Uḍḍīyāna bandha — flying-up lock

Navel lift

Uḍḍīyāna bandha is shown at the navel and upper abdomen, where the texts describe an inward and upward abdominal action. The point locates the instructional focus of the lock; it does not assert that prāṇa or the diaphragm forms a visible tract.

Mūla bandha — root lockUḍḍīyāna bandha — flying-up lockUḍḍīyāna bandha — flying-up lockJālandhara bandha — throat lock

Point 2 of 3 in Bandhas — Three Yogic Locks (त्रिबन्ध)

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā (primary_canonical)

Chapter 3, uḍḍīyāna-bandha instruction in the bandha section (verses 55–60 in the Sinh edition).

Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

Chapter 3, uḍḍīyāna-bandha instruction (bandha section, verses 10–12 in the Vasu edition).

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