This is a list of Yoga mudras. In yoga, mudrās are used in conjunction with pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), generally while seated in Padmasana...
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bodhicitta, amrita, or consciousness in the body. Unlike older tantric mudras, hatha yogic mudras are generally internal actions, involving the pelvic floor, diaphragm...
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classical sources for the mudras are the Gheranda Samhita and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. The yoga mudras are diverse in the parts of the body involved and...
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practices of Haṭha yoga. Among its techniques were mudrās, meant to seal in or control energies such as kundalini and bindu. Khecarī mudrā is one such...
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performance arts, Anjali Mudra is a form of non-verbal, visual communication to the audience. It is one of 24 samyukta mudras of the Indian classical arts...
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Kriya Yoga (Sanskrit: क्रिया योग) is a yoga system which consists of a number of levels of pranayama, mantra, and mudra, intended to rapidly accelerate...
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Shaka sign (category Symbols of Hawaii)
has taken the internet by storm. ILY sign List of gestures List of mudras (yoga) Manual communication Sign of the horns Thumb signal Watanabe, June (31...
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Viparita Karani (category Mudras)
asana and a mudra in hatha yoga. In modern yoga as exercise, it is commonly a fully supported pose using a wall and sometimes a pile of blankets, where...
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used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the oldest mentioned asanas are...
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or list of postures is given. Postures were not central in any of the older traditions of yoga; posture practice was revived in the 1920s by yoga gurus...
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Self-Consciousness." Laya yoga has a number of techniques which include listening to the "inner sound" (nada), mudras such as Khechari and Shambhavi mudra, and awakening...
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Ananda Marga (redirect from Ananda Marga Yoga Society)
Tejasana, Mandukasana. Mudras and bandhas are listed in "Ananda Marga Caryacarya part 3": Uddayana Mudra, Bandhatraya Yoga (Mahamudra, Mahabandha, Mahaveda)...
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Asana (redirect from Yoga posture)
hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali...
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purifications (shatkarmas), yoga breathing (pranayama), yogic seals (mudras), and meditative union (samadhi) at a comparable level of detail. The book has been...
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Wai Lana Yoga is an instructional yoga television series that has been airing on public television stations nationwide since 1998. It is distributed by...
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Lotus position (redirect from Yoga Mudrasana)
both an asana and a mudra; easier variants begin from Ardha Padmasana. Variations of several other asanas such as Sirsasana (yoga headstand), Sarvangasana...
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Namaste (category Mudras)
S2CID 46968377. C Carroll; R Carroll (2012). Mudras of India: A Comprehensive Guide to the Hand Gestures of Yoga and Indian Dance. SD Publishers. pp. 44–46...
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Sun Salutation (redirect from Yoga series)
a practice in yoga as exercise incorporating a flow sequence of some twelve linked asanas. The asana sequence was first recorded as yoga in the early 20th...
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Sarvangasana (redirect from Upside-down posture in Hatha yoga)
stand), is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise; similar poses were used in medieval hatha yoga as a mudra. Many named variations exist, including...
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Baba Hari Dass (section Yoga tradition of Patanjali)
Baba Hari Dass. Sankat Mochan Hanuman Hari Dass Baba Doing Rare Mudras Sacred Hand Mudras (David Fuess) Portals: Biography Philosophy Hinduism India Religion...
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Tadasana (redirect from Mountain Pose (Yoga))
List of asanas "Yoga Journal - Mountain Pose". Retrieved 11 April 2011. Saraswati, Swami Satyanand (1969). Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha. Bihar: Yoga Publication...
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Vajrayana (redirect from Vajrayana Yoga)
make use of unique tantric methods and Dzogchen meditation which are seen as more advanced. These include mantras, mandalas, mudras, deity yoga, other visualization...
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Shirshasana (category Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas)
Shirshasana, or Yoga Headstand is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise; it was described as both an asana and a mudra in classical hatha yoga, under different...
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Kurmasana (category Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas)
Pranayama Mudra Bandha (Third revised ed.). Munger, Bihar, India: Yoga Publications Trust. ISBN 81-86336-14-1. Sjoman, Norman E. (1999) [1996]. The Yoga Tradition...
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Matsyasana (redirect from The fish (yoga))
instead of Indic text. Matsyasana (Sanskrit: मत्स्यासन; IAST: Matsyāsana) or Fish pose is a reclining back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise...
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Yoga Makaranda (Sanskrit: योग मकरन्द), meaning "Essence of Yoga", is a 1934 book on hatha yoga by the influential pioneer of yoga as exercise, Tirumalai...
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Tree pose (category Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas)
of the very few standing poses in medieval hatha yoga, and remains popular in modern yoga as exercise. The pose has been called iconic of modern yoga;...
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The Yoga Institute (abbreviated as TYI) is a government recognized non-profit organisation, known as the oldest organized yoga center in the world. It...
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Chakra (redirect from Hesychastic centres of prayer)
the techniques of breathing exercises, visualizations, mudras, bandhas, kriyas, and mantras are focused on manipulating the flow of subtle energy through...
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The fundamental practice of Vajrayana and Tibetan tantra is deity yoga (devatayoga), meditation on a chosen deity or "cherished divinity" (Skt. Iṣṭa-devatā...
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