{"id":9710,"date":"2026-11-10T20:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogamatsya.com\/?p=9710"},"modified":"2026-11-11T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T21:31:08","slug":"mula-bandha-three-bandhas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogamatsya.com\/en\/mula-bandha-three-bandhas\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u016bla Bandha and the Three Bandhas in Kundalini Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE BANDHAS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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When ku\u1e47\u1e0dalin\u012b sleeps, she is awakened by the grace of the guru. Then all cakras and granthis (Brahm\u0101granthi, Vi\u1e63\u1e47ugranthi, Rudragranthi) are pierced, and pr\u0101\u1e47a flows through the royal road of the su\u1e63umn\u0101. The mind is freed from its work, and the yog\u012b conquers death.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ha\u1e6dha-yoga-prad\u012bpik\u0101 (3:2\u20133)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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What are bandhas?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bandhas<\/strong> (lock, that which binds) are mudr\u0101s<\/em> in the sense that they are inner gestures that reverse the outward flow of consciousness inward and thereby bind the power. Bandhas are of great importance in Kundalini Yoga. Kundalini Yoga is the form of yoga in which the inner heat lets the power of consciousness rise through the centre. Neither the process of inner rising nor that of generating the heat would be possible without bandha<\/em>. So if Ku\u1e47\u1e0dalin\u012b is the key to the divine, then bandha<\/em> is the key to Ku\u1e47\u1e0dalin\u012b.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mudr\u0101s<\/em> awaken specific qualities of power, which are then sealed (mudr\u0101<\/em>) within the Self through the reversal of the outward flow. The bandhas<\/em>, on the other hand, focus more on the overall evolution of the practitioner\u2019s consciousness. The goal is overcoming the granthis<\/em> and awakening Ku\u1e47\u1e0dalin\u012b.<\/p>\n

In breathing practice you meet the bandhas everywhere: m\u016blabandha<\/em> in the kumbhaka of alternate nostril breathing<\/a> and in Bhr\u0101mar\u012b<\/a>, u\u1e0d\u1e0d\u012by\u0101nabandha<\/em> in Ajagar\u012b<\/a>, j\u0101landharabandha<\/em> in the lowered chin of the Ujj\u0101y\u012b breath<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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What are the three granthis?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There are three important bandhas<\/em> and, connected with them, three important obstacles (or attachments) on the path to liberation. These are: brahm\u0101granthi<\/em>, vi\u1e63\u1e47ugranthi<\/em> and rudragranthi<\/em>. They represent the most important limitations that make up human existence and in this sense separate the individual from the universal.<\/p>\n