I came across a post somewhere about smiling and its connection with Mula Bandha. I also have Richard Freeman's practice series, with him advocating "smiling softly to yourself" while practising. SOOO...I smiled at myself throughout practice just now. AND...I actually think it helps my Mula Bandha!!
I don't know if this is purely psychological or if it actually works, but I think it does..it certainly didn't make things worse. So everytime I jumped through, I smiled at myself..luckily no one can see me when I practice, they might think I'm a loony. And my jump throughs were nice and soft. I am not sure if that was due to my overall stronger abs and pelvic muscles or the smile added and extra oommpff..
Anyhow, its a very subtle contraction that I feel when I "smile", as opposed to the strong pelvic tuck that I have been doing to make sure I have mula bandha "on" before this. It was reaally fun to try out today and I guess I'd be doing quite a bit of smiling in practice in the future ;)
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