The meaning of the Sanskrit word is wisdom.The Gyan Mudra is believed that prime of mudras. It has been in practice in meditations for more than thousands of years and continues to bring peace, calm and spiritual progress to many yogis.

Popularly known as the “mudra of knowledge,” it evokes the most expensive version of the self so that you can flow through your life lessons with ease and calm.

Thus, practicing the Gyan Mudra is helpful to instill wisdom and spiritual enlightenment in the practitioner.  Gyan mudra is also called as Prime mudra in hand mudras. The practice of Gyan Mudra enhances brain and knowledge.The  Practice of Gyan mudra is also useful to increase Air element and vata prakrati within the body.

Other Names Of Gyan mudra

 Vayu-vardhak mudra 

Jnana mudra 

 Dhyan Mudra.

In this post, you will get a step by step guidance for how to do the  Gyan mudrā, its health benefits, its healing properties and other variations of Gyan mudra.

Our body has made from five elements of earth, Vayu, vardhakJal, fire, and space.Gyan mudrā increases Vayu element in the body.   In hatha yoga, this mudrā is used for meditation. In Ayurveda, this mudrā is known Vayu-vardhak mudrā.When you meditate with performing this mudrā it gives you quick results.

How to do Gyan mudrā:

1. Sit in any comfortable posture.
2. Join the tips of index finger and thumb finger of both the hands.
3. According to the placement of the hands, the name of the mudras changes.
4. When you place it on your thigh, it is called Gyan mudra.

When You are using Gyan mudra for healing or therapeutic ways, it is called as Vayu-Vardhak mudra. The practice of this mudras increases Air(vata) within the body.

Gyan mudra Increase Vāyu or air element within your body. It is also helpful to Improve mind power and leads to spiritual enlightenment.

The practice of Vayu -vardhak mudra stimulate the Brain, and all the nervous system is strengthened.

It also facilitates movements of electrical impulses along nerves.

This mudrā strengthens pituitary gland that helps to improve entire system of endocrine glands.

Gyan mudra strengthens all the muscles in the body.

Other benefits of Gyan mudra are, It reinforces vocal cords, heart, renders the skin and mucous membranes to dry, gives the joints and articular cartilage dry.

Vayu plays an important role in the bodily humor Vata.Increasing air element in the body strengthens Vata humor.If you are in Vata deficiency, Gyan mudrā is the best remedy to overcome it.The persons who are having Vata dosha should do this mudrā moderately.

Benefits of Gyan mudrā and its healing properties:

If you are facing the problems of dullness of mind, lack of enthusiasm or initiative creativity, recklessness, loss of memory, in deficient brain power. Vayu-vardhak mudra is a best natural remedy.

The disorders of drowsiness, lethargy, mental retardation, nervous weakness, neuropathy, Alzheimer’s disease, practice of  Gyan mudra is the best solution to overcome these conditions.

Gyan mudrā efficiently treats Hypopituitarism, Hypothyroidism, Hypoparathyroidism, Hypoadrenalism these disorders.

Muscular disorders like myopathies, myasthenia gravies, paresis, paralysis(viz paralytic squint, ptosis, facial palsy, vocal paralysis, respiratory paralysis, monoplane, paraplegia, hemiplegia, quadriplegia, etc.)

Duration of Gyan mudra practice

Daily thirty minutes of practice is enough to get best results of Gyan mudrā.You can do it in any place or anytime.It is preferred that early morning and meditates to get quick results.

As said at the beginning of, If you have Vata dosha(Prakriti) then you should perform it moderately.

Gyan mudrā is vital mudra in yoga. Gyan mudrā is prime mudra in finger yoga.Index finger and thumb finger are the most important part in this finger yoga.

Other Variations of  Gyan Mudra continue reading

Other Variations of  Gyan Mudra:

The practice of Abhaya Gyan mudra enables the practitioner to develop the virtue of fearlessness.

Method sits in Padmasana and hands rise half in Gyan mudra. You can see it in picture

Abhaya Gyan mudra will help you to get free from fear and anxiety.

 Vairaagya Mudra:

Vairagya mudra is very much helpful for the people who are on a spiritual path.

The practice of Vairagya mudra enables the practitioner to improve a sense of detachment from worldly matters gradually. Also gives a realization about the futility of material gains.

How to do Vairagya mudra:

Sit in Sukhasana and keep the hands on your thigh and join the tips of thumb finger and index finger like in the picture.

Puran Gyan Mudra:

How to do Purna Gyan mudra:

Sit in padmasana and keep the hands as in the photo to form Purna Gyan mudra. It is one of the substantial variation of Gyan mudra.

The practice of Purna Gyan Mudra leads to obtaining complete knowledge or absolute truth about all matters.

Dhyan Mudra:

The practice of Dhyan Mudra helps to get rapid progress in the practice of meditation.;

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