Mudras and Health: Yoga at your fingertips - Instructions and benefits with Mudras

By Yogacharya Surakshit Goswami

Mudras and Health: Yoga at your fingertips - Instructions and benefits with Mudras

These are a series of simple yet effective mudras, which if practiced daily can keep you healthy for life. Yoga has tremendous healing power and can cure all major diseases, if performed properly. It also offers happiness.

'Hastmudras' provide energy to the body which helps in the purification process, and so keeps the body healthy. Though these mudras are easy and can be practiced at any time of the day, they are most effective on an empty stomach,

Vayu Mudra

Sit with your back and neck straight. Keep your index finger at the root of your thumb and press it. Index finger should also touch the middle finger. Then, move your hands to the knee region with the palms facing upwards. Put a little pressure on your palm and the rest of the hand should be in a relaxed position. Practice this for 10-15 minutes everyday.

Benefits: Helpful for gastro problems, joint pain, backache, sciatica, arthritis and Parkinson's disease.

Akash Mudra

Sit with your back and neck straight. Join the tip of your middle finger with the thumb in both hands, press a little and keep rest of the fingers straight. Now, keep your hands near the knee with palms facing upwards. Sit in this position for five to ten minutes.

Benefits: Helpful in heart diseases. Strengthens bones.

Shunya Mudra

Sit comfortably. Put your middle finger of both the hands at the root of the thumb and press a little. Now keep your hands near the knee with your palm facing upwards. Sit in this position for five to ten minutes.

Benefits: Helps control deafness, strengthens gum muscles, and most importantly, regulates thyroid gland functions.

Prithvi-mudra

Sit down comfortably. Touch your ring finger to the tip of the thumb and press it little. Rest three fingers should be held straight and then keep your palm at your knee. Practice it for 15-20 minutes.

Benefits: It helps thin persons gain weight, and it adds to freshness. Appetite increases and mind is maintained cool and calm.

Suryamudra

Sit down comfortably with your back and neck straight. Join tips of ring fingers at the root of the thumbs and press with the thumbs. The rest three fingers would be straight. Keep your hand at your folded knee, remember to keep palm facing up. Put a little pressure in your palm and rest of the hand would be in relax position. Practice it for 10-15 minutes everyday.

Benefits: It is beneficial for weight control and supply of energy. Health problems like diabetes, lever diseases and cholesterol are cured.

Varunmudra

Sit down comfortably with your back and neck straight. Join tips of little fingers and thumbs and keep rest three fingers straight. Keep your hand at your folded knee. Keep your palm tight and rest of the hand should be relaxed. Practice it for 10-15 minutes everyday.

Benefits: It improves skin glow, blood circulation. It also prevents dehydration, and skin diseases

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