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You might have practiced bandhas or Mulabandha and came across various techniques of contraction, concentration, with and without pranayama.
Is it all about contraction? Is it only about the physical level?
To start with, let's clarify that mulabandha is the practice of redirection. It is not just a contraction or hold at the physical level.
In everyday life, when we make choices out of need not greed, when we moderate instead of indulging in sensory pleasures, these are practical applications of Mulabandha.
It is much easier to learn how to isolate a tissue and contract it versus how to discern making a rightful choice.
Mulabandha (Root Lock) is the grounds upon which we stand and the roots that keep up stable. These grounds have to be contentment with who and where we are. It does not mean to not have passion for growth but implies to have contentment with failures and sadness also.
When passion is rooted in contentment that is mulabandha.
The energy rises like the roaring of a lion and the hissing of a fierce snake, piercing through our weaknesses and transforming them as strengths.
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May we be established in that Mulabandha!
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Most of the people who come for one to one Yoga classes are looking for benefits to the physical and mental body and may not have real craving/appetite to understand the philosophy yet. Why does this matter? When they practice mula-bandha without knowing what it really is, it creates an illusion of doing an advanced practice.
