Maha bandha

Maha bandha
the great lock - combines the three locks in yoga - the moola bandha, jalandhara bandha and uddiyana bandha - together with breath retention.
Maha mudra ...

Maha Bandha
Maha Mudra is the preliminary exercise for this. Press the anus with the left heel. Place the right foot upon the left thigh. Contract the anus and muscles of the perineum. Draw the Apana Vayu upwards.

Maha Mudra, Maha Bandha and Maha Vedha form one group. They are something like three stages of one exercise. Similarly Mula Bandha, Uddiyana Bandha and Jalandhara Bandha form another group.

Traya Bandha (maha bandha)
Utilizing the Three Basic Bandhas with the Breath, Pranayama and Advanced Mudra Practice
Part Two; Adjunctive Bandhas ...

contraction, binding or blocking
- MUL BANDHA - contraction of the perineum
- UDDIYAN BANDHA - the drawing up of the diaphragm
- JALANDHAR BANDHA - the chin lock
- MAHA BANDHA - all the three bandhas at the same time ...

This was equivalent to one round of maha bandha. Throwing the soil down from my head also involved maha bandha. Thus I practised two rounds of maha bandha with each basketful of earth, so I must have done one hundred rounds each day.

Jalandhara Bandha is also be combined with Mula and Uddiyana Bandas to create the great lock, Maha Bandha.

See also: Body, Prana, Maha, Yoga, Bandha