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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