Shiva Stambha Yoga

Mallakhamb is an ancient form of yoga performed on a wooden pole or on a rope.

Etymology

Mallakhamba’s name entwines Sanskrit and Hindi to literally mean pole wrestling. “Malla” means wrestler, while “khamb” translates as pole.

Scriptural references

Origin of Mallakhamba

There are references of Mallakhamb training in the ancient puranas. It is an art that comes from Sadashiva Himself.

Understand, if you are asking about the origin of the Mallakhamba, in the Hanuman’s history, the life history of Hanuman, the Mallakhamba has a recorded evidence. The Hanumanji’s history Hanumath Purana clearly it is described He was trained in Mallakhamba by His father. So it has a long history; may be the origin may start from Kailasa. It may start from Kailasa. - Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Mallakhamba and Rope Yoga are from the ancient tradition, and they are powerful tools to add power and flexibility into your system.

Mallakhamba and Rope Yoga for Enlightenment

“Many of may be thinking, Mallakhamba and Rope Yoga are physical. No! They work on your internal organs. Understand. The Mallakhamba Yoga and Rope Yoga, they work on your internal organs. The whole India, healthiest people are Maharashtrians – Marathis. (Mallakhamb is state sport of Maharashtra, India) It’s a statistics. So understand the Mallakhamba Yoga works, of course, on physical component also, but it aims on physiological and psychological dimensions.” - Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Yogic Body means power, energy, flexibility and health. These 4 aspects can be completely experienced through Mallakhamba and Rope Yoga. With Mallakhamba you will have power, with Rope Yoga you will have flexibility, with Kundalini Awakening you will have energy, and all these 3 will naturally make you healthy. You will have a complete Yogic body through this Mallakhamba and Rope Yoga.

In a male body you should start with Mallakhamba. You should start with power, then add flexibility by moving to Rope Yoga, then add energy; it will become healthy.

When a male body completes Mallakhamba and Rope Yoga, only then it become capable of energy vessel. Only then I can add energy. The energy added will be sustained. - Paramahamsa Nithyananda

For female body, should start with Rope Yoga, you should start with flexibility, then add power by moving to Mallakhamba, then add energy; it will become healthy. The energy added into the system will not be lost. It will be there permanently. - Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Doing Mallakhamba and Rope Yoga in this order makes the body 100% healthy, It also ensures that the Kundalini Shakti that is poured into the body by an Avatar such as Paramahamsa Nithyananda is sustained, without getting lost.

Context for Daily Yoga during Morning Routine

In the morning yoga, the experience, which is expected, is, you feeling the whole body is nectar. In the yoga, yoga is all about experiencing tremendous ecstasy, orgasm in the very body, without any other body, just in the air. The whole body vibrating the joy, amrita sharira that is the Conscious Embodiment, chit gana anubhava supposed to happen during the yoga. The purpose of yoga is that only. Do malakhumba or hang on the rope and do, or roll on the ground and do, do upside down. Use all the accessories required. Use even weights required, whatever you want, you have full freedom. The goal, the context is embodying amrita sharira embodying the ecstatic, body, without external touch, just by the air. - Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Video

Demonstration of Mallakhamb Yoga:

References

http://www.nithyananda.org/node?page=4#gsc.tab=0 http://globalpress.hinduismnow.org/vedic-lifestyle/mallakhamba-traditional-pole-yoga/ http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/mallakhamb-extreme-indian-pole-dancing.html