These gestures have immense curative and remedial value, they are a part of the preventive form of treatment, help de-stress and unwind, and are very effective tools for mind control to facilitate and encourage meditation, and gradually lead you onto the course of spiritual healing.
Yoga espouses the belief, that the hand, and the fingers when placed in a certain positions, and help for prescribed periods every day, direct or govern the vital force within our body, bringing it to balance and equilibrium.
Spiritual and Eastern sciences believe that there are five principle elements that are represented in our five fingers, i.
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, earth, water, air, fire, and ether.
The hand positionings/Mudras, use this knowledge to enhance a particular desired element, to cause cure and allay disease.
How will Mudras benefit you?
- Mudras bring about miraculous changes and improvements in the body.
- They have the power to generate peace, stillness, and happiness.
- At a subtle level, the Mudras help us awaken to self actualization and spiritualism.
- Regular following of this Yogic practice will banish feelings of anxiety, restlessness, worry, fear, irritability, and peevishness, and suffuse you with peace.
- Mudras act on the entire body - mind - soul complex.
You could begin with one of the many, and see which one works best for you.
Shankh Mudra, Rudra Mudra, Apan Mudra, Prana Mudra, Shakti Mudra are some of the powerful hand gestures which exert significant therapeutic value.