What Is a Mudra?

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What Is a Mudra?

• Mudras are gestures - usually hand positions -
  used to aid concentration, focus and connection
  to yourself during your meditation and asana
  practice. The term translates from Sanskrit as
  gesture, mark or seal

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Performing mudras are to stimulate the flow of
prana (life force or energy) throughout the body.
Its to quieten the mind by focusing it on the
simple touch of our hands or fingers and to
intensify the power of our practice.Each
individual mudra has unique symbolism and is
thought to have a specific effect on the body and
mind by clearing energetic pathways.
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The 5 Elements Connected To Our Fingers

• According to Ayurveda considered to be the
  worlds oldest holistic healing system disease
  is the result of an imbalance in our body caused
  by a deficiency or an excess one of the five key
  elements space, air, fire, water and earth. Each
  of these play a specific role within the body and
  are represented by the five fingers

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• The thumb is connected to the fire
• The forefinger to the wind
• The middle finger to the ether (or space)
• The ring finger to the earth
• The little finger to the water

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• The fingers essentially act as electrical
  circuits and the use of mudras adjust the flow of
  energy which balance these various elements and
  accommodate healing.
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