Mudras and bandhas

complete details on mudra and bandhas and their benefits.

1. MUDRAS & BANDHAS Dr. Divya chandil

2. WHERE YOU USE MUDRAS?????

3. INTRODUCTION Mudra means “gesture or attitude” Muda - pleasure, delight, to be happy Ra- to draw forth define as “ Mudam anandam dadati iti mudra” means the actions that gives us pleasure, bliss is called mudra.

4. Mudra denotes the sense of evoking a hidden power or uniting with something large. In  hatha yoga , mudras are used in conjunction with  pranayama  (yogic breathing exercises), generally while in a seated posture, to stimulate different parts of the body involved with breathing and to affect the flow of  prana ,  bindu , boddhicitta ,  amrita  or consciousness in the body.

5. In hatha yoga there are 10 mudra explain which destroy old age and death. In gherand samitha 25 mudras are explain which will give success to yogi. Aims of mudra:- Hathapradipika : mudras are practised for awekening of kundiline .( kundilini prabodhana ) Gherand Samhita : they are practise for equilibrium and stability. Primarily used for shakti jagran . Kalika purana - the practise of pranayama as well as medative asanas are fruitless withour mudras/

6. In India there are 3 levels at which mudras are employed: The use of mudras in classical indian dance forms as fully meaningfull gestures to convey bhavas and rasa. 2. in hindu ritualist worship, Nyasa and mudras are used meaningfully in various rites and pujas .

7. 3. In yoga and tantra , mudras are used with the most evolutionary knowledge available to the serious student about the relationship between energy flows in the tissues, nerve channels and organs of the body as well as their corelation to higher flows of prana in the subtle and causal bodies.

8. Our five fingers represents 5 great elements.

9. These elements either get deficient or get imbalance accordingly disease manifest in body. when a finger representing an element is brought into contact with the thumb the element is bought into the balance. Therefore disease caused by imbalance is caused.

10. How these mudras work?? Mudras establish direct link between annamaya kosha , manomaya kosha and pranamaya kosha . a voluntary neuromuscular actions or posture with the help of which the prana is controlles and directed through a particular nadi . It is that specific body position which channelize the energy produced by asanas and pranayamas into various centres & arouses particular state of mind. They can also arouse specific emotions.

11. Types of mudras

12. When to perform? Can be practise all the times while lying sitting, walking,or even talking. for good result should be practised for 24 min continiously or can be practised 4-5 min also at one time every day for lifetime disease free if mudras cannot be made in both hande , you may do it in one hand only.

13. Head mudras akashi mudra bhoochari mudra kaki mudra khechari mudra nasikagra mudra shambhavi mudra shanmukhi mudra unmani mudra

14. Kaya mudra manduki mudra Pashinee mudra Prana mudra Tadagi mudra Vipareeta karani mudra Yoga mudra

15. Bandha mudra maha bheda mudra maha mudra maha vedha mudra

16. Benefits of mudras harmonizes and heals body mind and soul. builds immunits , and cures diseases as they work on our organs. crate equilibrium by regulating flow of prana /life. Stimulates and balances chakras. long term practice leads to higher state of consciousness.

17. Important things to know about the Mudras: 1. When the tip of the thumb joins the tip of the other fingers, respective tatvas gets balanced in the body. 2. When the tip of the thumb joins the base of the other fingers, respective tatvas gets increased in the body. 3. When the tip of the fingers brought to the base of the thumb, respective tatvas gets reduced in the body. 4. Anyone and anytime Hasta mudras can be done. 5. As far as possible, the hands should face upwards while doing the mudras.

18. 6. Doing the mudras on both hands is more beneficial. 7. Mudras can be done for few seconds, 10 minutes, half an hour or 50minutes. If done for 50 minutes. Desired results will come. 8. While doing the mudras, only the tip of the fingers are used. Pressing the fingers not needed. Other fingers should be straight. 9. There is no side effect in this. This can be done while one is on the medication also.

19. 10. If the Prana mudra, Apana mudra, Janan mudra and Pritvi mudra done every day for 5-15 minutes, one’s health improves significantly. 11. Mudras not only improves the physical health but also improves the mental health by reducing the anger, increasing the peace and releasing one from the addictions. 12. Chikitsa mudra should be stopped after one’s health improves.

20. bandas

21. Using the Bandhas Using all your Bandhas allows you to create aninternal force to move your body from one asana to the next throughout your flow. Effortlessly. The Bandhas are tools that can be variously engaged to support different energetic actions in the practice. A full Uddiyana Bandha restricts the breath, rather it should be used as a light and energetic lifting. Similarly, the Muja Bandha should draw energy into the core of the body, rather than creating pelvic tightness.

22. Refrences :- hath pradipika Mudras slideshare.net wikipedia Google images