Yoga at your fingertips

Yoga has tremendous healing power and can cure all major diseases, if performed properly. It also offers happiness. We are telling you some simple yet effective mudras, which if practiced daily can keep you healthy for life.

VAYU MUDRA

Sit with your back and neck straight. Keep your index finger at the root of your thumb and press it. Index finger should also touch the middle finger. Then, move your hands to the knee region with the palms facing upwards. Put a little pressure on your palm and the rest of the hand should be in a relaxed position. Practice this for 10-15 minutes everyday.

Helpful for gastro problems, joint pain, backache, sciatica, arthritis and Parkinson’s disease.

AKASH MUDRA

Sit with your back and neck straight. Join the tip of your middle finger with the thumb in both hands, press a little and keep rest of the fingers straight. Now, keep your hands near the knee with palms facing upwards. Sit in this position for five to ten minutes.

Helpful in heart diseases. Strengthens bones.

SHUNYA MUDRA

Sit comfortably. Put your middle finger of both the hands at the root of the thumb and press a little. Now keep your hands near the knee with your palm facing upwards. Sit in this position for five to ten minutes.

Helps control deafness, strengthens gum muscles, and most importantly, regulates thyroid gland functions.

Courtsey: TOI