WhatAreMudras?

Mudrasarevarioushandgestures.Theinnerenergy
stateisexpressedthroughthem.
Alsowhenconsciouslywetouchorfoldourfingersin
thoseparticulardifferentgestures,wecanchange
energystateofourbodyaswellasmind.
Basicallywiththesedifferentgesturesenergyis
directedtodifferentbodypartsthroughvarious
energychannels(ornaadis astheyarecalled)inour
pranic body.

TheOriginofMudras
Handsarefoldedindifferenthandgesturesorwetend
totouchdifferentfingersinparticulargesturesbyinner
instinctwhichdictatesthemtodosoforcorrectionof
energyflowthroughourbodymindsystem.
Thenbyconsciouslyandsensitivelyobservingthese
mudras andtheircorelationtoinnerenergyflows,
theywerecompiledinascienceofMudraShastra.
TheirsystematicstudyhastheorigininYogaShastra
(IntegrationofEnergy),Natya Shastra (Scienceof
Dance)andUpasana Shastra (ScienceofRituals).

MudraVigyan

TheHealingMagicofFingers
AndElementalBalance
ByBharatiNirmal

MudrasandElements
(PanchMahabhutas orPancha Tattvas)

OurbodyismadeupofFiveelementsor
Pancha Mahabhutas (astheyarecalledin
Sanskrit).

EarthElementorPrithvi Tattva
WaterElementorJala Tattva
FireElementorAgniTattva
AirElementorVayu Tattva
SpaceElementorAkash Tattava

MudrasandElements
(PanchMahabhutas orPancha Tattvas)

Inourbody,theallthefiveElements
mentionedabovearemixedinvarious
combinationstoconstitutedifferentbody
parts.Theirspecificproportionsgivethe
particularconstitutiontothatpart.
Theyalsohaveaconnectiontoourchakrasin
theenergybody.BywayofdifferentMudras
theElementalbalanceisreestablished.

MudrasandElements
(PanchMahabhutas orPancha Tattvas)

Theircontrolpointsareavailable
onthefingersofthepalm.

Earth
Prithvi tattva

Space/Ether
Akashtattva
Air
Vayu tattva

Water
Jalatattva

Fire
Agnitattva

BalancingtheFiveelements
bywayofMudras
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

PrithviMudra(EarthElement)
VarunaMudra(WaterElement)
ChinMudra(FireElement)
VayuMudra(AirElement)
AkashMudra(SpaceorEtherElement)

Prithvi Mudra
BalancingofPrithvi Tattva
orEarthElement

PrithviMudra

SuryaMudra

VarunaMudra
BalancingofJala Tattva orWaterElement

ChinMudra
BalancingofAgniTattva orFireelement

VayuMudra
BalancingofAirElementorVayu Tattva

AkashMudra
BalancingofAkash Tattva
orSpace/EtherElement

AkashMudra

ShunyaMudra

Pancha Pranas
Anymovementwhetherinsideoroutside
canhappenonlywiththehelpofPrana.
Therearefivemainpranas.Depending
ontheroletheyperforminourbody,
theyarenamedas

Pran
Apana
Saman
Udaana
Vyana

Mudras
and
BalanceofPancha Pranas

IfallthesePanchaPranasremaininbalance,our
bodymindsystemremainsinperfect
operatingcondition.

PranaMudra
PranaVayuRegion:Chest

ApanaMudra
ApanaVayuRegion:BelowNaval

SamanaMudra
SamanaVayuRegion:Naval

UdanaMudra
UdanaVayuregion:NeckandAboveNeck

Udana2

Udana1

Vyana Mudra
Vyana Vayu Region:
Circulatinginentirebodystartingatchest

SomeSpecialtyMudras
Shanta Mudra

HakiniMudra

YoniorShanmukhiMudra
VishnuMudra

NirmalMudra

KuberMudra

HowdoMudraswork?
MagicalHealinghappenswithMudrasbywayof
establishingtheelementalbalance.
SittinginparticularMudraanddeepbreathingwill
helpindirectingpranaeffectivelytothatparticular
region.SomeMudrascanbalancetheelementsof
thebodywithin45minuteswhilesomearefast
enoughtoactwithinafewseconds.
CombinationoftheseMudrasanddifferentKriyas
canbringaboutmiraculousresults.

AdvantagesofMudras
Mudrasisthesimplestwayofbodymindhealing
andreestablishingthebalance.
MudrasofferbestremediesforfirstaidinHeart
attach,earacheetc.Theycancureinsomnia,acidity,
depressionetc.
Mudrasarethebesttooltoquitethemind.Hence
areveryusefulinmeditation.

ThankYou!

BharatiNirmal