Yoga Bandha (Lock)
Bandha is special characteristic of Hatha Yoga. The various type of bandha have been describe in yoga texts. However none of them defines the term “Bandha” as such. Bandha may be defined as a particular action involving pressure or strain on the muscle. Each bandha is a lock, meaning a closing off of part of the interior body. These bandha are used in various Pranayama and Yoga Asana cleanse and energize the interior body and organs. The three types of Bandha Moola bandha (root-lock), Uddiyan Bandha (diaphragm),and Jalandhar Bandha (Chin Lock) have been described in many of the ancient texts with the helps of these description an attempts may be made to defines the Bandha.
Bandha have been described in Hathapradeepika in the chapter relating to Yoga Mudra.
3. Jalandhar Bandha (Chin Lock)
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