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Five Powerful Mudras With Serious Payoff
IndiaOn.com
December 12, 2007
A Mudra is a symbolic gesture used in much of the Hindu and Buddhist iconography present on the Indian subcontinent. Mudra positions are formed by manipulating the hands and the fingers; each mudra has a specific effect on the practitioner.
Mudra of Water: Varuna
Method:
Touch the tip of your little finger to the top of your thumb. Point three other fingers straight up.
Specialty: The varuna mudra increases knowledge. Pressing the two fingers together activates the pituitary and endocrine glands on the thumb.
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Time Duration: No particular time duration. You can either hold the position steadily, or hold it for 30 seconds, and then take a 10-second break.
Benefits:
- Increases memory power and sharpens the brain
- Enhances concentration
- Prevents mental frustration and depression
Mudra of Earth: Prithvi
Method: Touch the top of your thumb to the tip of your ring finger, and shape your other three fingers like a fork.
Specialty: Eases physical pain and weakness.
Benefits:
- Helps to increase weight for weak people
- Improves skin complexion
- Helps to raise heart rate and body heat
Mudra of Knowledge: Gyan
Method: Touch your thumb to the top of your index finger while stretching the other three fingers out upwards. Hold position.
Specialty: Balances water content in the hands.
Benefits:
- Prevents Gastroenteritis
- Stops deterioration of hand muscle
Mudra of Air: Vayu
Method: Fold the index finger under the base of the thumb Press down thumb while keeping the other three fingers straight.
Specialty: Eases illness related to air imbalance.
Time Durations: 45 minutes at a time, for two months.
Benefits:
- Cures Rheumatism, Arthritis, and Gout
- Can be useful for paralysis
Mudra of Emptiness: Shunya
Method: Bent middle finger onto your palm, and press it with your thumb.
Specialty: Reducess tiredness and dullness.
Benefits:
- Supposedly able to relieve earaches within 4-5 minutes of practice.
