Bandhan -its uitility, importance in Sahaja Yoga

Bandhan is a special action of hands expected to be done before starting meditation and ending meditation in any sahajayoga program.   It is very simple and can be learned just by having a view of fellow brother or sister in the program.   It is an important step before starting any important work or to protect ourself when we are going out  It is a kind of protection aura around us like the devi kavach given to us by adishakti Mataji Nirmaladevi. This action is like putting a protective shield around ourselves to keep the calm in, and the disturbances out.

Placing a bandhan gives protection to the subtle system from attention disturbances and also protects the aura. Hold the left hand out on your lap, palm upwards. Place your right hand over your left hip and slowly raise your right hand up the left side, over your head and down the right side of your body. Then raise the right hand up the right side, over your head and down the left side. This is one bandhan. Repeat seven times (one for each Chakra).

‘Any time you have a problem, give a bandhan,’ Mataji has said. 

It’s helpful to do this both before and after your meditation. Before helps you balance more quickly and bring the energy up, afterwards to help you stay balanced throughout your day.  The movements are also a simple way to signal to your mind and body “now we are going to meditate” (before) and “let’s try and keep this state of peace and calm throughout the day” (after).

Please view following video on Youtube wherein Mataji Nirmaladevi explains as to how to take bandhan properly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALtbHk6QCRA&ab_channel=SYIndia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEaKmeHo7GM&ab_channel=ParamChaitanyaFoundation

Bandhan (noun) means a bond, literally

Bandhan (verb) means to tie up

Bandhan in Sahaja Yoga means to “tie up” (Kundalini) or “wind up” vibrations (to get something done).

(-Indian Yogi)

Here are different types of bandhan we use in Sahaja Yoga.

 Bandhan we use when we get out of the house for protecting ourselves from sometime not so pure energy that is outside. If we are a parent, we can give bandhan to our little kids as well.

 Bandhan we give to somebody during workshop. When we work on somebody, we give ourselves a bandhan and so we do for the other person to protect him or her and also ourselves from “catching” from one another.

Bandhan we give on the chakras of somebody else. This is a simple circle we draw with the right hand in a clockwise direction (if we work from front) or counter clockwise (if we work from behind)

Bandhan we give to our chakras when we perform workshop on ourselves

 Bandhan when we check our vibrations, i.e. the status of our subtle system. We put our attention in the left hand (that sits still). We can write our name using the right index finger on the left hand. We draw, using the right hand, few circles around the center of the left palm. Then we keep our hands upward and check the sensation in the palms and fingers. Cool is good, hot is less good 

 Bandhan that we give when we want to know about a certain item. This can be a person, place, book, movie etc. Similar to the previous one, we just write the name of the item. Cool is good, hot not so much.

 Bandhan when we want to decide about something. Similar to the previous one, we just write the question

 Bandhan for getting help in a specific situation.

 Bandhan that we do for somebody’s problems

 Bandhan when we ask for a certain thing to happen.

Of course, when we want to use the bandhan to decide about some course of action or when we inquire about a person or place, we first have to be in good shape ourselves. That is, when we ask about the status of our subtle system, we should feel cool in all the fingers and above Sahasrara.

reference - taken from various websites on the subject.