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    jihvā bandha

    Devanāgarī: जिह्वा बंध Translation: tongue binding Similar words:nabho Related concepts:jivhā, bandha, jālandhara bandha, uḍḍīyana bandha, mūla bandha, mudrā, mahāmudrā, prāṇāyāma

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    Commentaries around

    7. Ancillary Bandha Practice Techniques

    Jihvā Bandha
    – Tongue Curled Upwards and Backwards

    “Just as Mūla Bandha, Uḍḍīyāna Bandha,
    Jālandhara Bandha and Jivha Bandha
    are very important for Prāṇāyāma,
    Mano Bandha is very important for Dhyānam.
    Mano Bandha is Dhāraṇā.”
    – T Krishnamacharya commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 1

    “Jihvā Bandha, as taught by Krishnamacharya is described as,
    ‘the big tongue has to turn back and touch the little tongue‘.
    The tongue is seen as one of the Ādhāra points in the body.
    In that stilling the tongue is a support for fixing the attention.
    It is also known in the Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā as Nabho Mudrā.
    Here it is defined as ‘the keeping of the tongue turned upwards,
    wherever you are and in whatever the activity you are engaged’.
    The Viniyoga of Jihvā Bandha taught that it was to be used
    in most Seated Āsana, with the exception of Seated Twists.
    Though not so much in Standing Āsana,
    or Backbend Āsana like Matsya Āsana.”
    – 108 Mudrā Practice Pointers

    Links to Related Posts:

    • Prāṇāyāma & Bandha Practice Techniques Glossary
      – Grouped into Primary, Secondary & Ancillary Techniques
    • 108 Prāṇāyāma Practice Pointers
    • 108 Mudrā Practice Pointers
    • Āsana & Mudrā Practice Techniques Glossary
      – Grouped into Standing, Kneeling, Lying,
      Inverted, Backbend, Seated & Sitting
    • cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 2 – Self Planning & Self Practice
    • cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 3 – Self Planning & Self Practice
    • cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 4 – Self Planning & Self Practice
    • Viniyoga Vignette 1 – Antar and Bāhya Kumbhaka in Āsana
    • Viniyoga Vignette 2 – Combining techniques in Prāṇāyāma
    • Viniyoga Vignette 2 Commentary on – Combining techniques in Prāṇāyāma
    • Viniyoga Vignette 3 – Śītalī and Anuloma Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma within Āsana
    • Viniyoga Vignette 4 – Combining Prāṇāyāma within Āsana
    • Viniyoga Vignette 5 – Introducing Uḍḍīyana Bandha within an Āsana practice

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