What’s the difference between Mula Bandha (yogic lock) and pelvic floor activation? Donna Farhi explains in this sneak peek excerpt from her in-depth course on Yoga for Fostering Lifelong Core Stability - Resolving Imbalances in the Core Body. Essentially, Mula Bandha and pelvic floor activation are the same. But there’s one key difference, Donna notes: Most yoga teachers instruct Mula Bandha as an isolated event, cueing students to focus on isolating the pelvic floor alone. But Donna encourages

Comment BANDHA to get my free eBook! Most people have no idea what a Bandha really is. They’ve been taught simplified cues that completely miss the point and often create more tension than control. Squeezing your pelvic floor. That’s not Mula Bandha. Pulling your belly in? That’s not Uddiyana either. After 50 years of personal practice, clinical research, and thousands of students taught worldwide, here’s the truth: 👉 Bandha is not a "lock." It’s intelligent co-activation. A Bandha is the balan

Discover the two types of Mula Bandha and how to engage them for optimal physical practice. Learn the correct technique for compression and expansion and understand how it affects your breath and body. Mastering this fundamental technique will enhance your yoga experience. Write to me and i will send you my ebook on breath and bandha which contains a link to the rest of this video lecture practice. Please join me soon at my forthcoming Retreats and Workshops. Aug 2024, I'm teaching in Barcelona

Mastering Mula Bandha: The Essential Guide for Yoga Postures: If you use over tense your pelvic floor and use your muscles of forced abdominal exhalation to harden your abdomen, then this can lock your spine, makes you weaker, inhibit your diaphragm and cause stress that inhibits your immune, digestive and reproductive systems. Learn to firm your abdomen in a way where you can still breathe comfortably into your abdomen at the same time as move your spine. This gives you the feeling of being “fi

What’s the difference between Mula Bandha (yogic lock) and pelvic floor activation? Donna Farhi explains in this sneak peek excerpt from her in-depth course on Yoga for Fostering Lifelong Core Stability - Resolving Imbalances in the Core Body. Essentially, Mula Bandha and pelvic floor activation are the same. But there’s one key difference, Donna notes: Most yoga teachers instruct Mula Bandha as an isolated event, cueing students to focus on isolating the pelvic floor alone. But Donna encourages