WK3 Bandhas & Review WK2 Flashcards
What happens at the intersection of Ida Nadi, Pingala Nadi, and Shushumna Nadi?
At the intersection of Ida Nadi, Pingala Nadi, and Shushumna Nadi - which happened seven places along the length of the spine, we have the chakras.
What does the word Chakra mean?
The word Chakra means WHEEL.
What are Chakra knots?
Chakra knots are GRANTHI’s
Manipura Chakra (Maneepoora) ROUNDABOUT
Location Solar Plexus/Stomach/ Glands: Pancreas, Liver Element: FIRE Sense: Sight Bija Mantra: RAM
Muladhara Chakra
(Moo-lad-hara)
Energy Roundabout
Location: Perineum Glands: Suprarenal/Adrenal Gland Element: Earth Sense: Smell Bija Mantra: LAM
Granthi means?
knot
Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Prad-ip-ika)
What is the meaning of Pradipika?
PRADIPIKA MEANS TO SHINE LIGHT ON
What does YOGA mean?
YOGA MEANS TO JOIN OR UNITE
The clue is in the title: Hatha Yoga Pradipika =
(Pradipika) To shine light on (Yoga) the joining together or the union of (Hatha) the sun & moon/oposites
Google says:
Haṭha yoga is a branch of yoga. The Sanskrit word हठ haṭha literally means “force” and thus alludes to a system of physical techniques. Wikipedia
Who should not be taught Bandhas according to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika?
Hatha Yoga Pradipika SAYS BANDHAS are a much higher practice it quite clearly states in that book that binders are not a practice for beginners and they should not be taught lightly.
What do the Bandas do?
- The Banhas address the subtle body with a physical action.
- Banhas are the Hatha Yoga method fro untying Granthi knots (in Chakras) or energy locks.
What do the Bandas do?
- The Banhas address the subtle body with a physical action.
- Banhas are the Hatha Yoga method for untying Granthi knots (in Chakras) or energy locks.
- THE BANDHAS are a practice that bridges the physical body and subtle body. (Pranayama does too)
Bandha means?
Lock
Which Chakra does MULABANDHA (root lock/perineum) happen at?
MULABANDHA (root lock/perineum) – happens in the Muladhara Chakra (moo-lad-hara)
How do you activate Mulabanda (root lock)?
To activate Mulabanda (root lock):
- FOR MEN: For men, engage the perineum (the space between a nurse and the sexual organs).
- FOR WOMEN: For women is to lift IN and UP through the walls of the vagina. (Katies Rose)
- FOR WOMEN: contracts the muscles at the bottom of the pelvic floor, behind the cervix. (Textbook).
Virasana (Veer ar suh nuh)
Hero’s Pose
bhadrasana
butterfly pose
Vajrasana
thunderbolt pose (where you sit in heros pose BUT ON your HEELS
Marjaryasana/Bitilasana
Cat/Cow
Uddiyanna Bandha
Oodeeyarnna
Uddiyanna means rise up or fly up. SM Text book
It also translates to: Uddiyanna means conquers death. Katie rose talk
UDDIYANNA BANDHA USES THE DIAPHRAGM
The biggest mistake that people make during UddiyannaBandha?
- Biggest mistake that people may during UddiyannaBandha that they think they have to engage the core.
- Your core or abdominal muscles completely relaxed to be able to do UddiyannaBanda. You just can’t do it if the abdominal muscles are engaged.
- The diaphragm is absolutely essential to Uddiyannabandha the middle lock.
- We can only do UddiyannaBandha on an EXHALE RETENTION.
Jalandhara Bandha?
Japland-hara
Jalandhara Bandha is Throat lock
Jal - means NET
Dharan - stream or flow
Maha Bandha
mar-har
in sanskrit means great lock
It is the combination of all three bandhas (locks)
MulaBandha (Vagina/ bottom of pelvic floor behind cervix/perineum/
Uddiyana Bandha (Navel, used Diaphragm)
JalandharaBandha (THROAT)
What are the effects Uddiyana Bandha?
So the effects Uddiyana Bandha much like MulaBandha is to create Prana Vayu (Viyou).
It’s a a lifting up of energy.
