APAN VAYU MUDRA, APAN VAYU MUDRA , APAN VAYU MUDRA AND APAN VAYU MUDRA

APAAN VAYU MUDRA

HEART AND BLOOD PRESSURE

PROCEDURE

WITH PALMS FACING YOU, CURL THE INDEX FINGER SO THAT THE TIP IS RESTING WHERE THE THUMB CONNECTS WITH THE PALM. TOUCH THE TIPS OF THE MIDDLE AND RIGHT FINGERS TO THE THUMB. THE LITTLE FINGER POINTS OUT.

BENEFITS

APAAN VAYU MUDRA IS BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM INDIGESTION, HEARBURN AND OTHER GASTRIC PROBLEMS. IT IS ALSO VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE HEART AND SAID TO RELIEVE A HEART ATTACK WITHIN SECONDS. BECAUSE IT HELPS REGULATE THE HEART AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, IT HAS ADDITIONAL BENEFITS THAT BLOOD PRESSURE AND HELPING RELIEVE PALPITATIONS OR WEAK PULSE, REDUCING  NERVOUSNESS AND HELPING CURE INSOMNIA, RELIEVING  ACIDITY, GAS FORMATION, ERUCTATION, BELCHING, AND STRENGTHENING THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. IT SOLVES ALL DISEASES OF THE INTESTINES, COLIC, COLITIS, ETC, RELIEVES TOOTHACHES, AND CURES HICCOUGH. IT REMOVES ALL NEGATIVE PRESSURE OF THE BODY, AND HELPFUL WITH ARTHRITIS TOO.

 

DURATION

PRACTICE THREE TIMES PER DAY FOR 15 MINUTES EACH FOR MOST SITUATIONS. PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM HEART AILMENTS SHOULD PRACTICE FROM OSTEOARTHRITIS AND KNEE PAIN CAN DO THIS MUDRA FOR 10 MINUTES  BEFORE CLIMBING STAIRS TO RELIEVE THE PAIN.

CAUTION

THERE ARE NO SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS MUDRA. ANYONE CAN USE IT AND ENJOY ITS BENEFITS.

ASTHMA MUDRA

ASTHMA RELIEF

PROCEDURE

CURL MIDDLE FINGERS TOWARD PALM AND PRESS TOGETHER AT THE FINGERNAILS. THE OTHER FINGERS THE THUMB REMAIN EXTENDED. SOME VARIATIONS KEEP THE PALMS SEPARATE, OTHERS REST THE PALMS AGAINST EACH OTHER.

BENEFITS

ASTHMA MUDRA HELPS AID THE LONG-TERM HEALING OF ASTHMA AND RELATED SYMPTOMS.

DURATION

PRACTICE 5 MINUTES AT A TIME, 3 TO 5 TIMES PER DAY.

THIS MUDRA CAN BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRONCHIAL MUDRA, DOING EACH FOR 5 MINUTES IN ONE SITTING, 3 TO 5 TIMES PER DAY.

CAUTION

ALTHOUGH IT CAN HELP WITH ACUTE ATTACKS, THIS MUDRA IS MEANT TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADDITIONAL TREATMENT TO AID THE LONG-TERM HEALING OF ASTHMA.

BHUTADAMAR MUDRA

BLOCKING NEGATIVITY

PROCEDURE

PALMS FACING OUTWARD AWAY FROM THE BODY, WRITS CROSSED, CURL THE RIGHT FINGER TOWARD THE PALM WHILE EXTENDING ALL OTHER FINGERS AND THUMBS OF EACH HAND.

BENEFITS

BHUTADAMAR MUDRA IS FOR KEEPING NEGATIVE ENERGIES AWAY WHILE KEEPING THE POSITIVE ENERGIES IN.

DURATION

DURING MEDITATION FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THAT IS COMFORTABLE FOR THE PRACTITIONER.

CAUTION

THERE ARE NO SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS MUDRA. ANYONE CAN USE IT AND ENJOY ITS BENEFITS.

BRONCHIAL MUDRA

RESPIRATORY ISSUE RELIEF

PROCEDURE

PRESS THE TIP OF THE LITTLE FINGER TO THE BASE OF THE THUMB, THE RING FINGER TO THE UPPER THUMB JOINT, AND THE MIDDLE FINGER TO THETIP OF THE THUMB. THE INDEX FINGER EXTENDS OUTWARD.

BENEFITS 

 

 

BRONCHIAL MUDRA IS HELPFUL FOR ALLEVIATING RESPIRATORY ISSUES SUCH AS ASTHMA AND BRONCHITIS FROM ALLERGIES, POLLUTION, LIFESTYLE OR DIET. WITH LONG-TERM PRACTICE, THIS MUDRA HELPS DECREASE THE INTENSITY OF AN ATTACK AND REGULATES BREATHING PATTERNS.

DURATION

PRACTICE 5 MINUTES AT A TIME, 3 TO 5 TIMES PER DAY. IT CAN ALSO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ASTHMA MUDRA, DOING EACH FOR 5 MINUTES IN ONE SITTING, 3 TO 5 TIMES PER DAY.

CAUTION

THIS MUDRA DOES NOT REPLACE TREATMENT BUT IS TO BE USED IN ADDITION TO PRESCRIBED TREATMENT. IT HELPS ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM LONG-TERM BUT IS NOT FOR ACUTE ATTACKS.

HAND MUDRAS WILL CHANGE

 YOUR LIFE

HAND MUDRAS ARE NOT NEW. IN FACT, THEY HAVE BEEN USED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS ACROSS MANY CULTURES. TODAY, THEY CAN BE FOUND IN DAILY USE ACROSS THE GLOBE. HOWEVER, THEY ARE MOST ASSOCIATED WITH EASTERN TRADITIONS SUCH AS BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM. WETERNERS MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATE HAND MUDRAS WITH MEDITATION AND YOGA PRACTICE, HOWEVER, THEIR USES AND BENEFITS EXTEND FAR FURTHER.

BECAUSE HAND MUDRA CONNECT WITH THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, THEY BECOME A FORM OF STIMULATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PRACTITIONER,THEIR BODY AND THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THEM. HAND MUDRAS HAVE BEEN  USED TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS IN TRADITIONAL DANCES, FOR DEEPENING MEDITATION, FOR ACHIEVING SPECIFIC RESULTS, AS WELL AS FOR HEALING BOTH ACUTE AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE BODY. BY TOUCHING SPECIFIC NERVES, PARTS OF THE BRAIN AND BODY ARE STIMULATED INTO ACTION, GENERATING PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES THAT YIELD VERY REAL RESULTS.

ENJOY THE MANY HAND MUDRAS COMPILED AND COLLECTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND BROUGHT TO YOU FROM THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF THE AGES.

AKASH MUDRA

INTUITION AND DETOXIFICATION

PROCEDURE

CONNECT THE TIP OF THE THUMB TO THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER. THE REMAINING THREE FINGERS ARE IN A RELAXED STATE. KEEP PALMS FACING UPWARD.

BENEFITS 

AKASH MUDRA HELPS ELEVATE THOUGHTS, DEVELOP INTUITION AND DETOXIFY THE BODY, ELIMINATING A SENSE OF HEAVINESS, RELIEVING CONGESTIONS AND PAIN IN THE HEAD, EARS AND CHEST, AND HELPING WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, IRREGULAR HEART-BEATS, DIZZINESS AND JOINT PAINS. IT ALSO HELPS STRENGTHEN BONES, CAN INCREASE SPIRITUAL POWER AND MAKE YOU FEEL FEARLESS.

DURATION

BEST IF DONE ABOUT 45 MINUTES PER DAY. IT CAN BE DONE AT ONCE OR IN 10 TO 15 MINUTES INTERVALS DURING THE DAY.

CAUTION

THIS MUDRA SHOULD BE PERFORMED IN A SITTING POSTURE, NEVER WHILE WALKING OR EATING. IF SUFFERING FROM HEART AILMENTS, ONLY PERFORM THIS MUDRA FOR 10 MINUTES PER DAY.

ANJALI MUDRA

STRESS REDUCTION

PROCEDURE

HOLD HANDS TOGETHER, PALMS STAYING SOFT AND FORMING A SOFT DOME SHAPE, FINGERS CLOSE TOGETHER AS IF IN PRAYER. HOLD HANDS OVER THE HEART/CHEST, BRINGING YOUR ELBOWS INTO ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR WRISTS.

BENEFITS

ANJALI MUDRA HELPS REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY, CALMS THE BRAIN, CREATES FLEXIBILITY IN THE HANDS, FINGERS, WRISTS AND ARMS, AND OPENS THE HEART.

DURATION

PRACTICE FOR 30 TO 45 MINUTES FOR CENTERING AND DEEPENING MEDITATION, EITHER ALL AT ONCE OR IN 15 MINUTE INCREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS GESTURE IS ALSO USED IN INDIA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS A GESTURE OF GREETING, ACKNOWLEDING AND HONORING OTHERS.

CAUTION

THERE ARE NO SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS MUDRA. ANYONE CAN USE IT AND ENJOY ITS BENEFITS.

APAAN MUDRA

DETOXIFICATION AND ELIMINATION

PROCEDURE

THE TIPS OF MIDDLE FINGER AND RING FINGER TOUCH THE TIP OF THUMB WHILE THE OTHER TWO FINGERS ARE STRETCHED OUT.

BENEFITS 

APAAN MUDRA PURIFIES THE BODY, REMOVING TOXINS BY HELPING REGULATE THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM. IT HELPS IN RELIEVING CONSTIPATION, ANURIA (ABSENSE OF BLOCKAGE OF URINE), THE RELIEF OF BURNING IN THE BODY OR BODY-PARTS, AND IN DEALING WITH AN ABSENCE OF SWEAT. IT IS ALSO SAID TO BE USEFUL DURING CHILDBIRTH IF THERE IS A DELAY.

DURATION

PRACTICE DAILY FOR 45 MINUTES EITHER IN ONE STRETCH OR IN 15 MINUTES INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PRACTICING FOR LONGER PERIOD YIELDS MORE BENEFITS.

CAUTION

THIS MUDRA SHOULD NOT BE DONE BY PREGNANT WOMEN BEFORE COMPLETING 8 MONTHS. AFTER THAT, 10 MINUTES 3 TO 4 PER DAY WILL HELP TO ENSURE A NORMAL DELIVERY.