One of the bandhas or laks that you might hear in breath work is Jalantara bhandha.
And it's located right here at your throat.
And this is,
Again,
It's a little bit more subtle.
But it's a closing of the throat.
And you see a lot of yogis doing this.
And that's actually what they're doing.
They are closing off the throat.
And you feel it a little bit when you're swallowing.
But that's why you see that and it's also really good for your neck if you have neck problems too.
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Back of your head back a little bit,
Shoulders.
Kind of propped up and you pull the back and then you tuck your chin down.
So down and up.
So that's the JALA dollar bill.
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And lots of times we use this bandha on an inhale.
If you are practicing ujjayi breath,
Your instructor might say,
Inhale,
Engage the throat lock.
And then exhale.
And so sometimes.
You might be asked to engage the mula bandha which is your root lock and the throat lock on the inhale so it's and then you squeeze.
And so with that,
Ultimately the theory or the idea is that you are sealing in the prana and allowing it to kind of move through your central channels.
And there's a lot more to them.
Just how the energy circulates through the body through the different values But this these are the three things just to remember is your the throat lock the Belly lock the ab lock,
The Uddiyana,
And then the Mulabhanda locks.
But again,
If you are just new to breath work,
Don't think that you have to be doing these bandhas.
It takes a little bit of time to get used to them,
But just the importance is to maybe start with just the breath work practice itself,
And then you can move on to root locks and all those different locks.
