Mudras – Yoga For Your Hands:

By Carole Fogarty

Editor Rejuvenation Lounge and facilitator of Women’s Rejuvenation Retreats:

 

Rejuvenate Your Body, Mind and Soul:

Mudras are my new found love, and are now one of my rejuvenation rituals. I’m currently practising a mudra which offers calm, inner core strength and improved focus (yeah, no more distractions for me). plus a healthier flow of energy throughout my entire body.

 

 

Hand Mudra’s Are Gentle and Gracious:

Mudras are simple, and I love simple. They are gentle and gracious in their actions. and can literally be done while you are standing, sitting or in meditation. All you need is five minutes.

Ancient texts share how they support the healing of many illnesses. along with balancing all chakras and triggering harmony to flow back into your body.

When, used as a remedy for disease, it is recommend that you practice from anywhere between 30 – 45 minutes.

 

What Are Hand Mudra’s?

Mudras are an important  aspect of yoga. Mudra’s have been used for thousands of years to restore health.

Mudras are literally “health in your hand“. Our thumbs, fingers and the palms of our hands are constantly emitting electromagnetic currents of energy.  By creating certain postures with your hands, fingers and thumbs you opening up energy channels to encourage flow and healing.

 

The Gyan Mudra.

If you practice yoga or meditation you will definitely be familiar with the Gyan Mudra. This is when the thumb and index finger connect whilst the other three fingers are left open and spread. The benefit of holding this mudra while in meditation is that it increases the flow of energy to your astral self. On a physical level it improves concentration, focus and memory. This mudra I have used for many years to support my meditations

Another mudra which I have used often in certain yoga postures is to hold the hands in prayer pose over the heart chakra. For me personally this is a very nurturing and calming hand posture and tends to bring the energy of peace into my body.

 

Prana Mudra:

I have chosen just one mudra this month to practice and absorb myself into. The prana mudra or life mudra seemed the obvious choice for me as I can get easily distracted and felt I needed more internal stability.

When doing this pose I sit on my meditation cushion in a peaceful environment (the kids are at school) calm my breathing, focus on my breath and place my subtle awareness on the energy currents being created with this pose. I’ll observe the sensations, the blocks and the lightness flowing to different parts of my body. I’ll do my best to just let thoughts float by and stay calm and centred. My intention is to repeat this pose twice a day for five minutes at a time.

 

Benefits of Prana Mudra:

This particular mudra is said to benefit and increase the life force energy within you. Strengthen immunity, muscles, eyes and remove nervousness.

Nervousness or anxiousness can be an indication of weakness and reveals itself by being easily distracted due to lack of internal stability. This mudra strengthens the base chakra which will in turn strengthen and calm your inner core. The finger positions stimulates the nourishing energy in the pelvic flow and gently increases vitality and assists in reducing fatigue.

 

Recommended Reading:

 

 

Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands by Gertrud Hirschi (excellent book, very thorough)

Yoga For The Hands – Card deck by Sabrina Mesko (pictured above)

Yoga hand postures for women

 

 

Thanks for reading my post.  Carole

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