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What are Mudras?
According to the Vedic culture of ancient India, our entire world is made of the five elements called as The Panch-Maha-Bhutas. The five elements being Earth , Water , Fire , Wind and Space/Vacuum . They are also called the earth element, water element, fire element, wind element and space element. These five elements constitute the human body the nutrients from the soil (earth) are absorbed by the plants which we consume (thus we survive on the earth element), the blood flowing through own veins represents the water element, the body heat represents the fire element, the oxygen we inhale and the carbon dioxide we exhale represents the wind element and the sinuses we have in our nose and skull represent the space element. As long as these five elements in our body are balanced and maintain appropriate levels we remain healthy. An imbalance of these elements in the human body leads to a deteriorated health and diseases.
Now understand this, the command and control center of all these five elements lies in our fingers. So literally, our health lies at our fingertips. The Mudra healing method that I am going to teach you depends on our fingers. To understand this, we should first know the finger-element relationship: Thumb Fire element. Index finger Wind element. Middle finger Space/Vacuum element.
Third finger Earth element. Little finger Water element. This image will give you a better understanding of the concept: When the fingers are brought together in a specific pattern and are touched to each other, or slightly pressed against each other, the formation is called as a Mudra. When the five fingers are touched and pressed in a peculiar way to form a Mudra, it affects the levels of the five elements in our body, thus balancing those elements and inducing good health. P.S.
Important
Read this before you read any further
For the better understanding of the reader, detail images have been provided for every mudra along with the method to perform it.
Important
Read this before you read any further
For the better understanding of the reader, detail images have been provided for every mudra along with the method to perform it.
Most of the Mudras given in this book are to be performed using both your hands, but the Mudras whose images show only one hand performing the Mudra, are to be performed simultaneously on both your hands for the Mudras to have the maximum healing effect. Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you. - Robert A. Heinlein , The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Mudra #1
Gadamudra / Mudra of Spear
Method: This Mudra has to be performed in a seating position. Be seated comfortably in an upright posture and concentrate on your breathing to relax.
Form two interlacing rings by touching the tips of your index fingers with the tips of your thumbs as shown in the image. Keep the Middle fingers straight and pointing upwards, and then touch the upright middle fingers to each other. The final step is to interlace the ring fingers and the little fingers together, and bend them in the second knuckle such that there tips point downwards. This Mudra should be held in front of your lower abdomen and not at chest height. Duration: This Mudra should be performed for at least 5 minutes and can be performed for 40 minutes at a stretch. This Mudra should be performed twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening for best results.
Uses: This improves the health of our organs located in the lower abdomen region, at the same time making them supple and toning them.
Mudra #2
Makarmudra / Mudra of Crocodile
Method: This Mudra has to be performed in a seating position. Be seated comfortably in an upright posture and concentrate on your breathing to relax. Touch the tip of the Ring finger of your left hand to the tip of the thumb of the same hand, while the Index, Middle and Little fingers are all outstretched. Now, drive your right thumb through the space between your bent left Ring finger and outstretched left Little finger, and touch the tip of your right thumb to the base of your left Thumb, as shown in the image. And hold your right palm on the back of your left palm.
This Mudra should be held in front of your pelvic region and not at chest height. Duration: This Mudra should be performed for at least 5 minutes and can be performed for 40 minutes at a stretch. This Mudra should be performed twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening for best results. Uses: Its a very useful Mudra for maintaining the health of your Kidneys; also it nourishes and strengthens the sexual organs and maintains the health of the lower back thus enhancing your overall sexual capabilities.
Mudra #3
Ushakaalmudra / Mudra of Morning
Method: This Mudra can be performed while being seated, in a standing position or lying in bed. Concentrate on your breathing to relax and feel comfortable.
Clasp both your hands together as shown in the image. Please note that the left index figure is on top of the right index finger. Now, bring the tips of the Index finger and Thumb of the respective hands closer, but do not let them touch, simply form an open circle. Duration: This mudra should be performed for 5-10 minutes. Uses: This Mudra revitalizes the pelvic and reproductive organs, it also induces alertness. **NOTE Its name literally means The Mudra of the Morning; its a Mudra which induces alertness and vitality.
It is advised that this Mudra should be practiced daily when you wake up. Make a habit of performing this as a ritual when you awaken from your sleep. ***Important Best results are achieved when this Mudra is performed facing the rising sun. When you will perform this Mudra in the morning for the first time, you will feel an instant alertness induced as if you have just had a cup of espresso, this Mudra is that effective.