Yoga Mudra Science

Yoga mudras are hand positions. … Yoga mudras alter the flow of energy through your acupuncture system. All your acupuncture meridians either begin or end in your hands or feet. When you change the position of your hands and fingers, you literally alter the prana in your body.

When we hold the hands in a certain position, say in the gyan mudra, the circuitry and geometry of the body is enlisted. Meaning ‘seal’ or ‘closure’ in Sanskrit, mudras are basically closed energy circuits.

Mudras, simple gestures made primarily with the human hands, have been called the ‘control center to everything,’ by modern yogis. Though they are a small part of the entire body of yogic sagacity, they are a way of changing your energy in very specific ways.

A Subtle Science

Mudras, these simple hand gestures, are a subtle science. We don’t yet have the technology to measure the energetic affects of these movements, the same way we couldn’t really understand how meditation affected the brain prior to ECG and CAT scans of the brain were developed.

You can also look at mudras as an isometric connection that directs force from different points in the body. Though mudras are often referred to hand gestures, every yogic posture is also a form of mudra.

On a more subtle level, mudras of any form are redirecting our energetic flow. Because sensing this change can be elusive, mudras are also often paired with pranayama (the direction of the life force energy through breathing). When paired they can be even more effective, but this should not discourage a practitioner from doing mudras without any physical augmentation. Certainly, when practicing any posture mudra or breathing technique, it helps to focus the mind on the desired results – as then we are directing consciousness from multiple levels– as the psychologist Carl Jung described.

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