Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Relieve Modern Stress

Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Ease Modern Stress guides you through simple hand gestures known to relieve stressful feelings. These gestures are timeless: when you wave good-bye, when you place your hands over your heart upon hearing bad news, when you shake out your hands after a tense encounter-you are using mudras. Now you can harness the power in hand gestures deliberately. This book teaches you the how and why of these ancient gestures. Easy to learn, easy to use anywhere, any time, mudras are an effective, no-cost addition to the ways you already take care of yourself and those you love.

Whatever your situation or need, let mudras help you:

Increase patience

Release tension

Focus your mind

Let go of anger

Boost memory

Increase energy

Clarify visions of the future

Bolster self-confidence

Let go of grief

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Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Relieve Modern Stress

Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Ease Modern Stress guides you through simple hand gestures known to relieve stressful feelings. These gestures are timeless: when you wave good-bye, when you place your hands over your heart upon hearing bad news, when you shake out your hands after a tense encounter-you are using mudras. Now you can harness the power in hand gestures deliberately. This book teaches you the how and why of these ancient gestures. Easy to learn, easy to use anywhere, any time, mudras are an effective, no-cost addition to the ways you already take care of yourself and those you love.

Whatever your situation or need, let mudras help you:

Increase patience

Release tension

Focus your mind

Let go of anger

Boost memory

Increase energy

Clarify visions of the future

Bolster self-confidence

Let go of grief

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Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Relieve Modern Stress

Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Relieve Modern Stress

Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Relieve Modern Stress

Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Relieve Modern Stress

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Mudras: Ancient Gestures to Ease Modern Stress guides you through simple hand gestures known to relieve stressful feelings. These gestures are timeless: when you wave good-bye, when you place your hands over your heart upon hearing bad news, when you shake out your hands after a tense encounter-you are using mudras. Now you can harness the power in hand gestures deliberately. This book teaches you the how and why of these ancient gestures. Easy to learn, easy to use anywhere, any time, mudras are an effective, no-cost addition to the ways you already take care of yourself and those you love.

Whatever your situation or need, let mudras help you:

Increase patience

Release tension

Focus your mind

Let go of anger

Boost memory

Increase energy

Clarify visions of the future

Bolster self-confidence

Let go of grief


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780943990408
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 01/01/2011
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 Getting Started 15

Three stories about mudras 15

What are mudras and how can they help? 16

How long will I need to do mudras before I feel a change? 18

How can I get started with mudras? 18

I'm so busy and stressed. How can I ever make time for mudras? 19

If I have an issue, how do I know where to start? 21

Part 2 Using Individual Mudras 25

List of mudras by group 26

Release 27

Relax 31

Restore 35

Recharge 39

Reframe thinking 43

Refresh mind 47

Part 3 Identifying What You Are Feeling 55

Types of feelings 55

How do I know what I am feeling? 56

Seven feeling poems 56

Tuning in to your feelings 57

How do I know if a feeling has a physical or emotional origin? 59

Part 4 Combining Mudras to Solve Issues 63

Common Issues 63

How can I combine mudras myself? 65

Review 65

Step-by-step techniques 68

Sample worksheets 68

Part 5 Enhancing the Power of Mudras 77

Ways to strengthen mudras 77

Closing 79

Resources 81

Index 83

Mudra Diary 87

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