Mula Bandha Warning - Yogi Explains

There are two opposing philosophies of yoga which we are bound to encounter.

[@user-uc1xx7yb4b]

What a gem your channel is! I have just come across it and I am at awe of how great it is that now we can easily discus the knowledge that used to be confined to monasteries and ashrams! Thank you, Forrest for what you are doing. ❤ Om

[@ententchen]

Great and important explanation Forrest! I stopped Mula Bandha a long time ago, because I noticed that even after only doing it for a couple of minutes, it aroused the lower chakras very intensly, so I couldnt concentrate on the meditation. Since I switched to Om Japa, it's enought to go 3x up and down the spine with it and immediately feel that the conciousness rises up to the head. It's so amazing! I'm also try to be present during the whole day (following Eckhart Tolle's teachings). It's a perfect combination with your kriya teachings. It's such an enrichment of my life, I wish it would be taught in every elementary school!

[@carpenterfamily6198]

My exact experience ( plus, following ETolle too )

[@lindaburton1114]

Really so interesting Forrest. When I took my yoga teacher training in 2010, they taught us mula banda, uddiyana bandha and jalandhara bandha and of course as students you just take in what your teacher passes on to you without question. This practice seems to be a standard part of YTT. I so appreciate getting an informative explanation from you today. I listened for 5 mins to a video the other day where a person was talking about her "role" in the world to teach people how to quickly open up the kundalini. Her energy was so high and so exhausting that I could not watch for more than 5 mins. It was scary listening to someone promoting such extreme actions. Once again I'm truly grateful that I have you as my guide and teacher.

[@rodgerrugeresiliencecoach772]

This is wise counsel Forrest. I went to a seminar where this technique was practiced as "the way". Some people, who had virtually zero experience in meditation, violently awakened the kundalini. The result of that was a 'profound' experience of course, but the after experience observations I took in were generally not good. Many were utterly exhausted to the point of concern. Many got a serious cold/flu in the days that followed. Some could no longer relate well to physical reality and relationships were dramatically shifted in negative ways. Some never wanted to experience anything like that again, so they were turned off to meditation. A few...very few...were able to enhance and expand from that point, I'd call those exceptions to the experience, but of course what everyone focuses on as they block the negatives out of their mind. As as you have said, a light bulb can only handle so much wattage. You have to build up your light bulb over time to be able to awaken into your spiritual potential or risk burning out those filaments and suffering the consequences.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Exactly Rodger. I have been told multiple stories about seminars where they had emergency medical crews in the room in case something went wrong! Oh my goodness! 🙏🪷🙏🪷

[@soumyakantipaul8486]

​@@ForrestKnutsonSir I sometimes feel very sleepy and gibberish thought which o can't hold or see properly after of during kriya pranayam. I feel very sleepy. What to do??

[@lucindast5895]

Good to see you again!!! Thank you

[@petercartwright1804]

Awesome video, guruji ! I started with kundalini yoga at a young age, and it was very volatile. After a while, you enjoy the bliss but fear the reactive bounce back downward. Kriya Yoga rocks !

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's for sure!! Thank you Peter! 🙏🪷🙏🪷

[@jacekjakubek]

I think the best way to learn bandhas is to practice Yogananda's energization exercises which teach you to do bandhas in ALL parts of the body. Then, when your yoga practice naturally calls for any bandha, you will be able to do it spontaneously with ease because you have practiced it in the energization exercises.

[@briandonovan5687]

Wow i have never heard of the difference. I hear about the problems too but they never mention this. Thank you, this is a whole new flow 😊

[@eisfeldziontko6045]

man, I love you for these valuable tips

[@karolostsiligkirian4514]

Awesome point! I totally agree!

[@tammycates333]

Your teachings are helping me understand the entire process more easily

[@jtbutlerjr]

Thanks for the instruction, Forrest.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you!

[@lestafrank4109]

Thank you so very much!!!! So helpful!

[@kimthomas8535]

Thank you so much Forrest 💓

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Kim!! 🙏🪷🙏

[@MukundaAyurveda05]

Thanks for excellent explanation

[@pavneetkaur4545]

Amazing instruction! Cleaning is the most important part that goes a long way. ✨✨🌹🌹✨✨

[@jannareindel6263]

Very interesting, thank you so much Forrestji. ❤

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you! 🙏🪷

[@vimaladominic]

Atma namaste sir heartfelt gratitud God bless muc hlove ❤️

[@ForrestKnutson]

Atma namaste Vimala! Great to hear from you as always! 🙏🪷🙏🪷

[@HMALDANA]

Awesome, Forrest! Oddly enough while you were explaining the progression, I was trying to do it right until the point were you said you wouldn't recommend it 😛! I became a fan of the gentle way the hard way. When I tried to speed up my process, I ended up hurting myself. I'll stick to the slow boil toward holy potatoness! Blessings and blissings!

[@glennstouffer1110]

Brilliant Forrest ! I can testify to raising consciousness without being clean , thank you ❤

[@Vshamann336]

Yeah, it could probably be one of the most serious things you do. That can absolutely go more wrong than anything else..... And a lot of people teaching this stuff absolutely skirt over this. And I do understand why a bit, just them talking about it can be a suggestion. It's very serious and needs to be discussed

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Glenn! 🙏🪷🙏

[@ericsonhazeltine5064]

Excellent training!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you! 🙏🏼🌹

[@aloksahu7208]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 😊

[@succmymeme572]

Talking from person experience mulabandha is very powerful process and I have personally suffered because of it as my Nadis were not clean enough to handle such surge in energy. Mulabandha gave me some very strong allergy like reaction it would be a nonstop sneezing and all my spine would become very hot and it was really frustrating. Every morning for 2 se 4 hrs I would suffer with such symptoms. I thought I had some allergy or something but only after like 7 or 8 months i got to know that it was mulabandha which was causing it. Also the fact that I was doing it wrong. Mulabandha should never be done without necklock. This was my experience back when my body ( Nadis/energy channels and chakras) was not clean enough to sustain those energy

[@succmymeme572]

I was a stubborn young man ( 21 ) back then. I wanted a quick solution for samadhi back then that's why I tried this in a hurry. I learnt my lessons now 😅

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. 🙏🪷🙏🪷

[@rkatz0]

Amazing point! However, if saucha (cleanliness) was given more attention as it is prominently proclaimed in the eight limbs this is already a given..."clean it out"! Om

[@seane.9937]

Wow! Synchronicity! I've been doing those breathing and squeezing exercises you're mentioning and it seems like my meditations are a little bit more still and deeper but there's also a little fear now. Feels like I'm locked in a dark closet which has no walls. Because of your awesome teaching I've been doing om Japa for more than a couple years but I stopped doing navi yoga after doing it for 30 days. Looks like I have to keep on doing it

[@ForrestKnutson]

Fantastic that you're doing the OMs! Yes, for sure. Navi should clear that right up, and I do some Navi every day. 🙏🪷

[@kittywampusdrums4963]

The dark closet sounds like a deep jhanas/dhyana state. It's a good sign of awareness awakened for yoga nidra, aware across all brainwave frequencies. When I first committed to mula bhanda my Teacher had us doing it for inner heat but I started to twitch, shaking and seeing things, this can stir up shakti for sure.

[@innerbliss108]

From my understanding Mula bandha and uddiyana bandha happen automatically. At the top of the breath is Mula bandha and at the bottom, uddiyana bandha is natural at its peak.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Exactly right. It becomes very subtle and automatic. This is the correct way to allow it to happen.

[@innerbliss108]

@@ForrestKnutson Amazing. Yeah and you've mentioned it before being automatic during the breath holds.

[@olgajimenez3355]

mula bandha used in Ashtanga yoga practice

[@fhoniemcphonsen8987]

Thanks as always. Still not feeling the ohm jappa. Wondering if I should just work on the navi kryia for now?

[@adrianaparente7452]

Hi Forrest, what happens if you have active kundalini flowing, is mulabandha supportive then? Thank you.

[@arobersonable]

I didn't know what this technique was, but I've done it on my own GENTLY. The result I get is an immediate pain/fear reaction in my heart chakra that feels like it's been stunned awake. But it does sensitize me and from from this point, I go into my OM's in the chakras. Just seems to force the energy back toward my spine and wake everything up. I did it along with you today and it was downright painful!!! Much too much effort put into it.

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's great Amy. So much easier through the OM Japa process. This is a great confirmation. 🙏🪷🙏🪷

[@dharma67uk]

Hey Forrest , I was previously taught to perform the bandhas during mahamudra, this would appear to be also unnecessary too?

[@i_love_god10]

Nice video Forrest! I have a quick question though- when you mention OM japa in the chakras, is it OM japa during kriya, after kriya (as a separate activity), either, or both? What do you recommend as a best practice for maximum benefit?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes. Both are wonderful. If you can do it with the breath, then it will be a little more powerful, and both work. 🙏🪷🙏🪷

[@i_love_god10]

@@ForrestKnutson Thank you 🙏

[@wolkenkuckucksheim555]

Hi Forrest how much om japas in the chakras do you recommend?

[@ForrestKnutson]

If you go off of my new book, I recommend we start out with 5 min overall meditation, work up to 10 each day. Then 15, and when you've gotten to 20 minutes - this is a great place to begin.

[@ghyogi1]

11:52 yewahaa woncha feed number7 George

[@soumyakantipaul8486]

Sir I sometimes feel very sleepy and gibberish thought which o can't hold or see properly after of during kriya pranayam. I feel very sleepy. What to do??

[@anuragsaha2632]

HELP NEEDED! Forrest, when I do the kriya pranayama with kechari I cannot do 24 breaths. My breath stops by itself. Should I do 12 with kechari and 12 without? I do maha mudra before I do kriya. Should I not hold my breath? If yes, then how would I do mahamudra properly without holding my breath?

[@ketakinikini]

You are probably doing your things wrong. It is easy to do the pranayama with khechari if you were shown the right way of doing it. Mahamudra is basically all the three bandhas together. It is not done by someone who has high blood pressure. Please understand kriya is not for everyone. The right guru knows if it is the path for you or not.. go back to your Guru and relearn

[@succmymeme572]

Breathless state isn't that tranquil breathing? Where do you put the tip of your tongue in khecharimudra mudra?

[@succmymeme572]

Bhai matlab tum aapna tongue ko nostril ke under daal dete hoo kya ( jisko kuch log stage 4 khate hai ) ya bas waise karte ho jaise Forrest sikhaye hai aapne yt channel pe ? Jo ki bas peeche jibh ko kar ke sab se upar ki aur le jana hai ?

[@anuragsaha2632]

@@succmymeme572 stage 3 bhai, tongue in the nasal pharynx. Tip in sephonoid sinus

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes, you need to slowly introduce (very slowly) khechari into kriya. It's not meant to integrate quickly. Slowly introduce it into your practice, and otherwise experiment on the side of your normal meditation time. 🙏

[@JamesJones-fl8in]

Blessings, I’m trying to figure out the explanation for the shaking like an earthquake and the loud banging sounds are for. I have been doing Kriya for 2.5 years now and about 5 months ago it started every time I meditate. I would appreciate any guidance. Blessings

[@ForrestKnutson]

I just made a video to answer this. It's on my channel.

[@JamesJones-fl8in]

@@ForrestKnutson Thank you, your grace. May peace be with you.

[@lrodriguez5545]

I can't do this without filling all the way up ending it with a pressure at my third eye. Maybe I don't have any 🔐 😅😃

[@ForrestKnutson]

Beautiful! Then let that rise through the crown, and Expand everywhere. 🙏🪷🙏🪷

[@Vshamann336]

My breath basically automatically fell into the doing the first half of that. It's almost like there's an orbiting ball energy that comes up through my roof and scrapes against the inner of my spine upwards. Well not almost. It is exactly like that lol So what I've been doing is just learning to let it do the role up like you are referring to So would you say that I would be better off starting my day with going from the crown to root, or from route to crown. Doing both where I did crown the root first and then back up because it seemed like that's what it wants to do. What do you think?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Root to crown for OM Japa works very well, then back again. It allows the consciousness to slowly rise. Well done!

[@Vshamann336]

You know forest. The thing about this is. We see a lot of people right now that are teaching people to do this to heal themselves. And while they're not wrong, I would guess that many of these people aren't really ready to do this. And in many situations it's definitely Not Good advice. Not unless you're on your deathbed with a week left basically, is it good advice. And while these people are teaching people to do this through breath, work and meditation without any warning like you just gave, not at all. And I think it's because they don't want to suggest anything, but it's very serious..... Thanks for the content as always

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes, exactly right. They can be very well intentioned teachers, but the number of bad reactions will outweigh the good. Most of those teachers would do otherwise if they knew a better way. Thank you! 🙏🪷🙏🪷🙏

[@Dr.Mahesh_H]

Do you recommend moolbandha in inhaled state? Similarly, do you recommend mahamudra kriya in inhaled state? Thank you

[@cmanriquez1]

So this goes against the whole point of Joe Dispenza, this is what he promotes and apparently so many healings happening. Can you comment on that? I guess it’s all being documented