Pran Mudra strengthens all the five pranas in our body.
It is useful to increase the pranic energy (vital force) and also enhance immunity and vitality.
The practice of this mudra increases Earth element, Water element, Kapha humor and also reduce fire element and Pitta humor.
Other names of Pran mudra
1.Pran Mudra.
2.Kapha Karak Mudra.
3.Pitta-nashak Mudra.
4. Prana mudra
How to do Pran Mudra
Join the tips your little finger, ring finger and thumb finger to form Pran mudra. You have to do mudras with both the hands. Look at the picture.
The effects of Prana mudra
The ring finger represents the earth element. The little finger represents the water element. The thumb finger represents the fire element. When you join the tips of the little finger and ring finger with thumb finger the element in that finger increases. The fire element is reduced.
The practice of Pran mudra increases Prithvi element and Jal element. Both these element is the major part of Kapha humor. Kapha Plays a vital role in vitality, strength, and immunity. This mudra decreases Pitta humor. Pitta has a direct impact on bodily temperature.
How Kapha Karak mudra effect on your body?
This mudra brings about an increase of Kapha humor within the body. Kapha humor is associated with vitality, strength and immunity. The practice of Pran mudra increases these qualities. This mudra also reduces Pitta humour, which is associated with bodily heat and metabolism. Thus, this mudra is excellent for people who have an excess of Pitta or a deficiency of Kapha in their bodies. They can regularly do this mudra even to avert illness. On the other hand, people with a Kapha excess or pitta deficiency should do this mudra in moderation only.
Benefits of Prana mudra
Prana mudra is useful to overcome the conditions given below;
- Chronic fatigue
- General debility
- Low endurance
- Impaired immunity
- Mental tension
- Anger
- Irritability
- Jealousness
- Pride
- Impatience
- The usual sense of time urgency
- Forgetfulness.
- Intolerance of heat
- Stress, and noise
- Ailments which get worse in summer
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism (weight –loss despite having a good appetite)
- Inflammatory disorders (diseases ending with ‘it is’)
- Sleeplessness; light disturbed sleep
- High blood pressure
- Atherosclerosis(hardening and narrowing of arteries)
- Burning in the mouth, throat, stomach
- Aphthous ulcers
- Acidity
- Ulcerative colitis, Loose
- Bloody stools
- Dysentery
- Scanty, burning urination
- Excessive, foul-smelling perspiration
- Excessive, painful menses
- Red-hot joints
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Instability of joints
- Burning, red, dry eyes; cataract
- Dry, red, hot, ageing, skin; skin-rashes
- Urticaria
- Leprosy
- Dry, sparse, grey hair,
- Jaundice
- Premature ageing,
disorders caused by a deficiency of earth and water elements within the body.
Duration for Pran Mudra Practice
Thirty to Forty-five minutes of regular practice is enough to get a good result. You can practice it at any time or any position .But in the morning hours is the best time and you may take breaks in between the forty-five minutes of practice.
It is better that If you practice Vata nashak mudra combined with this mudra.
Precautions
If you are a Kapha excess person, the do this mudra in moderation only.
I think this mudra is helpful for you.Also, read my book "Complete Hand Mudras." It will give you more information about mudras read
