How Are Mudras Practiced?

How Are Mudras Practiced?

The pressure of the fingers should be very light and fine, and your hands should be relaxed. But perhaps you may notice that this isn't all that simple! The fingers are rebellious, too inflexible, and the hands slip away or tire quickly. The flexibility of the hands has a direct relationship to the flexibility of the entire body. If we are tense at a certain place in the body, this tension will be expressed at a corresponding; area in the hands. Even a person's age can be determined on the basis of the spread fingers—at least this is what the Chinese healing practitioners claim.

At the beginning, you may perhaps also have problems in doing some of the mudras with both hands because you will first have to arrange and hold the fingers of one hand with the other. If this is the case, just do the mudra with the one hand for the time being. If the fingers that should actually be stretched curl on their own again, simply

press them onto your thigh or some other place where you can rest them. With time, the tensions will dissolve in the fingers or hand, as well as in the corresponding area of the body.

Do the mudra as well as possible and the effect will appear in any case. In the beginning, it may be difficult to keep the fingers extended. When the fingers get tired, they give in. With time, I am certain that you will gain more strength in your hands, become more flexible, and will be able to use both hands. You will also feel more refreshed and flexible. It is also possible that you will feel somewhat younger. Even when you have become stronger and more flexible, always treat your fingers in a careful and loving way. It doesn't matter why you are doing the mudra, it should not only be a healing gesture, but also a holy gesture.

Mudras can be done while seated, lying down, standing, and walking