HOW TO LOVE WITH DETACHMENT (DOING THESE MUDRAS)

 

VAJRA MUDRA

                                   

WISDOM

PROCEDURE

WRAP THE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND AROUND THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE REMAINING FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND CURL INTO A RELAXED FIST.

BENEFITS

VAJRA MUDRA HELPS TRANSFORM IGNORANCE INTO WISDOM IT ALSO STIMULATES BLOOD CIRCULATION, REDUCING THE RESTLESSNESS AND DIZZINESS CAUSED BY LOW BLODD PRESSURE.

DURATION

PRACTICE 3 TIMES A DAY FOR 5 TO 15 MINUTES.

CAUTION

PEOPLE WITH BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD USE THIS MUDRA SPARINGLY, IF AT ALL.

VARUNA MUDRA

DRYNESS AND INDIGESTION

PROCEDURE

TOUCH THE TIP OF THE LITTLE FINGER TO THE TIP OF THE THUMB. KEEP THE OTHER THREE FINGERS STRAIGHT.

BENEFITS

"VARUNA" MEANS "WATER" . THIS MUDRA BALANCES THE WATER ELEMENT IN THE BODY AND HELPS WITH DRYNESS IN THE EYES, MOUTH, THROAT AND INTESTINES, INDIGESTION, CONSTIPATION, DRY SKIN THAT CRACKS, ECZEMA, PSORIASIS, AND TONGUE DISORDERS INCLUDING LOSS OF TASTE. IT IS ALSO HELPFUL IN CONTROLLING COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, PARALYSIS, SINUSES AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE.

DURATION

PRACTICE 45 MINUTES PER DAY EITHER ALL AT ONCE OR IN 15 MINUTE INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

CAUTION

FOR PEOPLE WHO RETAIN WATER, ARE HEAVY OR LETHARGIC, DO VARUNA MUDRA IN MODERATION, IF AT ALL.

VITARKA MUDRA

WISDOM AND DISCUSSION

PROCEDURE

THERE ARE MANY VARIATIONS. FORMING A CIRCLE WITH THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER IS UNIVERSAL AMONG THE VARIATIONS AS THE BUDDHIST SYMBOL OF PERFECTION.

FOR THE VARIATION SHOWN, ON EACH HAND, TOUCH THE TIP OF THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER, PLACE THE LEFT HAND ON THE LAP, PALM FACING UPWARD. HOLD THE RIGHT HAND AT SHOULDER HEIGHT, PALM FACING DOWNWARD.

BENEFITS

VITARKA MUDRA INCREASES WISDOM. IT IS A GESTURE OF TEACHING OR A MUDRA OF DISCUSSION. IT HELPS WITH THE FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT FEAR.

DURATION

PRACTICE FOR 30 TO 45 MINUTES, EITHER AT ONCE OR IN 10 TO 15 MINUTE INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

CAUTION

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

YONI MUDRA

DETACHMENT

PROCEDURE

HANDS FORM AN ALMOST SHAPE WITH FINGERS AND THUMBS OF EACH HAND TOUCHING AT THE TIPS WITH THE OPPOSITE HAND. POINT FINGERS DOWN WHILE POINTING THUMBS UPWARD.

BENEFITS

YONI MUDRA HELPS THE PRACTITIONER TO DETACH FROM THE CHAOS OF THE OUTER WORLD. AND BECOME MORE AWARE AND IN HARMONY WITH THEIR INNER SOUNDS. IT ALSO HELPS REJUVENATE THE MIND, STABILIZE THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, REDUCE STRESS, INCREASE MENTAL CLARITY, AND ATTAIN SPIRITUAL CALMNESS.

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.

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