Hi guys,
I found a very nice version of Maha Mudra in which you do all the repetitions first in one leg and then in the other. Here is where I found it.
http://www.nathyoga.org/Insight%20into%20meditation%20&%20yoga.pdf
88 Chapter XVII–YOGA TABLE “M3”
In this way, you avoid waisting time changing legs after every exhalation, and it feels more like a pranayama exercise. All the bhandas to apply while at it are explained in great detail.
Hi Will Power
Thank you for sharing this.
Do you combine it with spinal breathing or do it as a separate pranayama?
Thankyou lots to read in this book . 
You are welcome BlueRaincoat and kumar ul islam.
I think it’s not specified in the book, but I do it with spinal breathing.
The other most interesting thing that I learned from this book is maha; vedha:
“Maha vedha is done by taking a deep breath, holding it, applying jalandhara bandha and moola bandha, and pressing the palms on the ground, raising the buttocks, then letting them gently strike the floor repeatedly while holding the breath . Do two to ten rounds like this Vedha literally means to penetrate or to observe penetratingly; maha vedha is of great help in keeping you alert to what is happening in the body-mind complex.(With maha vedha our table could be called M4). While making any changes you should be aware of what your body tells you.”
Hey willpower
Sounds similar to the maha mudra practiced by the kriya traditions
here is a video in which its demonstrated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7chqauQIuY
They also combine kriya breathing with maha mudra working there way up the chakras with each leg change, two rounds being a complete cycle from muladhara to sahasra
check it out
regards
sam
Hi Sam, thanks for the video! I am familiar with Maha Mudra the way it’s teached in the kriya traditions and it’s really valuable. I also inhale and exhale through Sushumna, and press the leg towards the chest (very good for digestion). But now I am practising all the round with one leg, and then with the other, instead of changing legs after every exhalation.
Thanks again for the video, I hadn’t watch it before and the explanation is very nice.
Hey Will power
Thats interesting i was initiated into KYI a few months back and they instructed to take 4-5 breaths in each position or whatever you really feel like at the time. it would seem quite silly to only take one breath as there would be to much moving around, so i understand you wanting to chill out in each position a little longer (:
All the best mate
sam
Yes Sambo,
but in KYI to do 3 Maha Mudras you have to change your position 3 times per round, 3x3= 9 times in total. With the version that I linked you change legs only one time in 3 rounds of Maha Mudra (or whatever number of rounds that you want to perform).
All the best mate! [OM]
I do Iyengar in addition to SB and DM, and in Iyengar classes it can certainly feel like forever!
Hi! I don’t know it is done in iyenga
I have found that adding mahamudra (Kriya style) to the AYP routine greatly helps to energize/ vitalize when one has a tendency towards heaviness, lethargy and depression.
Sey 
Yes, specially at the end of the routine to help be again in the body and make the prana and blood circulate in the body
Hi,
It is said you should practice 1 cycle of Mahamudra for every 6 kriya pranayam breaths.It can be done before or after the kriya breaths.
Krish
Hi,
where is it said so? I have always heard 1 Maha M. per 12 cycles of spinal breathing
Hi Will, sorry for not returning to this thread sooner.
In Iyengar (Light on Yoga, asana 58, Plate 125) you have one leg stretched out and the other bent same as the lower leg in siddhasana. You reach forward to the foot (I use a webbed strap). Inhale fully, lower the head (jalandhara?) and tighten the abdomen from anus to navel, also pulling the abdomen in and up. The back is straight, you are folding forward in the groins, not bending the back. Hold the breath one to three minutes then release and relax the body. Repeat the breathing and mudra/bandha cycle, then repeat the entire asana on the opposite side.
No mention of repeated spinal breathing while the various mudras and bandhas are engaged.
I like this one.