The Healing Power of Hands: 10 Powerful Mudras

Your hands have the power to heal, and there are certain mudras for self-healing that can help your physical and mental health both. Read on to know all about healing mudras and the healing power of your hands.

Did you know that your hands hold an innate healing power that has been used for centuries?

Mudras are positions of the hands that are said to influence the energy of your physical, emotional, and spiritual body.

Mudras have been used in the East for thousands of years and were practiced by many spiritual leaders including Buddha. Today, Mudras are still used in Yoga and meditation.

Sometimes we may subconsciously place our hands into Mudra positions without even knowing it and other times we can use them to help channel and stimulate healing.

10 Effective Healing Mudras That Show The Healing Power Of Hands

1. Gyan Mudra (Mudra of Knowledge)

The tip of the index finger touches the tip of the thumb while the other fingers remain straight.

Benefits: Enhances knowledge, stimulates the pituitary and endocrine glands, increases memory, helps meditation, prevents insomnia, can boost mood, and bring clarity.

Practice: Any time while sitting, standing, or lying in bed.

2. Prithvi Mudra (Mudra of Earth)

The tip of the ring finger touches the thumb while the other fingers remain straight out.

Benefits: Reduces physical and spiritual weaknesses, can increase the life force, can help clear skin, and promotes body functionality.

Practice: Any time.

3. Varuna Mudra (Mudra of Water)

The tip of the pinky finger touches the thumb while the other fingers remain straight up.

Benefits: Helps to balance emotions and helps to retain water. It helps to relieve constipation and cramps and can also help regulate menstrual cycles and hormonal conditions.

Practice: 15 minutes three times a day.

4. Vayu Mudra (Mudra of Air)

The thumb wraps over the index finger while the rest of the fingers remain straight.

Benefits: Helps to calm an anxious mind, can soothe a strained voice, and can help decrease stress. It can also help in reducing impatience and indecisiveness.

Practice: 10 to 15 minutes, 3 times per day.

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5. Shunya Mudra (Mudra of Emptiness)

The tip of the thumb presses the middle finger down while the rest of the fingers stand straight up.

Benefits: Helps in reducing dullness in the body and can also be highly effective for earaches. It can help restore confidence and boost mental cognition.

Practice: 40-60 minutes daily or in case of an earache – 4 to 5 minutes.

6. Surya Mudra (Mudra of the Sun)

Bend the ring finger under the thumb while the rest of the fingers remain straight.

Benefits: Helps stimulate the thyroid gland, helps to alleviate weight gain and reduces appetite, stimulates digestion, and helps relieve anxiety and stress. It also helps to guide you to your purpose.

Practice: 5 to 15 minutes, twice daily.

7. Prana Mudra (Mudra of Life)

The ring and pinky finger both bend to meet the thumb while the index and middle finger remain pointed straight up.

Benefits: Improves the life force, helps to strengthen the mind, body, and spirit, helps promote taking action, and improves immunity and motivation. It also helps enhance vision and reduces fatigue.

Practice: Any time.

8. Apana Mudra (Mudra of Digestion)

The middle and ring finger are bent under the thumb while the pinky and index fingers stand straight up.

Benefits: Helps to regulate the excretory system, helps detoxify, and stimulates bowel movements. Helpful at relieving constipation and piles.

Practice: 45 minutes daily.

9. Apana Vayu Mudra (Mudra of the Heart)

The index finger bends to touch the base of the thumb while the middle and ring fingers bend to touch the tip of the thumb. The pinky finger remains stretched out.

Benefits: Stimulates the healing of the heart and helps physically protect it. It can also help reduce gas and heartburn.

Practice: 15 minutes, twice daily.

10. Linga Mudra (Mudra of Heat)

Interlock the fingers of both hands but keep the thumb of the left hand pointing up. Take the right thumb and wrap it around the thumb so it touches the index finger of the right hand.

Benefits: Helps to stimulate heat in the body, helps reduce phlegm and congestion, good for strengthening the lungs, and helps to invigorate and balance the body.

Practice: Any time but do not over-practice.

Want to know more about the healing mudras and how your hands have the power to heal you? Check this video out below!

Written By Tanaaz Chubb
Originally Appeared On Forever Conscious 
Published with permission