Life + Yoga = Yogantastic

Mudra and Bandha are specific poses of yoga to which can be completed in the firm positions by the aspirant for desired goals. The Gheranda Samhita has described 25 mudras and bandhas that are important to balancing the pranic energy flow in the body. The pranic energy is indispensable fuel to sustain life. The most important among them are  Mula bandha, Jalandhar bandha, uddiyan bandha; mudras-   khichari mudra, manduki mudra, Ashwini mudra, kaki mudra, matangini   mudra, bhujangini mudra, viparitkari mudra and tadagi mudra . All of these mudras are beneficial for good health; considered as the essentials for the advanced mudras that comes in the second group which refine and direct the prana energy in the body in the more precise way. The mudras, which come in the second group are advanced in nature and used for specific objectives or for advance practising of yoga. Advanced group of mudras that comprises of thirteen mudras.  Advanced mudras which...

The three bandhas are Mula bandha, uddiyan bandha and Jalandhar bandha; their purpose is to attain stability and adapted to conserve and make use of the vast reserves of prana energy which generated by the advanced breathing pranayamas and enable to regulate pranic energy flow for advanced yoga technique. Mula bandha and Jalandhar bandh are to perform concurrently during the retention to unite Prana and Apana Vayu, around abdominal or navel area. Applying the uddiyan bandh is only aimed to push up both pranas Vayu (Prana and Apana) into the Sushumna Nadi. Mula bandha : Sit in Padam asana or Siddha asana and breathe easily and when you want to do advanced pranayamas. Mula bandha practice during advanced pranayama exercises as pulling up the Apana Vayu by contracting anal sphincter muscles and then abdominal muscles.  Uddiyan bandha : After exhaling, pull the stomach up and then back towards the spine and keep sitting in the Siddha asana with both bandhas ( Mula ba...