Jalandhara bandha

How to practice Jalandhara bandha

• Drop the head slightly so that you can tuck the chin in close to the chest. This will help to engage the neck muscles and control the flow of air through the respiratory passages.
• With the chin in this position, the tongue pushes up against the palate in the mouth.

Benefits of Jalandhara bandha

• This position helps to control the vaccum for breath that the lungs produce naturally. Thus, leading to greater control of the breath in pranayama exercises.
• This bandha also supports the neck, shifts the focus slighly inward, and allows the yogi to seal the energy at the top of the body (while Mula bandha seals the energy at the bottom.
• Similar to Uddiyana bandha, engaging Jalandhara will help to gain power and focus in certain postures.
• This bandha directly influences the pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, and thymus glands.