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Originally posted by gray

You entitle your post "Gays and mula bandha". If I may be so bold as to point out that you do not have to be homosexual to experience anal sex. Indeed it is reported that more heterosexual couples have anal sex than homosexual couples.

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Bogduk [15] describes the external anal sphincter as made up of a series of three loops (fig. 2). The upper loop is made up of the puborectalis and the deep part of the external sphincter (it is attached to the pubis); the middle loop is made up of the midportion of the sphincter (it is attached posteriorly to the coccyx; anteriorly the fibers decussate in the perineal body and can be traced into the bulbospongiosus and the deep transverse perinei muscle). The basal loop contains circumferential fibers and is thought to attach to the skin anterior to the anus.

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Anal intercourse is a specific Kundalini arousal method. Reference to Gray's Anatomy reveals the existance of an irregular, oval-shaped gland between the rectal wall and the tip of the tailbone, or coccyx, called the "coccygeal body.'' Although the function of this gland is unknown to
Western physiologists, it is established in Tantra as the "Kundalini gland." Yoga has devised a wide variety of techniques to irritate and awaken this gland into activity, including Mula Bandha, Asvini Mudra, Tada Mudra (knocking the buttocks upon the ground, sending rhythmic shock waves rippling up the spine), and rolling on a cotton ball placed under the tip of the tailbone.
Tantric activation of the gland is direct and swift through the dilation of the anal sphincters, with a consequent reflex effect upon the two branches of the autonomic nervous system. These two branches, terminating in the anus and rectum, are the parasympathetic (Ida, or braking influence) and the sympathetic (Pingala, or accelerating influence). As well as altering the state of the involuntary nervous system, anal intercourse, according to traditional belief, results in the ejaculation of semen into the rectum, which nourishes the "Kundalini gland" much as the white of an egg feeds the fertilized yolk or embryo. The Tantrist, sustain­ing his Shakti or Goddess with anal intercourse, facilitates the arousal of her internal fire.

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Victor: VIL, Your quote is interesting but if you read the rest of that page you see some very alarmist and biased opinions on the subject. While I personally don't believe that anal sex done gently would do any harm to the ability to practice mula bandha any more than stretching a muscle will cause it to lose its tone, and as much as your quote seems interesting, I still wouldn't put too much stock in it without further references to original tantric teachings

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I just saw the movie Brokeback mountain a couple of weeks ago which got me thinking--can people who are having anal sex do proper mula bandha? What do you think?

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Originally posted by Lili

Thanks Christi

I have one more question of this type actually and this is whether women who practice amaroli also drink their own blood when they have a period because it seems difficult to separate.

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Actually I thought that anal sex leads to permanently enlarging the anal sphincter muscle which might reduce our ability to flex it and lift it up. I might be wrong thought because this is just a thought not based on reading and personal experience.

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Originally posted by Christi



Personally I am not convinced yet about muladhara (the root chakra) being in the cervix for women. I am not a woman but... many people are psychic, and can see/ feel these chakras in themselves and others. Personally I feel the root chakra in women to be in the same place as for men, in the perineum, just in front of the anus. I feel this when I am doing chakra activations on women, and their feedback on what they experienced during the activation tie in with what I sense. I have also never heard of another psychic seeing this chakra in a different place in women than in men. I think it could be the second chakra that is being felt/ described in the thread you referenced. In men, I feel the second chakra to be in a fairly random position, a few inches below the navel, and inside the body, where the cervix would be if men had one. So that again, makes the case for women and men having the first and second chakras in the same place stronger IMO.


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Yes, to someone who lives in the U.S. that lone 'i' vowel at the end is very suggestive of being a woman's name. And yet I, who do live in the U.S., always saw Christi as a man. I must be psychic. Eh?

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aayogi: His implication is that this is a better method. I have not seen references to this anywhere else. Just wondering if anyone has run into similar things elsewhere?

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Kyman: Cultural differences are quite interesting because in the west kundalini is often called the holy spirit. Can you imagine the reaction of a westerner when you say that anal sex is a fairly direct way of raising the holy spirit?

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Finally, I find anal sex very feminine. I mean, you feel a sense of “giving in” to the partner, and that’s a way to develop the other part of your being. You can feel yourself as a man, but develop your woman side that way. In fact, that’s the last objective of evolution, isn’t it? To merge the opposite aspects of our psyches.

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