Bandha (yoga)

Mode of action of bandhas and mudras, serving to trap energy-fluids (breath, prana, bindu, amrita) and thus help to unblock the central sushumna channel.

A bandha (Sanskrit: बंध) is a kriyā in Hatha Yoga, being a kind of internal mudra described as a "body lock,"[1][2] to lock the vital energy into the body. Bandha literally means bond, fetter, or "catching hold of".[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Mallinson, James; Singleton, Mark (2017). Roots of Yoga. Penguin Books. pp. 230–231, 237–242. ISBN 978-0-241-25304-5. OCLC 928480104.
  2. ^ Sanskrit text and English translation of the Pancham Sinh edition at sacred-texts.com (archive.org) pp. 95-127
  3. ^ Iyengar, 1976: pp.435–437
  4. ^ Iyengar, 1976: p.525
  5. ^ Monier-Williams 1964, p. 720.