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Secret Mudras

Yoga is about more than twisting your body or performing tough asanas. There are many other old practises that can be used in Yoga. We'll talk about one of them today: mudra, an age-old method people employ in meditation and pranayama.

Sanskrit word "mudra" meaning "gesture" or "attitude." Psychic, emotional, spiritual, and artistic gestures or attitudes are all examples of mudras. Ancient yogis described mudras as energy-flowing poses that link a person's personal pranic energy with a universal or cosmic power.

Mudras are a set of subtle physical movements that can change one's mood, attitude, or perspective. And which help to increase concentration and alertness. A mudra can be as basic as placing your hands in a certain pose or it can involve your entire body and incorporate Asana, Pranayama, Bandha, and visualization techniques.

Mudras are higher rituals that help the pranas, chakras, and Kundalini to awaken. It restores pranic balance within the koshas and allows subtle energy to be directed to the upper chakras, resulting in a higher state of consciousness. Every mudra creates a unique connection and affects the body, mind, and prana in a unique way.

Diseases arise from an imbalance in the body, which is produced by a shortage or excess of any of the five elements: air, water, fire, earth, and space.

Each of these five elements has a specific and crucial job within the body, and our fingers have the qualities of each of them. When a finger representing one of the elements makes contact with the thumb, that element is balanced. As a result, the imbalance-caused sickness is treated. Mudras modify energy flow, changing the equilibrium of air, fire, water, earth, and ether, thus facilitating healing and health restoration.

Here are examples of some healing mudras:

Vayu Mudra (Air)

This is for balancing your body's air element, as the name implies.

Fold your index finger in half. With the base of your thumb, press the second phalanx bone of your index finger. Straighten each hand's remaining three fingers so that they are relaxed and slightly apart. Now, with the palms facing up, place the hands on the knees. Hands and arms should be relaxed.

This mudra aids in the expulsion of excess air from the body, which relieves chest pain caused by trapped gas.

Prana Mudra (Life)

This mudra is for balancing your body's life element, as the name implies. This yoga gesture strengthens your immune system, enhances your vision, and helps you feel more energised by combating lethargy. This is a crucial mudra because it activates your body's energy.

Bend your ring and little fingers and place the tips of both of these fingers on the tip of your thumb. Straighten each hand's other two fingers, keeping them relaxed and slightly apart. Now, with the palms facing up, place the hands on the knees. Hands and arms should be relaxed.

This mudra strengthens your immune system. This increases the power of your eyes and the clarity of your eyesight. It also alleviates fatigue and treats eye disorders.

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WEEKLY ASTROLOGY

This week begins with Mars—planet of combat and passion—entering Aquarius on February 13, where it will inspire humanitarian efforts, social endeavors, and eccentric instincts. Mars encourages you to go against the grain and follow your most unusual impulses while you're in Aquarius. On the same day, passionate Venus in Capricorn will sextile idealistic Neptune in Pisces, fostering romantic relationships and the realization of dreams.

But by Valentine's Day, the energy will pick up even greater intensity. Ultimately, Mars will unite with Pluto, the planet of creation and destruction, which may cause the door to either crash close or swing wide open. Be ready for secrets to come out and passions to ignite—this has the power to bring your most intense and desperate wants to the fore. On this day, the moon will also align with Jupiter in Taurus, resulting in more intense feelings and sensual relationships.

Venus will enter Aquarius on February 16th, promoting the development of platonic love into something more. This is where friends to lovers and lovers become even better friends. You might even be motivated to engage in some of your more unusual hobbies or experiment with a fresh sense of style. However, a conversation could take an unexpected turn as Mercury—planet of communication and logic—squares off with unpredictable Uranus. Furthermore, when Venus and Pluto align on February 17, passions may surge to perilous heights, resulting in irrational cravings and exaggerated expressions of love (or hate).

POSITIVE NEWS OF THE DAY

Money does not buy happiness, or so the saying goes. A new study adds weight to the idea.

It found that people living in remote Indigenous communities with little money reported similar levels of happiness as wealthy people in western nations.

Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona interviewed almost 3,000 people in 19 Indigenous communities around the world.

People in the isolated communities reported an average life satisfaction score of 6.8 out of 10. That’s roughly the same as the 6.7 average life satisfaction score for all countries in the OECD group of mostly rich nations.

The findings are, perhaps, a double dose of good news. On the one hand, they add weight to the idea that money is not a route to happiness. But they show that, despite the stresses that come with living in industrialised nations, westerners are broadly as happy as Indigenous people.

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