We Must Be Educated on Pranayama

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I looked around the net for a good site to explain the

locks. One of these sites does a fair job. I am sure

there are better sites but could not find any. Here is

my explanation:

 

Root lock: pull the anal sphincter tight, pull that

up and squeeze it up towards the sex organ. It is

like holding back a bowel movement if one has to go to

the toilet.

 

Diaphragm lock: pull the naval in towards the spine

and up towards the diaphragm.It is almost as if a

vacuum cleaner is pulling the diaphragm up into the

rib cage. This should be relaxed and not forced.

 

Neck lock: pull the chin straight back towards the

spine. The chin does not go down to the chest but

straight back so it resides in the notch in the top of

chest. It is as if a soldier would hold his neck at

attention.

 

Maha bandh: (great lock)thes combines all three locks

at one time. This draws the energy up the spine so

that the kundalini has to raise. If you is in a

sitting posture then the spine should be straight.

Sometimes the locks are used during an exercise and

the spine should be as straight as possible

considering the exercise. Kundalini means "the coil

of the hair of the beloved" That is why the yogis and

rishis coiled their hair on the top of their head to

form a sort of electromagnet.It helps channel the

energy through the top of the head at the 10th

gate(where the baby has a soft spot). (We have nine

holes in our body. The 10th hole at the top of the

head closes when we are young.) The kundalini resides

at the base of the spine. When breathing the breath

should be balandced with the pingala (right

channel(nostril)) and the ida ((left

channel)nostril)The ida and pingala meet the kundalini

at the 4th vertebrae. This is because the root lock

forces the energy up to this area. When they meet, it

creates a heat.

the energy raises through the chakras because the

locks force the energy up the spine. (In Gopi

Krishnas case the energy got diverted because he did

not have the technology to pull the energy up through

all the chakras.) Depending on the circumstances, the

energy should usually go out the body through the 3rd

eye or the 10th gate.

 

It is similiar to what an oil derrick does. Sometimes

they have to put water into the ground (in yoga, we

put the prana into our lungs) Since oil (ojas)is

lighter than water, the oil is forced up through the

derrick(chakras)

 

GB Khalsa