pause before inhalation

[Maximus]

For the past several days I have been pausing before inhalation while doing dynamic Jalandhara. I don't know why sometimes it causes urine to ooze out while rotating the head on the pause before inhalation, even though the bladder was appearing empty before sitting. Does anyone faced this? Is this indicative of some weak internal organ? And after the dynamic jalandhara (with urine expulsion) this evening I got a bad headache.

[Anthem]

Hi Maximus,

Are you practicing mulabandha simultaneously with this as described in lesson 139?

[Maximus]

I was doing it just before inhale. After I added the pause before inhale though I consiously or unconsiously stopped doing it because it was already so suffocating in that suspended state. Recently though I have made it a point to remember to do mulabandha though it makes the experience more suffocating.

[Anthem]

Hi Maximus,

Just to be clear, lesson 139 on dynamic jalandra found here:

http://www.aypsite.com/plus/139.html

Doesn't have any breath retention prior to inhalation. This is likely causing the "suffocating" feelings you describe. I would recommend re-reading the lesson and doing it as Yogani descibes.

[Maximus]

The compelling thing about holding the breath outside before inhalation is that it shows what death is like, atleast partly. Because we don't breath after we die. So I think it would be wise to slowly get accustomed to this state, as fear grips me what it would be like when the breath finally stops forever, when I'm not even able to make the breath stay outside for a few seconds. As difficult as this holding the breath outside is, it makes me realize how cruel is death by drowning etc compared to death by other means.