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Mūla Bandha is a Sanskrit (मूल बंध) compound term: ''Mūla'' denotes "root", "base",〔Iyengar, 1976: p.515〕 "beginning", "foundation",〔Iyengar, 1976: p.459〕 "origin or cause", "basis", "source";〔Iyengar, 1976: p.437〕 ''Bandha'' denotes "bondage", "fetter",〔Iyengar, 1976: p.525〕 "posture",〔 "joining together", "catching hold of".〔Iyengar, 1976: p.436〕 Iyengar (1976: p. 525) defines Mūla Bandha as: This is qualified in that the actual muscle contracted is not the sphincter muscle nor the muscle which cessates urination, but the muscle equidistant between the two. Maehle (2007: p. 11) defines it as "root lock" and further specifies that: Mūla Bandha is the principal, key and primary Bandha of the Yogic traditions. Mūla Bandha is endemic to all safe, grounded workings of bodymind disciplines. This Bandha in and of itself conditions the Muladhara Chakra, simultaneously keening, rooting and engaging the systemic plethora of processes that constitute bodymind and with diligence resolving them in discipline and accord. Mūla Bandha should be held as a restraint only after kumbhaka, which in this instance is where the breath is expressed in its entirety and held outside the body.〔Iyengar, 1976: p.435〕 Iyengar (1976: p. 435) likens the functionality of the Bandha and especially Mūla Bandha to "safety-valves which should be kept shut during the practice of kumbhakas". Iyengar (1976: p. 437) specifies the energetic prāṇas of Vāyu engaged through Mūla Bandha as: "...Apāna Vāyu (the prāṇa in the lower abdomen), whose course is downwards, is made to flow up to unite with Prāna Vāyu, which has its seat within the region of the chest." Iyengar (1976: p. 437) cautions that:
Iyengar (1976: p. 437) states that: "While practicing Mūla Bandha, the yogi attempts to reach the true source or mūla of creation." ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mula Bandha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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