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*Bagalamukhi*

The cosmic feminine power has a capacity to stun, stop or paralyze. These are aspects of the Goddess Bagalamukhi, who represents the hypnotic power of the Goddess. Bagala means literally a “rope” or a “bridle;” Mukhi means “face.” Bagalamukhi is one whose face has the power to control or conquer.

Bagala gives a power of speech that leaves others silent and grasping for words. She grants complete control over our movements and the capacity to stop them at will. Such stopping comes from and promotes self-awareness.

Her opponent is the ego. She pulls out the tongue of the ego, which is the attachment to gossip, opinions, and all negative speech patterns that are the essence of the self-focused mind.

(Her yellow color (which generally is made with turmeric root) shows her bright and cleansing energy.)

-Excerpt from book “Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses” by Dr. David Frawley

Because she is related to stillness, the practice of Hatha Yoga relates to her way of knowledge, particularly asana (yogic postures), wherein a specific posture is maintained without any movement. A deeper way to worship her is to arrest the movement of the Prana or life-force through Pranayama.