In the following we’re going to present you what can happen if you stretch your ring finger with your thumb! You’ll be really amazed!
The positions of hands also called ”mudras” have had a very important role in the practice of yoga, that is the reason they are also known as “the producers of joy.”
This practice is explained by the huge amount of nerve endings containing our fingers so when they’re pressed in a specific way, they help us connect channels that allow energy circulating through the body.
- Gyan Mudra for Healing ( Mudra of Knowledge)
How to do it:
Sit in a lotus posture and keep your hands on knee then touch thumb tip with your index finger tip and keep the remaining three fingers free.
Benefits:
-Improves concentration
-helps us relax
-treats insomnia
-treats depression
2. Vaya Mudra ( Mudra of Air)
How to do it:
- Fold your index finger towards palms and press with the base of thumb. Extend the rest fingers.Benefits:
- – eliminates excessive gas
- – relives the problems associated with the air element such as: flatulence, constipation, arthritis etc.
3. Prithvi Mudra for Healing ( Mudra od Earth)
- How to do it:
- Touch the tip of your ring finger witg tip of thumb and then pressing the bth binger with each other. Extend the other fingers.Benefits:
- – balance the element Earth in your body
- – improves blood circulation
- -improves digestion
4. Agni Mudra (Mudra of Fire):
- How to do it:
- Close the ring finger towards palm and press second phalanx with thumb base and rest of the fingers keep extend. Benefits:
- -reduces cholesterol
- -reduces fat
- – improves the metabolism
5. Jal Mudra (Varuna Mudra/Mudra of Water)
Touch the little finger tip of thumb and don’t press the fingers and then keep the rest of the fingers straight like shown above picture)
Benefits:
-reduce body aches
-improves circulation
-reduce dryness of mouth
6. Shunya Mudra (Mudra of Emptiness)
How to do it:
Firs phalanx of your middle finger should be pressed with thumb base.
Benefits:
-reduce vertigo
-helps with ear, nose and tongue problem
7. Prana Healing (Mudra Mud rod Life)
How to do it:
Bend your little finger and ring finger then touch these two finger tips to tip of thumb.
Benefits:
-Energize your body
– boosts your immune system
– cure eye problems
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