throat lock

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Hello to all,

 

...I have always applied the neck lock by pulling the

chin back toward the neck, I recently read to apply

the neck lock by tucking the chin in toward the chest,

and bending the neck somewhat forward. What is the

correct way to apply the neck lock?

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sat Naam

 

I have been in San Francisco for a couple of weeks. It's so nice to log back

onto the list and see so many fabulous posts! Wahe Guru!

 

I have also been taught two versions of Jalandhara Bandha, the throat or

chin lock. They are exactly as you describe:

 

One is where you just slightly pull the chin back, to align the

neck/cervical spine with the rest of the spinal column.

 

The other is where you extend the chin forward and then tuck it down. Sort

of like craning your head over a railing or bar and looking down.

 

The first one is the one we usually apply in Kundalini yoga and especially

meditation to ensure a straight spine so that the energy can rise smoothly

all the way to the crown of the head, which is facing straight up. One

reason we wear turbans/head coverings is so too much prana/upward flowing

energy does not fly out the top of the head.

 

Now the second one is applied for this same reason only more so -- to keep

the energy inside the body, to lock it in. It is applied during certain

practices of pranayama, especially during puraka kumbhaka, which is the

retention of the breath after an inhalation. The spinal alignment is

interrupted, the crown is tilted forward, to prevent the energy from flying

out, and so you can recirculate it downwards. Also there are several

variations of Mahabandha where you apply all the locks of the body in an

asana, where this variation of Jalandhara is prefered to lock in the energy.

 

The point of Mahabandha and this version is to keep the energy locked into

certain points in the Sushumna/spinal column. The first one is done when you

are moving the energy upwards and do not want to block the Kundalini rising.

 

Om so ham,

 

Ranjit Kaur

 

 

>linda kirby <assortedbeings

>

>Hello to all,

>

>..I have always applied the neck lock by pulling the

>chin back toward the neck, I recently read to apply

>the neck lock by tucking the chin in toward the chest,

>and bending the neck somewhat forward. What is the

>correct way to apply the neck lock?

>

>Thank you.

 

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