Maha Bandha Is NOT Recommended - Yogi Explains

Summary

August 29, 2025, 13 min

Mahabandha, the classic triple lock of root, stomach and neck, demonstrated and explained as pushing energy toward the brain, against Kriya's approach of first cleaning the chakras with OM Japa. Gentler alternatives follow: comfortable breath holds and slow counterclockwise head rotation to subtly pull energy upward.

In this video

Teaches

MahabandhaKumbhakaBrain orbit kriya

Discusses

OM Japa in the ChakrasKriya YogaKundalini

Mentions

Neck lockMula BandhaAshok SinghMahamudraPanchanon BhattacharyaHRV ResonanceFreeze ResponseLeft and right brain

Key moments

00:00Why Mahabandha is not recommended before years of OM Japa 01:31Demonstrating Mahabandha: root, stomach and neck locks 03:09Pushing the car out of the mud vs. clearing the mud 05:01Forced Kundalini brings all past trauma up at once 06:23Ashokji's teaching: clean it out, clean it out 07:05Why the Panchanon system dropped Mahabandha from Mahamudra 08:06A gentle pull toward the brain: simple breath holds 09:22Counterclockwise head rotation, and why never clockwise 10:56Feeling the rotation subtly in deep meditation 11:56Mahabandha as the opposite philosophy to Kriya