Answer To Your Fitness Questions" />The Jiva Bandha
August 8, 2007
Once we begin to practice yoga we will begin to learn about the “internal locks” within the body to help maintain strength and flexibility at the same time. One of the first bandhas or internal locks is named Jiva Bandha. It means “soul” internal lock. The placement of this bandha is where the tongue is gently placed to the junction where the back of the two front teeth meet the upper palate. In doing so it can be extremely difficult to clench and tighten the mouth, throat, or jaw. By relaxing those areas, most tension will dissipate. This takes us back to the beginning og this article in that as we begin to practice yoga there is often tension that happens in the mouth, teeth, face, eyes, jaw, and brow. This in turn causes an uneven breath.
This is when we remember that Patanjali wrote in a Yoga Sutra: “Yoga is effort without tension.” Jiva Bandha assists you in becoming more sensitive to your own threshold point. When you aren’t paying attention, you will always lose the softness and immediately tense up somewhere in the body, most generally the face, mouth and throat. So next time think about the Jiva Bandha, and when you notice the tension, it’s time to make a change and this bandha helps immensely!
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