Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Sat Nam Everyone, I Hope everyone is living a happy healthy life. There is something that always confused me when performing, and i thought who else can help with this question other than our amazing KY group. My question is in relation to Jalandarrah Bandh (I think i mispelled) or Chin Lock. In most of the material and instruction sets available for KY we are told that in Chin lock the chin should rest on the chest or in the notch of the chest. I personally have a long neck and i cannot see my chin touching my chest in any way unless i tilt my whole head downwards towards the floor and even when doing so, like when doing shoulder stance, my chin still doesn't fit in the notch between my chest and neck. Am i just not flexible enough in that area or am i doing the chin lock incorrectly or these instructions geared towards a perfect application or am i doing something wrong here? All thoughts on the matter are appretiated. Sat Nam Sahib Singh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Sat Nam Sahib Singh, The main Objective of the Jalandara Bandh is to open/allow the flow of energy trough the Sushumna channel. The sushumna channel flows along the spine and when the spine is bent more than normal, then the flow of energy is disrupted. In Jalandara Bandh, one aligns the spine in the cervical area by moving the chin a bit backwards (not downwards and not too much to the back), and keeping the eye sight towards the horizont (not up or down). It is similar to holding a book on top of your head with the chin a bit in... You can also imagine that there is a light coming through your spine, from the bottom to the top, and that your spine is the channel that shall allow the light to go trough. It is important to note that, at the end, the neck has to be in a confortable position, otherwise there is something wrong. Blessings, Haripal (Paraguay) --- Al <alladinito wrote: > Sat Nam Everyone, > > I Hope everyone is living a happy healthy life. > There is something that always confused me when > performing, and i thought who else can help with > this question other than our amazing KY group. > > My question is in relation to Jalandarrah Bandh (I > think i mispelled) or Chin Lock. In most of the > material and instruction sets available for KY we > are told that in Chin lock the chin should rest on > the chest or in the notch of the chest. I personally > have a long neck and i cannot see my chin touching > my chest in any way unless i tilt my whole head > downwards towards the floor and even when doing so, > like when doing shoulder stance, my chin still > doesn't fit in the notch between my chest and neck. > Am i just not flexible enough in that area or am i > doing the chin lock incorrectly or these > instructions geared towards a perfect application or > am i doing something wrong here? > > All thoughts on the matter are appretiated. > > Sat Nam > Sahib Singh > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 You failed to mention the other main function of the Jalandara Bandh--stopping the abrosia fluid from dripping down into the fires of the Manipura Chakra. Also, forcing PRANA and APANA to meet and join at the Anahata Chakra. Let your SoulShine.... Donegal --- Christian Morel <cae_morel wrote: > Sat Nam Sahib Singh, > > The main Objective of the Jalandara Bandh is to > open/allow the flow of energy trough the Sushumna > channel. The sushumna channel flows along the spine > and when the spine is bent more than normal, then > the > flow of energy is disrupted. > > In Jalandara Bandh, one aligns the spine in the > cervical area by moving the chin a bit backwards > (not > downwards and not too much to the back), and keeping > the eye sight towards the horizont (not up or down). > It is similar to holding a book on top of your head > with the chin a bit in... > > You can also imagine that there is a light coming > through your spine, from the bottom to the top, and > that your spine is the channel that shall allow the > light to go trough. > > It is important to note that, at the end, the neck > has > to be in a confortable position, otherwise there is > something wrong. > > Blessings, > Haripal > (Paraguay) > > > > > --- Al <alladinito wrote: > > > Sat Nam Everyone, > > > > I Hope everyone is living a happy healthy life. > > There is something that always confused me when > > performing, and i thought who else can help with > > this question other than our amazing KY group. > > > > My question is in relation to Jalandarrah Bandh (I > > think i mispelled) or Chin Lock. In most of the > > material and instruction sets available for KY we > > are told that in Chin lock the chin should rest on > > the chest or in the notch of the chest. I > personally > > have a long neck and i cannot see my chin touching > > my chest in any way unless i tilt my whole head > > downwards towards the floor and even when doing > so, > > like when doing shoulder stance, my chin still > > doesn't fit in the notch between my chest and > neck. > > Am i just not flexible enough in that area or am i > > doing the chin lock incorrectly or these > > instructions geared towards a perfect application > or > > am i doing something wrong here? > > > > All thoughts on the matter are appretiated. > > > > Sat Nam > > Sahib Singh > > > > > > > > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam > protection around > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Sat Nam Sahib Singh, When practicing remember that it is "chin in and chest out". You elongate the back of the neck. The head will remain level. The idea is to allow flow of energy through proper alignment of the vertebra of the neck and upper back. This Bhanda is practiced in all postures, to varying degrees, so long as it doesn't obstruct the flow of the breath. "Neck Lock creates the structural environment to train the head to surrender to the heart. All of this is working in the direction of divine alignment..........You create a clear pathway and your heart will do the work". --- from "Divine Alignment" by Guru Prem Singh, Licensed Physical Therapist ( go/start.cgi/store/shop.html?showprod=P15001 ) Sat Naaaaaaaam, Dharam Millis, MA Kundaliniyoga, Al <alladinito> wrote: > > Sat Nam Everyone, > > I Hope everyone is living a happy healthy life. There is something that always confused me when performing, and i thought who else can help with this question other than our amazing KY group. > > My question is in relation to Jalandarrah Bandh (I think i mispelled) or Chin Lock. In most of the material and instruction sets available for KY we are told that in Chin lock the chin should rest on the chest or in the notch of the chest. I personally have a long neck and i cannot see my chin touching my chest in any way unless i tilt my whole head downwards towards the floor and even when doing so, like when doing shoulder stance, my chin still doesn't fit in the notch between my chest and neck. Am i just not flexible enough in that area or am i doing the chin lock incorrectly or these instructions geared towards a perfect application or am i doing something wrong here? > > All thoughts on the matter are appretiated. > > Sat Nam > Sahib Singh > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Hello there Everyone, Thanks to Haripal and soulshine for your help on the matter. It's always good to be sure that what i'm doing is not too way off since I do not have the luxury of a KY class in my area. I kinda have to learn and figure out all the kriyas on my own, so any mistakes in performing them might go undetected. Can you elaborate on the abrosia fluid some more? Why do we need to prevent it from dripping down into the manipura chakra? What would happen if we don't? One thing Haripal brought my attention to is the comfort of the neck. That is because i recently started performing Sirshasana (the head stand). Now i know that this is not one of the main stream asanas in KY but i thought that yous might have experience with it anyway. i've started to notice that there's a slight pain in my neck, or upper back. Right at the point where the neck connects to the spinal coloumn there's a feeling of a slight pain when i touch or rub. Almost similar to an inflaimation. I was wondering if that might have been because of my office/computer use, but also am thinking it might be related to my head stands as well. Is this an initial adaptaion stage or am i performing the head stand in a wrong manner? Thank you all for your contributions and energy towards this ML. Keep it up. Sat Nam, Sahib Singh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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