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Hand position during meditation
The position of the hands in meditation is important for the successful execution of the techniques. In practice, such positions are called mudras. To perform them, you need to hold your hands in a special way. Let’s look at some examples of how to properly hold your fingers while meditating: this will help in the development and application of the practice, as well as in solving certain health problems.
When you work with information and light, your hands are relaxed and lie on your knees, palms up.
5 effective mudras
Knowledge
This position of the fingers during meditation relieves emotional tension, improves thinking, activates memory. The index finger should be connected to the pad of the thumb, the rest should be straightened, but not strained.
Life
Performing this combination during meditation helps to strengthen vital forces, increase efficiency, and endurance. Correctly performed as follows: the tips of the thumb, ring finger and little finger are connected together, the rest are kept loosely straightened.
Water
Water is one of the 5 primary elements that make up our body and the Earth. Without it, all life on the planet is unthinkable. This position is recommended for meditators with liver diseases, bloating, excess mucus in the lungs. Correct execution: bend the little finger of the right hand so that it touches the base of the thumb, with the left hand grasp the right from below.
Lands
This mudra helps to improve the assessment of your own personality, protects you from negatively charged energies from the outside. The thumb and ring fingers are connected to each other by pads, the rest are held straight.
Energy sources
Without energy, there is no life. The entire universe is permeated with energy fields that constantly interact with each other. This position helps to remove poisons and slags from the body, to purify it. The pads of the thumb, middle and ring fingers should be joined together, the rest should be freely straightened.
What is important to remember
Do not perform all the combinations for the hands indiscriminately. There will be no harm from this, but to listen to your body more correctly and more usefully. Over time, or if you want to get results faster, with the advice of an experienced meditation mentor, you can create a mudra system that is right for you.
