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Are you interested in trying out the ancient healing practice of mudras during your next yoga sessions? You’ve come to the right place! Mudras are hand gestures or postures thought to have a healing effect on the body in ancient holistic medicine practices, and they’re still used today. Just remember that more scientific research is needed to determine what they can do and how effective they are—so always get professional medical treatment first and use mudras as helpful supplements. Read on for a comprehensive list of the most commonly-used mudras for healing and instructions on how to use them yourself.
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- Start adding mudras to your daily (or weekly) yoga sessions to see if they make you feel any better. Using several different mudras in your yoga sessions may help you balance out all 5 elements in your body (according to Ayurveda) since different gestures (and fingers) rule different elements.Thanks
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- ↑ https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/energetics/mudra/chin-mudra/
- ↑ https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/6870/chinmaya-mudra
- ↑ https://popularvedicscience.com/yoga/prithvi-mudra/
- ↑ http://lyndirivers.com/blog/2016/shunya-mudra
- ↑ https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/6869/surya-mudra
- ↑ https://yogajala.com/vayu-mudra/
- ↑ https://www.balancegarden.co.uk/blog/prana-mudra
- ↑ https://www.prana-sutra.com/post/vyana-vayu-mudra
- ↑ https://www.holistichandhealth.com/post/mudra-for-hydration
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