Five energy locks in the body. Muladara Bandha or root lock. Pada bandha or foot lock. Hasta bandha or hand lock. Uddiyana bandha or belly lock and Jalandhara bandha or throat lock. to lock, close-off, to stop. In the practice of a Bandha, the energy flow to a particular area of the body is blocked. When the Bandha is released, this causes the energy to flood more strongly through the body with an increased pressure