These three mudras will bring you into your calming, soothing center and out of the chattering mind and ocean of emotion to be at peace once again. ADHI MUDRA "I am always calm in the center of my being." Place your thumbs inside your palms and gently make loose fists around thumbs. Turn hands downward on your lap. Notice your natural breath, sensing its natural rhythm through your body. Good...

'Purna' means open and 'hridaya' is the heart, thus this is the Open Heart Mudra. This is one of my favorite mudras for when I'm feeling a lot of emotion, or feeling stuck in an emotion or repetitive thoughts. Practicing Purna Hridaya Mudra will help to bring your energy upward and outward, allowing the breath to expand and not feel so tight or trapped in the chest. This is a...

"My Heart is Open and Spacious, Allowing Me To Be With All That Is." Cultivating the support within the inner refuge of the heart opens the doorway to greater self-love and acceptance. Hridaya means heart in Sanskrit and this mudra allows you to go inward through the door of your heart into the place of deep trust, support, and solace to feel the open spaciousness of the cave of the heart,...

"I Empty my Hands to Hear the Voice of my Heart." It is interesting that in many indigenous cultures like the North West Coast and Inuit have depicted in art and told stories of hunters who had holes in the center of their palms. These openings were windows that through their hands, the spirit of the animal would be set free, thus they were taking only the animal's physical body...