How Long to hold a Mudra?


The great masters can't agree on how long a mudra should be practiced for. 

Keshav Dev, an Indian mudra scholar, suggests keeping one mudra a day for 45 minutes to alleviate recurrent grievances. 

If this is not necessary, the 45 minutes can be split into three intervals of 15 minutes each. 

Kim da Silva, a kinesiologist who has studied the effects of mudras over prolonged periods of time, advises keeping each mudra for a certain amount of time. 

If you use a mudra to help a treatment or to heal a recurring complaint, I believe it is beneficial to use it on a daily basis, as a medication: at the same time and for the same amount of time every day. Mudras used for acute symptoms, such as respiratory and circulatory issues, flatulence, nausea, or inner restlessness, should be stopped until the desired result has been achieved. 

Other mudras can be done two to four times a day for 3 to 30 minutes per time. The only way to time them is with a stopwatch. 

The time limits I've set for each mudra are intended to serve as a guide, not a dogma. After some preparation, you will find that your hands, especially your fingers, become increasingly responsive and react to the mudras much more quickly. 

If it takes 5 minutes to experience the effects of a mudra at first, it will only take 10 breaths over time. This is a fantastic opportunity! If you are confined to your room, though, you have plenty of time on your hands and can take advantage of it. 

Allow the visualizations and affirmations to continue to work once you've finished. You should use this time for your own good, for body, mind, and soul healing. 

A mudra's influence may be felt instantly or after a certain period of time has passed. 

You begin to feel wet, the feeling of sickness and discomfort dissipate, your morale changes, and your mind is refreshed. 

However, it's possible that the reverse would happen at first. You become tired, or you begin to shiver as a result of the cold. This is also a good indication that the result is working.




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