Mulabandhasana

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Mulabandhasana (Sanskrit: मूलबंधासन) is a sitting asana in hatha yoga.

Etymology

The name is from the Sanskrit मुल mūla, "root, base";[1] बंधा bāndha, "lock";[1] and आसन āsana, meaning "posture, seat".[2]

Description

The pose is entered from the seated pose Baddha Konasana, in which the soles of the feet are pressed together and the knees rest on the floor. The feet are turned by grasping the toes to point the toes straight downwards, the heels upwards. In a variant, the feet are turned with the toes pointing backwards, when it becomes possible to sit on the outer sides of the feet, the heels remaining pressed together in front of the body. The body is balanced by the arms stretched straight down to the ground behind the back, the shoulder blades pressed together.[1]

Claimed effects

The yoga master

apana, enabling it to rise up the body to join with prana.[4]

In

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Mulabandhasana is in the fourth series of asanas; it is claimed to activate the root chakra, the muladhara.[5]

Origin

Śiva
.

The central figure in the

Śiva.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Iyengar 1979, pp. 344–346.
  2. ISBN 978-81-7041-293-9
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  3. ^ a b Iyengar 1979, pp. 436–438.
  4. ^ a b Lidell 1983, p. 75.
  5. ^ "Mulabandhasana". Yogapedia. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ^ Singleton 2010, p. 25.
  7. S2CID 192221643
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