Life in darkness
But the creatures of love, people, are hindered in their real function. They are blind, they cannot see what their source is. As if they had heavy, dark cloths in front of their eyes, that only let them see darkness. And in this one Suffering and death and illness, resentment and envy, war and hatred dwell in darkness. Anyone who tries to find love, in this world without light, will find it impossible to find it.
Endless series of fragments
Because everything, including the experience of love in this world of apparent realities that we believe we perceive, that we hear, see, feel, smell, taste, depends only on this painting that we created ourselves. An endless series of fragments and decisions, of good and bad, of moralisms and ethics, upbringing and influences from the social environment.
Wrong ways of dualism
A tight rope of prejudices and algorithms, premises, intentions, behaviors, reflexes. This is where we are trapped, of our own free will, because we only see a tiny part of the whole. And this really minimal piece of life is completely subjectively tinkered with the wrong paths of dualism. But we create our entire world from it.
Kundalini awakening
But the closer we come to the truth, the more gates open for us, the more this erroneous world comes to an end. In Tantra one now takes the view that the reason for our lack of understanding, for the accumulation of errors that blind us, are the blocked chakras, which make a natural flow of energy impossible. The Kundalini snake, the embodiment of life energy, sleeps at the end of the spine. We want to wake them up.
Mula Bandha
A central exercise is mula bandha. We want to take a closer look at this today. The Mula Bandha takes place with the muscles in the area of the root and sacral chakra. Translated, the term means "root lock". With this exercise you are literally sucking the energy of the world into your spine, preventing it, like a valve, a sluice, from flowing out again, instead pushing it upwards.
Great reinforcement
After we see the human body closely connected with the flow of all energies in Tantra, one can say that a targeted training of the pelvic floor muscles increases the ability to transfer energy from the earth via roots (root chakra!) to the end of the spine, where the sleeping Kundalini-bundle of energy lies curled up, to send, to let through, almost fantastically amplified. The kanda is also filled with energy.
The Kanda
The kanda is an area behind or above the navel of a person. Another name for the egg-shaped kanda, which has its place with its lower end between the genitals and anus, i.e. in the Shaktis at the rear end of the yoni, is tuber. It is generally postulated that the 7200 so-called nadis, which complement the chakras, have their origin here. It is a large egg that encompasses the three lower chakras. This energy center receives special attention in martial arts.
Muscles between the tail and pubic bone
There are also a number of muscles between the pubic bone and the sacrum, between the blades of the pelvis. All of these muscles can be tensed or relaxed individually - with a little practice. The more you exercise, the more control you gain. This can be very beneficial in preventing incontinence at an advanced age, for example.
Pelvic floor training
Mula Bandha is an exercise that can be practiced on almost any occasion. In this way you can also send new energy impulses to your chakras. You have to try out whether you find the Mula Bandha exercise easier when you breathe out or when you inhale. At first, you will most likely find it easiest if you hold your breath.
Muscles are autonomous
The muscles in the pelvic floor work for themselves. They are not connected to each other. This means that it is possible to train each muscle individually and also to activate, deactivate, contract. The more intense and long your training, the more control you gain. The Shakti can use her yoni to massage the man's lingam during the act of love by tensing various muscles.
Release tension
If you have just started Tantra, in this case pelvic floor training, but have not yet done any exercise, it can happen that you also tense your thigh muscles, the muscles of the abdomen and the buttocks, during the exercise. Mula Bandha, trained continuously, lets you address the muscles individually, tensions, often in connection with tensions in other muscle groups in the body, dissolve.
Extensive topic
The topic of Mula Bandha is extraordinarily extensive. There are basically three mula bandhas called the front mula bandha, the middle mula bandha and finally the rear mula bandha. These in turn are further fragmented, the nadis, whom we will also hear about, come into play.
Definitely positive results
The training of the Mula Bandhas has a multitude of positive consequences. One of them is the avoidance of incontinence in old age. The various Mula Bandha training units are well suited to combat premenstrual syndrome and prevent menstrual pain. Tension loosens, bladder, bowel and genitals find harmony. Other of the many muscles in the pelvic floor area are then suitable with the intensive Mula Bandha to avoid arthrosis in the pelvis, problems in the lower back, the posture of the spine and the hip joints.
The rainbow snake
It is no coincidence that Kundalini, the rainbow serpent, which is also a symbol for the energies of the world, (Southamerica) is located in the area of the lower three chakras. The training of the "muscle consciousness" of these parts awakens the Kundalini energy, symbolized in a very subtle way. Although the concrete union of lingam and yoni happens body-geographically in the lower chakras, all other chakras are involved to the same extent. But in this case the energy flows from below to above. Which is why a cleansing of the blockages in the root, sexual and solar plexus chakra is of enormous importance.
Exercise
Completely straightforward
Once you have discovered the pelvic floor muscles, they are very easy to train and can be trained at almost any opportunity. Strengthening these muscles is by no means complicated. If you sit cross-legged or in the lotus position, also in other postures, it is sufficient to push your tailbone forward to activate a number of muscles.
Feel yourselfSit cross-legged or in the lotus position on your mat opposite. Look the other person in the eye, then look at their forehead chakra, the third eye. You hold your hands folded in front of your chest and bow by shifting your upper body a little forward. When you get upright again, you are in your own space. Focus on your sitting posture, feel your bones, straighten your body. The butterfly muscleThere is a place, there is room. Concentrate on the touch of the ground with your tailbone, think about the pubic bone and sit bones in connection. This is your pelvic floor. Feel it. With very careful movements, you shift your weight, move your pelvic floor, gently tense muscles that you are just discovering, explore your lower abdomen, the butterfly muscles. The rainbow snake in the abdomenWe are working here with the energy of the Kundalini that we awaken from its long sleep. Most Europeans have slack, untrained, stunted pelvic muscles. We now feel how alive these energies are. In our practice, we progress by letting ourselves, our Kundalini energy, go. The pelvis finds the movements all by itself, whether slow, rhythmic or demanding, however.
Feel the connection to the earthThe waves of energy, perhaps not even perceived as such, move upwards, looking for the spine. Whatever your wish, allow it. Sit very still, enjoy, or stand up, dance. Always fixated on the energies of Kundalini, which do not impose any limits on you. Feel the earth connection of your root chakra. The Centrum PerineumFinally, you can do yourself a wonderful favor, your partner can do it too. It's about a point between the anus and genitals, on the intestinal wall. We speak of the so-called Centrum Perineum. This is, as the name suggests, the center of the pelvic floor, here is the access to the root chakra. A great thing.