Perineum Contraction – Moola bandha
Section: Locks/Bandha
Moola Bandha
- Sit in a comfortable seated position with the spine, neck and head aligned.
- Focus on the perineal/vaginal region.
- Contract the region by pulling up on the muscles of the pelvic floor and relaxing them.
- Continue to briefly contract and relax this region as rhythmically and evenly as possible.
- Natural breath.
- Point of contraction.
- Mooladhara chakra.
- Menstruation.
- Helps to relieve constipation and depression.
- Stimulates the pelvic nerves.
- Positively influences the genital system, the endocrine system and the excretory system.
- One way to identify this area is to imagine you are stopping the flow of urine when going to the toilet.
- In Sanskrit mula means root, thus Moola Bandha is the root lock. For men it is located between the anus and the testes and for women between the anus and cervix.
