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Showing posts with label Mudra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mudra. Show all posts

Hinduism - What Is Yoga Mudra?

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  A symbolic hand gesture (mudra) in Indian dance, sculpture, and ritual in which the right hand is put flat on the left, both palms facin...

Hinduism - What Is Vyakhyana Mudra?

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   Vyakhyana  means "Teaching" or “to instruct” in Sanskrit. A symbolic hand gesture (mudra) in Indian dance, sculpture, and r...

Hinduism - What Is A Mudra (Intoxicants)?

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  Mudra is fermented or parched grain . Fermented grain is the fourth of the "Five Forbidden Things" (panchamakara) in the secre...

Hinduism - What Is A Mudra In Indian Dance And Hindu Iconography?

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  (meaning "seal") A mudra is a stylized hand gesture in Indian dance, theater, and iconography that expresses a particular mean...

Hinduism - What Gestures Are Used In Indian Dance And Drama?

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  Hasta, which are wide postures of the arms and hands, and mudras are primarily incorporated into dance and performance art forms in India....

Yoga And Yoga Asanas - What Is Bindu Mudra?

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The breath is fully let out "swallow the breath" as if swallowing some water after completing a Mahat Yoga Pranayama. Within the l...

Yoga And Yoga Asanas - What Is Brahma Mudra?

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The Apraakasha Bindu, the lower brain's respiratory center, is activated in its entirety by the use of a hand motion known as Brahma Mud...

Yoga And Yoga Asanas - What Is Adhi Mudra?

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Adhi Mudra is a hand motion that sends a reflexogenic signal to the brain's respiratory center, which regulates inspiration and expirati...

What is Kriya Yoga?

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  Table Of Contents What is Kriya Yoga? Kriya Yoga, as described by Yogananda,  "The Kriya Yogi mentally directs his...

How Long to hold a Mudra?

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The great masters can't agree on how long a mudra should be practiced for.  Keshav Dev, an Indian mudra scholar, suggests keeping one mu...

BREATHING, VISUALIZATION, AND AFFIRMATIONS FOR MUDRAS

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With the breath, the influence of a mudra can be greatly amplified. This is why it is important to understand what breathing entails. When y...

Where and When to Practice Mudras?

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The mudras can be practiced at any time and in any place. Mudras, according to modern scholars, may be performed when sitting in traffic, wa...

How to Practice Mudras ?

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Preparatory steps to practicing mudras: Shape your hands and put your fingers in the positions seen in the diagrams.  When you're doing ...

Mudra Origins

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The origins of mudras are unknown. Mudras are not only used in Asia, but they are also used all over the world. Europeans were definitely fa...

YOGA LAMBIKA

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Table Of Contents What Is Lambika Yoga? Lambika Yoga is a kind of Yoga in which the tongue is turned inside out and the tip o...