Mudras for Modern Life
Boost your health, enhance your yoga and deepen your meditation
Your body is a subtle but powerful antenna that is continually receiving and transmitting subtle energy (prana). Mudras act like switches to control the flow of prana within your body.
Most mudras are easy to do, yet they are so powerful that regular practice could change your life. This book provides a highly practical, accessible and inspirational overview of using mudras in daily life.
The first chapter of the book consists of finger, hand and arm exercises that can prove beneficial to everyone who works at a computer. This is followed by six core chapters, each one dedicated to the different parts of the hand and their associated element and key holistic benefit:
• Thumb * fire mudras* boosting inner strength and self-esteem
• Index finger * air mudras * encouraging freedom, joy and stress relief
• Middle finger * ether mudras * enhancing inner peace, self-expression and creativity
• Ring finger * earth mudras * encouraging stability and grounding
• Little finger * water mudras * enhancing health and equipping you to move forward
• Palm * mind mudras * increasing concentration and clarity
Each mudra profile includes a photograph and easy-to-follow instructions, plus an accompanying meditation, visualisation, breathing exercise (pranayama), mantra or yoga pose (asana) that enhances the effectiveness of the mudra. There's also a range of highly useful mudra routines for specific problems, such as hay fever, stress and jet lag.
I’m pleased to say that Mudras for Modern Life is available world-wide and has been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish and Swedish.
Also, due to popular demand, I have produced an accompanying set of 49 inspiring cards entitled Mudras for Modern Living.
The cards are available worldwide and have been translated into French and Romanian.
Comments from readers
"A clear and concise practical guide to mudras. I just picked up with book in Waterstones and I have Swami's book on Chakras which I use every week, so thought this one would be good and I was not disappointed. It is clear, well laid out and easy to read. I knew some of the mudras but there were many that I had not come acorss that are very useful. I had a private client come and we did the Agni Mudra for his specific issues. It is an excellent and very visually appealing book that I will no doubt use regularly in my yoga practice and teaching."
- TMC Feeth
"I absolutely love this book. There's just something about it. You will get it when you read it. The illustrations are some of the best I have seen to date which enables you to sync with its directions and suggestions. I'm glad that I bought it."
- Eve
"Love this book. I use it as a resource for the mudra yoga class that I teach. Great photos. Great info on benefits, precautions, chakra connections, elements, etc etc. Very practical, easy to understand and use. I like the way it is organized according to the 5 elements + mind (fingers + palm)."
- Mary Keefe, Canada
