Añjali Mudrā

Amazing.

Even when, when we talk about Patanjali, when we talk about the, you know, the like, um, Anjali Mudra and all, this is w- since we are child we doing this, but a lot of people don't know, you know? Because-

So if-

Mm-hmm.

So a little bit like a raft.

So having a sense of this buoyancy of the kidneys, and then bringing the hands together just in front of the heart and we're going to come to a version of Anjali Mudra where we have the fingers spread so it's different from Namaste hands and then the base of the thumb just in front of the breastbone so you can actually have the base of the thumb touching the breastbone and slightly lifting it so you can put some pressure so we have this actual physical lift around the heart space and then if you like you can have your eyes closed Take your awareness inside and become aware of the two poles of the spine, the crown and the tail.

The crown of the head open to the sky, the tailbone rooting you down into the earth and the heart in the middle and connecting to the heart now as the touchstone that brings alignment, that brings stability.

It's like an anchor for your presence in the center of these two poles.

Release if it feels unbearable, but we're going to take a couple of breaths here.

Bring the hands to the heart.

Anjali Mudra.

Connecting back into that touchstone of the heart.

Maybe it's not that extreme.

Maybe there's just a mudra called Anjali Mudra, which looks to be prayer pose.

It seems like something we do as Catholics, right? But there's deeper meanings, and yoga, just by virtue of the name, has deep meaning, right? It's a Sanskrit word, which means to yoke and to unite, and it's intended to unite to Hindu gods.

So that part of it is...

those are hand gestures and they, they come from images of Hindu deities.

So, um, there were some that I used in my classes.

Anjali Mudra is the one that I mentioned earlier that looks like prayer pose.

There's Gyan Mudra, which, um, is supposed to enhance wisdom and knowledge and your, you know, your thumb and your forefinger touch.