Yogi Ashwini ji of Dhyan Foundation

This series of articles on the power and ability of the “Inner World”tells you how to attain a glow without artificial aids and develop self confidence and emotional stability.

The proper practice of the Bandhas under a Guru’s guidance has the effect of bringing a youthful glow to the practitioners, it brings Sthirta to oneself and a strong self confidence is developed. Basic imbalances which are a cause of most diseases disappear and one feels happy and youthful at all times.

There are two kinds of worlds, one the outer or the manifested, the second, the inner or the unmanifested. This unmanifested has the ability and power to manifest at will. Its potential is unlimited. What has been manifested is only a fraction of what is possible. This is what our Rishis of the Vedic era discussed and passed down to us to benefit from.

Is it not so true that whenever we have to find the solution to a major problem we always go inwards and ponder? Is it not also true that to become a Buddha ( Master of the Buddhi, here implying the mastery over five senses of touch, taste, hearing, seeing, smell) one has to close one’s eyes and look inwards for ages?

Is it not true that before the atomic bomb was made, the thought first came in the inner world and that is what was eventually manifested in the physical? It is doubtless that the “Inner World” is real and the physical only a fraction of its reflection.

It is most unfortunate that in the modern day world Yoga is synonymous with asanas which are further synonymous with exercises. Exercises work from the outer to the inner world, which is not what our Rishis intended. The manifested world is too weak; it’s too fragile and limited. Its effects are too short lived.

A Yogi remains healthy and glowing till his death. Paramhansa Yogananda was glowing even till a week before leaving his body. This is not achieved by doing complicated asanas and exercises. It is done by practices which are internal, whilst otheir effects manifest themselves externally. The Mahabandha is one such practice.

We will now explain the four bandhas i.e Jalandhara Bandha, Uddiyana Bandha, Mool Bandha, and the Mahabandha.

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