Pranidhana Mudra

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Pranidhana Mudra can help you to let go of what weighs you down, including old attachments and habits. ‘Letting go’ is inherently calming and can open up a sense of spaciousness within you.

Deeply relaxing, Pranidhana Mudra can help lower high blood pressure and and also reduce stress and tensions in your physical body, emotions, mind and outlook.

This mudra has a powerful downward energy flow effect within the physical and energy bodies called Apana Vayu current of energy. This nourishes and cultivates healthier eliminatory, urinary, and reproductive systems.


“Letting Go Opens Me to a Field of New Possibilities.”


HOW TO: Thumbs touch the middle and ring fingers. Pointer fingers are pressed together, as are pinky fingers. Hold your hands facing upward, like two deer heads looking upward, in your lap or in front of your navel, for 5-10 natural breaths. State the affirmation three times out loud, then silently.

Hold for 5-10 natural breaths. State the intention statement three times out loud, then silently. Notice how you feel in body, mind, and emotions. No known cautions.

FIVE ELEMENTS: Earth and Water Elements – Pranidhana Mudra activates and increases Earth & Water Element qualities including feeling grounded, increasing feeling of flow, reduction of stress and anxiety, relaxation, serenity, steadiness, focus, mindfulness and can improve the quality of your sleep!


  • Deeply relaxing, this mudra is helpful for anxiety.
  • Cultivates calm which helps with insomnia, lowering blood pressure, and toning vagus nerve.
  • Ability to let go into a place of openness, freedom and possibility increases.
  • Supports health of reproductive, urinary and eliminatory systems.
  • Naturally lengthens exhalation, bringing you into Relaxation Response.

Caution: Low blood pressure practice with caution.


These mudras and the information provided are modified from Mudras for Healing 
and Transformation by Joseph and Lilian LePage.

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