Murti Mudra
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Murti Mudra is a mudra to release tension build up. To practice this mudra, interlace all fingers including thumbs. Then extend the pinky fingers and join pinky fingertips together.
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Tse Mudra
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Tse Mudra is known as the mudra of the three secrets. To practice this mudra, put the thumb tip onto the root of your little finger. Then encircle your thumbs with the other four fingers while slowly inhaling through your nose. Then exhale and open your hands again and imagine all your worries, fears and unhappiness leaving your body.
Read MoreMahasirs Mudra
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Mahasirs Mudra is known as the mudra for the head. To practice this mudra, allow the tips of your thumb, index finger and middle finger, touch each other. Then place your ring finger into the fold of the thumb and keep your pinkie finger extended.
Read MoreBhramara Mudra
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Bhramara Mudra is known as the bee mudra. To practice this mudra, curl your index finger into the base of your thumb and touch the tip of your thumb to the side of your middle finger. Then extend your ring and pinky fingers.
Read MoreBhumisparsha Mudra
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Bhumisparsha Mudra is known as a mudra of enlightenment or a gesture of calling witness. To practice this mudra, turn your palm up in the right hand and rest it on the right knee. With the left hand, turn the palm downward and let the fingers gently touch the ground.
Read MoreMaha Sacral Mudra
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Maha Sacral Mudra is the mudra of the pelvis. To practice this mudra, connect the pinky and thumbs together of both hands. Then connect the ring fingers together. This mudra is associated with the svadisthana chakra or the chakra of the pelvic area.
Read MoreAbhaya Mudra
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Abhaya Mudra is the mudra of protection. To practice this mudra, hold your right hand at the level of your heart, palm facing away from you. With the left hand, practice chin or jnana mudra. You often see Abhaya Mudra in depictions of Hindu deities. It promises the believer protection and freedom from fear.
Read MoreHakini Mudra
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Hakini Mudra is the mudra of the God Hakini which is the god of the ajna chakra at the third eye. To practice this mudra, connect the fingertips of each hand together, leaving a space in the palms of the hands.
Read MoreMatangi Mudra
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Matangi Mudra is the mudra of the God of inner harmony and royal ruler ship. To practice this mudra, interlace all the fingers together and extend the middle fingers. Hold your hands in front of your solar plexus area of the body.
Read MorePushpaputa Mudra
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Pushpaputa Mudra is the mudra of a handful of flowers. To practice this mudra, hold your hands out, palms up. Cup your hands like they are two empty bowls with the thumbs tucked up next to the index fingers. Keep your hands relaxed and remove any tension in the hands.
Read MoreApan Mudra
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Apan Mudra is the energy mudra. To practice this mudra, connect the middle finger, ring finger and thumb together. Then extend the index and pinky fingers. Do this with each hand, the right and the left.
Read MoreDenhu Mudra
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Denhu Mudra is the mudra of enrichment and purity. To practice this mudra, cross the pointer finger and middle finger of the left hand. Keep the pinky and ring fingers together on both hands. Then interlace the right and left hand by opening the fingers like Spock fingers and pressing the webbing between the middle and ring fingers together of both hands. Lastly, rotate the right thumb down, interlace right and left thumbs, twisting upward to wrap thumbs and draw wrists forward.
Read MoreNaga Mudra
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Naga Mudra is the mudra of strength, wisdom, shrewdness and potency. To practice this mudra, face both palms towards you and cross the right hand behind the left hand. The left hand should be vertical and the right hand should be horizontal. Lastly cross the thumbs across the left palm.
Read MoreHridaya Mudra
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Hridaya Mudra is the mudra that connect us to our hearts and more specifically our spiritual hearts. To practice this mudra, curl the index finger into the base of thumb, by the lower thumb joint i.e. metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint of the thumb. Next connect the middle and ring fingers to the thumb tips. Lastly extend the pinky fingers and join them together at the pinky fingertips.
Read MoreMudra of the Inner Self
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The Mudra of the Inner Self is the mudra that connects us to our inner and higher self. To practice this mudra, connect the tips of your index, middle, ring and pinky fingers and gently cup the hands so there is space between the palms. Then connect the thumbs together.
Read MoreMani Ratna Mudra
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Mani Ratna Mudra is the precious jewel mudra and is also sometimes referred to as the mudra of global healing. This mudra is said to awaken our inner jewel or highest self. To practice this mudra, connect your index fingers and thumbs while extending the remainder of your fingers. Then connect the base of the thumbs together and face your palms away from you.
Read MoreVajrapradama Mudra
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Vajrapradama Mudra is the mudra of unshakable trust. To practice this mudra, interlace all fingers except for the thumbs and then connect the thumbs to one another. You should practice this mudra in front of your anahata chakra or your heart energy center.
Read MoreMukula Mudra
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Mukula Mudra is the beak hand mudra. To practice this mudra, link all the fingers together into a beak shape and place your fingertips on a part of your body in need of healing. The placement of your fingers directs energy to the part of your body needing extra care and attention. Practice this mudra with both your left and right hands.
Read MoreTarkshya Mudra
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Tarkshya Mudra is the mudra of detoxification. It is a variation of Garuda Mudra. Tarkshya is slightly different hand placement than Garuda. To practice this mudra, link the pinkie fingers and connect the thumbs to the middle and ring finger while keeping the index finger extended.
Read MoreJnana Mudra
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Jnana Mudra is the mudra of knowledge. This mudra symbolizes the connected nature of human consciousness and the 3 extended fingers represent the 3 gunas of tamas, rajas, and sattva. The closed circle of the thumb and index finger represents the unification of Atman, the individual soul with Brahman, the world soul. Jnana mudra is distinguished from chin mudra, by pointing your fingers toward the sky. Chin mudra is practiced the same way by joining the index finger and thumb, but the extended fingers point toward the earth.
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