Mudras for Healing

Healing through Mudras

Introduction to Mudras

Mudras are very subtle physical movements of the hands, face, and or body. some complex mudras involve the whole body with a combination of asanas.  Mudra activates and creates a circuit of prana in the body. This channelises the prana in a specific way to create subtle effects and beneficial changes in body

Your Health in Your Hand - Acharya Keshav Dev  talks about how people can fold their fingers in various Mudras (Gestures).  Here are few mudras that you can practice and gain its benefits

MRIT SANJIVINI MUDRA also known as APAN VAYU MUDRA
Benefit : In the case of severe heart attack, this life giving divice Mudra provides instant relief within a few seconds and is a magical Cardiacs, First Aid for Heart Problems.

How to do:   Fold the forefinger down and touch the mount of the thumb. The little finger should be held erect. It regulates complications of the heart. In a severe heart attack, if administered as a first aid measure within the first two seconds, it provides instant relief.

APAN MUDRA
Benefit : Provides relief in urinary problems and eases difficulty in labor and delivery. Also, facilitates the discharge of waste matter from the body and purifies the system

How to do: Join the middle finger and the ring finger with the tip of the thumb; the forefinger and the little finger should be held upright.

PRAN MUDRA
Benefit:  Energy Bank - Improves Vitality of the body; Good for improving eyesight.

How to do: Touch the points of the little finger and the ring finger to the tip of the thumb lightly. This is a life-giving mudra, it energizes the body and improves its vitality. A must for those who feel nervous, tired and weak.

LING MUDRA
Benefit: Regular practice of this Mudra can keep you away from Frequent Cold, Congested Chest and Incurable Infections.Generates heat in the body and destroys accumulated phlegm in the chest. It helps in weight reduction too, but has to be practiced with restraint. 

How to do: Join both the palms and lock the facing fingers together, keeping one thumb upright. The upright thumb must be encircled by the other thumb and the index finger.

The intake of at least eight glasses of water, and butter and ghee (clarified butter) as cooling agents in sufficient quantities is a must.

Due to the heat it generates, it may not be possible to practice this mudra with as much ease and flexibility as the other mudras. It might prove taxing and result in a feeling of lethargy

GYAN MUDRA

Benefits : Yogic Tranquilizer. Regular practice ensures Mental Peace, Concentration of the mind and Sharp Memory, Spiritual enhansment develops creativity. It cures insomnia and mental disorders, and dissipates tension, depression and drowsiness. This is a must for those who aspire to develop telepathy or wish to acquire extrasensory abilities

How to do:The thumb and the index finger are brought together in gentle contact, not pressing hard, while all other fingers are kept upright. This is the mudra most people are familiar with. 

Great thinkers such as Buddha, Mahavir, Guru Nanak, Christ are generally depicted in this pose.

SHUNYA MUDRA

Benefits : Cures ear aches injust a few minutes.This mudra is suitable for ailments of the ear, and helps those of the nose and the throat ailments. Even five minutes of this mudra will help reduce an earache

How to do: Bring the middle finger down to touch the palm and bring the padding of the thumb on top of it, keeping the other fingers straight up. Do this for 40 minutes a day. .

VARUNA MUDRA

Benefit: Regular practice ensures an optimum level of water in the body and heals all ailments connected with dehydration.

How to do: It is like the Gyan Mudra. Touch the tip of the little finger with the tip of the thumb while the other fingers are kept upright. 

SURABHI MUDRA

Benefit: This controls rheumatic inflammation and sharpens your intellect.

How to do: Join the little finger of one hand with the ring finger of the other and vice versa. Similarly, join the forefinger with the middle finger of the other hand and vice versa. Leave the thumbs free. 

Therefore , now we know that Mudras can bring about magical change and improvement in our body and has the ability to generate power to wholistically development of mind ; body which brings peace and happiness.

Mudras help in moulding the Physical, Mental and even the Moral aspects of the individual. Some Mudras can balance the elements of the body within 45 minutes while some are fast enough to act within a few seconds. Mudras have extra ordinary powers, practice of mudras brings about a quick and fundamental reversions of the destructive changes in the human body. 

Detailed description of Mudras are found in Tantra Shastra, Upasana Shastra, Nritya Shastra, Art of Sculpture etc.

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Chakras

CHAKRAS:

There are certain centers where energy is concentrated. Since this energy moves like a wheel in a circular fashion, these vortices are called "chakras".

There are 7 major chakras and several minor chakras. Each of the seven major chakras corresponds to an important gland. 

They located in the center of the body starting at the base of the spine and running to the top of the head. There are seven colors associated with the 
chakras: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. 

Each color is associated with one or more of the chakras. Employing the use of an appropriate color with a specific chakra can enhance the speed of the healing process significantly.

The seven chakras are:

1. Root/base chakra

2. Sex/navel chakra

3. Stomach/solar plexus chakra

4. Heart chakra

5. Throat chakra

6. Brow/third eye chakra

7. Crown chakra

Chakras and their psychological properties

Chakras are centers of energy, located on the midline of the body. There are seven of them, and they govern our psychological properties. The chakras located on the lower part of our body are our instinctual side, the highest ones our mental side.

The chakras can have various levels of activity. When they are "open," they're considered to be normal. Some chakras are not open enough or are depleted or under-active, and in order to compensate, other chakras are excessive or over-active. For Body and Mind to be in harmony, the chakras are to be in balanced operative state. 

1 - Root Chakra

It is a portal through which Earth energy is absorbed into our system.  

Represents that vibration of the pranic force which aligns our consciousness to the physical livingThe Root chakra is:  being physically there and feeling at home in situations.An open root chakra indicates that you feel grounded, stable and secure. You don't unnecessarily distrust people. You feel present in the here and now and connected to your physical body. 
If you tend to be fearful or nervous, your Root chakra is probably under-active. You'd easily feel unwelcome.
An over active root chakra is indicative of being very materialistic and greedy. You're probably obsessed with being secure and resist change.

Key Words: Survival, Stability, Thriving, Grounding  

2 - Sacral Chakra

This chakra is also known as ‘’Sex’’ Chakra. It represents that vibration of the Pranic force which aligns our consciousness to the feeling of pleasure.The Sacral chakra is about feeling and sexuality. When it is open, your feelings flow freely, and are expressed without you being over-emotional. You are open to intimacy and you can be passionate and lively. You have no problems dealing with your sexuality.

If you tend to be stiff and unemotional the Sacral chakra is under-active. You're not very open to people.
Key words: Sensuality, Sexuality, Pain, Pleasure

If this chakra is over-active, you tend to be emotional all the time. You'll feel emotionally attached to people , can be very sexual.

3 - Solar Chakra

A healthy solar chakra indicates that you can easily flow with the flow of life while remaining in charge of your life. Fears, anxiety, worry, anger, frustration and all modern day “stress” related issues arise out of this feeling of lack of control. Through front Solar Chakra, we accept control from others and through back solar chakra we take charge of our life and situations.

Key words: Control, power, position, taking charge 

4 - Heart Chakra

It is concerned with love for life, living, the universe, nature, people…all creation. Though a well functioning solar plexus chakra helps one in becoming a good therapist, a well functioning heart chakra is necessary for becoming a good healer. All animals operate out of lower three chakras.

 Through front Heart Chakra, we receive love and through back Heart Chakra we express love. Front Heart Chakra gets blocked due to unpleasant association with love, e.g. hurt, pain, etc. Back Heart Chakra gets blocked when one is unable to forgive.

Key words:  Love, Acceptance, Forgiveness

5 - Throat Chakra

Throat Chakra is related to communication. Effective communication is largely related to self worth, self esteem and self belief, self-expression and talking. When it is open, you have no problems expressing yourself, and you might be doing so as an artist.

When this chakra is under-active, you tend not to speak much, and you probably are introverted and shy. Not speaking the truth may block this chakra.

If this chakra is over-active, you tend to speak too much, usually to domineer and keep people at a distance. You could be a bad listener

6 - Third Eye Chakra
This chakra is related to higher vision and its implementation. „Clairvoyance‟ is related to a fully functional Third Eye Chakra . Is also known as Agna Chakra. It is about insight and visualization. 

When it is open, you have a good intuition. 

If it is under-active, you're not very good at thinking for yourself, and you may tend to rely on authorities. You may be rigid in your thinking, relying on beliefs too much. You might even get confused easily.

If this chakra is over-active, you may live in a world of fantasy. sometimes even leading to halucinations.

The Third Eye Chakra represents that vibration of resource energy which aligns our consciousness to being visionaries and implementers. People with open third eye chakras are usually creative and are capable of finding alternative answers .

Key words:  Vision and implementation

7 - Crown Chakra
The crown chakra represents that vibration of resource energy which aligns our consciousness to one-ness with the universe. The Crown chakra is about wisdom and being one with the world. If you are unprejudiced and quite aware of the world and yourself, it indicates your chakra is open.
If it is under-active, you're not very aware of spirituality. You're probably quite rigid in your thinking.

If this chakra is over-active, you are probably intellectualizing things too much. You may be addicted to spirituality and are probably ignoring your bodily needs.

Oneness encourages us to understand how we manifest our universe in general with our thought process and the soul's need to go through certain experiences 

Key words:  Oneness

Chakras and Crystal Healing

Understanding chakras is an integral aspect of crystal healing.  As said earlier chakras are swirling energy systems where information is stored and received. All chakras are interconnected  and each one has a particular function for our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being. Chakras allow the emotional, mental and spiritual force to flow into our physical bodies. If a chakra is unbalanced, it can cause energy blocks that may result in physical disorders that affect the functioning of the other chakras and our overall well-being. Therefore, it is vital that each chakra is cleansed and balanced. Each chakra has a specific bodily function, location, vibration, and color. Using crystals and stones is a simple and an excellent way to cleanse and balance your chakras.

Few details listed will assist you to work with the chakras. Although there are specific crystals listed, generally you may use any crystals or stones that correspond to the color of the chakra you wish to work with. The key is to go with your intuition and response.

The position of the chakra with Colour ,Function , Gland , Corresponding Crystal are given below

Chakra	Colour	Key words	Body	Crystal
Root	Red	Physical Survival, Energy, Groundedness	Gonads, Ovaries	Ruby
Sacral	Orange	Creativity,Emotions, sexual drive	Adrenals, Spleen, Liver	Carnelian
Solar Plexus	Yellow	Identity, self-confidence, personal power	Pancreas	Amber, topaz
Heart	Green	Relationships, Love of all kinds	Thymus	Emerald
Throat	Blue	Self expression; communication	Thyroid	Lapis
Ajna/ Brow/3rd Eye	Indigo	Perception, knowledge, clairvoyance	Pineal, Pituitary	Amethyst
Crown	Violet/ White	Connection to the Divine, Intuition	Pineal, Pituitary	Diamond

How to LAY these Crystals

The rule is you should be grounded and centered before beginning to lay the crystals.  These techniques may work best if you meditate to clear your intentions prior to working with the crystals. Use your intuition to decide which technique would be most beneficial for you or try them to see what feels and suits you the best.

Balancing the Chakras

Technique - 1. You will need seven clear quartz crystal points all about the same and weight, either natural or tumbled. Lie down and place a crystal on each of the 7 major chakra centers. If a cryatal rolls to a different position three times, leave it where it is. It is an indication that the body is moving it where it needs to be. You will find some of the crystals will feel very heavy, like they are still there. Some crystals will feel very cold, others extremely warm or even electric. You may also feel like you are floating or receive inner visions of color or patterns. Each individual is different so trust your information you receive. Leave the stones in place for at least three or four minutes. The body will find its own balance.

Technique 2. You will need 7 clear quartz crystal points and place them on  mat next to you pointing inward, toward your body at each chakra center. Lie still for three to four minutes. This will release stress. Then turn the points outwards to recharge and energize the chakra centers. Lie still for another three or four minutes.

Technique-  3. You will need one  of each red stone, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, white, golden or violet, dark stone. All stones should be approximately the same size and weight. This method is the same as the first, except that the colored stones are used instead of clear quartz crystals. The dark stones should be placed at the feet for grounding. The remaining stones should be placed at chakra centers according to color as mentioned in the table . For example: red on the root chakra, orange on the sacral chakra, and so on .

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