Wishing to improve and know themselves, the possibilities of their own body and spirit, people often turn to yoga. Allowing to strengthen health, restore strength and learn to manage their own resources, yoga contains many techniques, complexes and methods that practitioners have to master. Maha Bandha is a component technique in Hatha Yoga and a key exercise from the four Bandhas necessary for influencing and improving the physical body.
What is it?
Maha Bandha is a symbol of the great lock, respectively being one of the four preceding locks. This bandha includes the performance of all locks at once in the form of an independent practice, an element of pranayama (breathing complex) or mudra (special gestures and positions).
Benefits
The main goal is to unite prana (the energy of Cosmos and life) and apana (the energy of excretory processes) in the Manipura chakra (sacral solar plexus). This technique of the great lock leads to the merging of these two energies.
In addition, the exercise has a number of positive characteristics:
- massage of internal organs;
- prevention of stagnation in the circulatory system;
- stimulation of the correct functioning of the nervous system;
- relieves impotence and infertility;
- positively affects the menstrual cycle;
- preservation of energy in some parts of the subtle body;
- has a positive effect on the secretion of the neurogenic group of endocrine glands;
- comprehensively corrects the work of the entire endocrine system;
- slows down the aging process;
- develops concentration of mind.
Contraindications
People with health deviations should refrain from classes:
- low or high blood pressure;
- the presence of ulcerative diseases in the gastrointestinal tract;
- severe diseases of internal organs;
- heart diseases;
- undergoing rehabilitation after severe injuries or illnesses;
- hernias.
Technique
The practice can be performed using asanas:
- Siddhasana;
- Half Lotus.
For practice, you should choose the most comfortable posture for the body. A position in which muscles do not pull, there is no difficulty with inhalations and exhalations.
- Take a sitting position on the floor.
- Take a slow deep breath and exhale.
- Perform all bandhas in the following order: Jalandhara , Uddiyana and Mula .
- Hold your breath.
- With breath held, release the bandhas in reverse order: Mula, Uddiyana and Jalandhara.
- Inhale.
- Restore breathing.
The fourth stage of the technique - breath holding should be carried out with caution and take as long as the body is comfortable without oxygen. You need to focus on your own capabilities.It is recommended to perform no more than 9 cycles of Maha Bandha per session, gradually increasing the number of repetitions. Practice should be constant - daily or several times a week. Mastering this technique makes it possible to improve health and develop vitality and energy. Consistent exercise gives a feeling of flexibility, clarity and freedom of thought. The practice is a completely energetic process, allowing you to change the direction of energy in the body, to know and feel the world deeper and more consciously.
