Comments on: Are you Engaging your Mula Bandha Correctly?

By: Ruth Lovegrove Jones

Ruth Lovegrove Jones — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:59:57 +0000

Thankyou. Yes exactly right, the levator ani are the muscles you “should” be trying to engage. Indeed you should see/ feel a lift of the perineum when you engage your Levator ani muscles correctly. The perineum is part of the superficial neuro-muscular unit of the pelvic floor.
Hope that helps

By: cera

cera — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:16:33 +0000

Great article! I am confused though about the perineum. Most yoga teachers say you should contract the perineum and don’t mention the levator ani. Am I correct in thinking the perineum just the more superficial muscle to the levator ani, and we should contract both of them in Mula Bandha?

By: ellie

ellie — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:04:16 +0000

Hi, just read this article as I’m trying to find my way around piriformis muscle pain that came on through anxiety. The Master Practice healing system suggests the root lock as a way of relieving stress related back region pain. I am off now to a yoga class for the first time in 10 years and on a journey of stress reduction. This is the best article I have read describing how to do pelvic floor exercises. The inclusion of diagrams shows they are not the mythical process described in Pilates!

By: rocio

rocio — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:04:30 +0000

thanks a lot, it was really usefull!

By: ruth lovegrove/jones

ruth lovegrove/jones — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:28:21 +0000

Ruth here

My email is ruthlovegrove@gmail.com

By: dan

dan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:32:56 +0000

does anyone have Ruth Jones email? I would like to get in contact with her

By: Free Day, First List « driste

Free Day, First List « driste — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:51:09 +0000

[...] and voila. Instant floatage. Well, not completely. But much more controlled than before reading this article. Everything seems easier, from standing poses to jumpbacks. And I can jump into a handstand before [...]

By: Joy Nieda

Joy Nieda — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:36:43 +0000

Images just now appeared! Still puzzled, however, as to why they disappear and reappear.

By: Joy Nieda

Joy Nieda — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:35:14 +0000

Anyone know why the images from this article are no longer displayed? Images from other postings do appear.

By: adarsh

adarsh — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:39:42 +0000

Great article! Very useful tips in finding and activating the pelvic floor.

I found the suggestion to contract the pelvic floor at about a “quarter of maximum effort” to be especially helpful-this will help reduce the “bulging bandhas” that we occasionally see around the shala!