The Bandha’s

Often in modern yoga there are three references Bandha’s, or muscles grouping that interlock. I would like to expand this current paradigm to include the Jihva Bandha, which is very often forgotten, and very very important as a yogi advanced in their practice. There are even further bandha in the eyes, shoulders, hips, knees, ankles, etc. that have not yet been explored in western science, and most likely has been somewhat forgotten in Indian yoga.

The definition of Bandha in Sanskrit is “Bandha (बन्ध, a Sanskrit term for “binding, bond, arrest, capturing, putting together”^[1] This concept is broad and can be more broadly used to describe physical reality.