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YOGA HAND POSTURE "A sound mind in a sound body,” is a very famous saying. Everyone wants to be happy and healthy, obviously not ill and unhappy. A teacher once asked a student, “What is the easiest career in life?” The student replied, “Just to fail exams!” According to expert yoga teachers, simple and easy work leads to unhappiness and illness. By practicing Hands Postures various problems like stress, tension, sleeplessness, fatness, constipation, gastric troubles, heart troubles, etc. may be cured. There are various ways and methods to maintain good health. The most simple and effective method is to practice the hand posture called “HASTA- MUDRA.” According to scientific acupressure, our body is made up of five elements. Directions: Each of the five fingers illustrates a different element:
1. The thumb depicts the element of FIRE.
2. The index finger represents the element of AIR.
3. The middle finger characterizes the element of SPACE.
4. The ring finger portrays the element of EARTH.
5. The little finger symbolizes the element of WATER. You may select postures for practicing any HASTA MUDRA, it may be full lotus posture, called VAJRASAN and one can practice on the chair. Hands should be kept upwards, resting on the knees or thighs. Fingers not being used in the posture should remain straight and relaxed. To be effective, a posture should be maintained for 5 to 40 minutes. One should not practice during walking, driving, & after meals.
Hand
Postures
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POSTURE OF
KNOWLEDGE
(GYANA MUDRA):
Method: This mudra is
achieved by
joining the tips of the index fingers with the tips of the thumbs.
Benefits: By practicing this
posture for 5 to 20 minutes
for 15 days, it can increase memory, intellectual power, calming
your
anger, and give relief from headaches and
migraines.
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GASTRIC
CONTROL POSTURE
(VAYU VIJAY MUDRA):
Method: This posture is
achieved by bending the index
finger to the
root of the
thumb.
Benefits: By practicing this
posture 5 to 15 minutes for 15 days, it can give relief from
gastric
trouble, pain in the joints, paralysis, trembling, diarrhea,
constipation,
bad thoughts, acidity, ulcer and abdominal
pain.
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THE
SUN
POSTURE (SURYA-MUDRA):
Method: This posture is consummated by bending
the
ring finger and pressing it by the thumb with light
pressure.
Benefits: By practicing this
posture 5 to 15 minutes for 25 days, it reduces obesity, evens the
distributions of fat in the body, increases brightness on the
forehead,
and leads to weight reduction. It is also helpful in curing
diabetes and
liver disorders.
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VITAL ENERGY
POSTURE (MAHAPRANA-MUDRA):
Method:
This Mudra is achieved by joining the
thumb with the tips of the ring and little
fingers.
Benefits: By practicing this posture 5 to 15
minutes
for 15 days, it gives relief from disorders of the eye, improves
eyesight,
and increases vital energy and resistance power. It is helpful in
physical
ability.
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THE
WATER POSTURE
(VARUN MUDRA):
Method:
This Mudra is achieved by joining the tips of the thumbs and the
little
fingers.
Benefits: By practicing this posture 5 to 30
minutes
for 30 days, it helps to cure skin disease, excessive
perspiration; it
purifies the blood and balances its circulation, making the body
flexible.
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THE SOUND
POSTURE
(APAN-MUDRA):
Method: This Mudra is achieved by
pressing the middle and ring fingers under the
thumb.
Benefits: By practicing this
posture 5 to 15 minutes for
7 days, it helps to cure heart, kidney and throat problems. It
also
purifies the body; ailments of the mouth, eyes, nose and ears are
cured.
It gives immediate relief in controlling drinking
habits.
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THE HEART
POSTURE (APAAN
VAYU MUDRA):
Method: This
Mudra is
achieved by keeping the index finger near the roots of the thumbs
(as in
figure 2) and by pressing the middle and ring fingers with the
thumbs.
Benefits: By practicing 5 to 20 minutes for 10
days,
it gives relief from high blood pressure, heart trouble, heat
emotions and
passions. It is also beneficial in cases of sudden and massive
heart
attacks.
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ENERGY
POSTURE
(SHIVA-LINGA-MUDRA):
Method: this Mudra is achieved by intertwining
the
fingers of the two hands while raising the left thumb. Hands
should be
kept close to the chest.
Benefits: By practicing for 1 to
5 minutes for 7 days, it is beneficial in controlling coughs,
colds,
asthma, paralysis, vibration, sinuses, and low blood
pressure.
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GOOD
NIGHT
MUDRA (PARIVATAN MUDRA):
Method: Lie down on your back. Clasp your hand
tightly,
interlocking the fingers. Then with the fingers of the left hand
press on
the back of the right hand and vice versa. Repeat 27
times.
Benefits: By practicing
for 3 days, this mudra cures insomnia and
can lead to sound sleep and no bad dreams. The body will rest
easily and
comfortably.
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PRASANNA
MUDRA (Hair do
Posture):
Method: Keep hand near the chest. Rub the nails
of
the eight fingers against each other for 5 to 10 minutes for 30
days. The
thumbs should be straight.
Benefits: This slows down
hair
loss, with reduction of gray hair and split ends. It makes hair
lustrous
and strong. while improving
disposition.
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DHENU
POSTURE:
Method: Crossing both hands, join the index
finger to
the middle finger, ring finger to the little fingers and keep
thumb to the
other thumb. Point the fingers downward. Close your eye and
concentrate
your conscious mind on the mudra. While in this position you will
feel
your mental problems going in to the earth through your
fingers.
Benefits: By practicing 1 to 5
minutes for 7 days, it is helpful in curing depression, mental
disturbance, despair, dissension and
stress.
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