more on mulabandha (the jive-ass lock?)

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The suggestions David gives for locating

mulabandha are basically those given in Swami Buddhananda's

book _Moola Bandha: The Master Key_. That is:

<br><br>"Male: In the sitting or lying position place the figer

against the point approximately midway between the anus

and scrotum. Inhale and with the awareness

concentrated slowly attempt to contract the perineal body. if

you can feel that the point at which your finger

rests has lifted upwards into the body then you have

succeeded in contracting the perineal body. If this takes

place without movement of the anus or penis [cocteau

wonders: i.e. without urdhvakukkutasana occuring? :-)],

then be assured that you have also successfully

isolated the perineal body.<br><br>Female: In the sitting

or lying position, insert the finger into the vagina

as far as you can. Inhale and with the awareness

concentrated slowly attempt to contract the muscles around

your finger. If you can distinctly feel the muscles of

the upper vagina contract, then you have succeeded in

contracting the area around the cervix. If you achive this

contraction without movement of the anus or the urinary

opening, then you have also successfully isolated the

mooladhara trigger point."