Vision, being one of the organs of perception and knowledge of the world, determines our emotional state, as well as the level of stress, no matter how completely unrelated it may seem. When tension and stress (or rather, our reaction to it) accumulates, the eyes get tired, focus weakens, vision dims or even falls, as if someone had poured sand into the eyes. Sound familiar?

I offer you an interesting practice, a proven and super simple practice - yoni mudra.

To perform it, you don’t need anything, neither roll out a mat, nor fast for a week; the only thing better is to do it either at the end of the working day, or at the moment when you feel that your eyes are tired, the sharpness and acuity of your vision subsides.

Yoni Mudra - a return to the original source (yoni - womb, place of birth, source, root cause; mudra - seal), a symbol of the creation of the entire universe.

The technique is also called “Shanmukhi Mudra”, which translated means “Closing the seven gates”, since during practice we close both eyes, both nostrils, both ears and mouth and thereby direct consciousness inwards.

Another classic name is parangmukhi. Parang involves disconnecting from the outside world, closing all five senses and, as a result, immersing in pratyahara (insensibility).

In general, yoni mudra, let me remind you that mudra is a special position of the fingers, corresponding to the closure of internal energy channels, which leads to the fact that our energy losses are reduced, we are less tired and less tense), helps us not only to relax the eyes and stop the chaotic movement of the eye apples, but also to free your consciousness and subconscious from all, or at least most of the unnecessary visual images that you picked up during the day.

Execution technique

You can perform Yoni Mudra standing or sitting. You can sit on a chair or in the yoga pose Sukhasana (see), you choose

1. Take a long and slow breath, raise your palms up to your ears, your right hand to your right ear, and your left to your left, respectively, with your thumbs, pinch the ear canals.
2. With the pads of our index fingers, without pressing hard, but only lightly, we stop the eyeballs, closing our eyes.
3. With our middle fingers we block the nasal passages; there is no need to pinch the entire nose, only the left and right nasal passages.
4. Ring fingers transfer to the upper lip, to the right and left, respectively, and with the little fingers we press the lower lip.
5. In this position, on the jelly itself, this is all done quickly, you just need to practice and with practice you will do it easily, we hold our breath. Everyone’s ability to hold their breath is different, so don’t force yourself, you will want to exhale, even if you have just performed the mudra, raise your fingers as if you were playing the piano from bottom to top and without sudden movements, inhale calmly and long.
6. Then lower your fingers again and hold your breath, so we take three inhalations and exhalations, for the first time this is enough, as you master ion mudra, you can do not 3, but 5 or 7 breathing cycles, that is, 5 or 7 inhalations and exhalations .
7. Then move your palms to your eyes, directing the centers of your palms towards your eyes, breathe, feeling how the warmth of your palms relaxes and soothes the eye and surrounding eye muscles. As soon as you feel that your eyeballs have stopped and are not moving, lower your palms and close your eyes.
8. After this, if you wish, you can perform eye gymnastics, so it will be most effective.

This is the simplest method of performing yoni mudra.

Note. You can close your ears by pressing your thumbs on the tragus of your ears, or you can wet your thumbs and insert them into the ear openings, thereby creating the most dense isolation from external sounds.

During practice, listen to the internal vibrations that arise. Listen to the inner sound. At first it may be slightly audible, but over time this sound may intensify and another, less quiet one may appear in its background. Focus now on this newly arisen sound and so on to increasingly subtle vibrations. Complete immersion in the inner sound leads to a state deep meditation.

To improve vision. Breathe slowly and evenly while concentrating on the images, spots or colors that may appear in your mind's eye. If spots appear, make them clear and expanding. You need to stay in this pose for at least five minutes and gradually increase the execution time to fifteen minutes. You will notice that after completing the exercise, visibility is sharper and colors are brighter, and you will feel that your vision is gradually improving.

Pay attention! Sometimes heavy sweating or heart rhythm disturbances occur when performing yoni mudra. This may be the result of pressure on the eyeball when performing yoni mudra incorrectly.

Effects
This is a very effective mudra.

• The benefits of this pose are that we turn off our senses, which allows us to rest our nervous system.
• As a result of pressing on biologically active zones, we give ourselves acupressure. TOEach performance of yoni mudra is a session of acupressure rejuvenation.
• Concentration and coordination of movements improves, thoughts and emotions calm down. Any anxious and neurotic conditions are relieved.
• Performing this mudra raises energy up, opens creative and superpowers, and helps heal diseases of the body and mind.

This technique is described in ancient sources as one of the one hundred and eight methods of enlightenment.
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If you want to find your soulmate as quickly as possible, you need to understand the reason for your loneliness and work very seriously on yourself. The reason for loneliness is most often received once negative experience, which blocked the energy chakra representing the energy center of love. Energy chakra may be blocked for other reasons; you need to figure this out yourself.

Special exercises will help in releasing energy - mudras, as finger yoga is called. Mudras are used to work with the subconscious, to maintain energy balance. Energy in a person must circulate and exchange with the external environment in equal quantities; if you are prone to isolation, this contributes to the closure of channels, which leads to stagnation of energy in the body.

There are cases of energy depletion, in which case a person releases energy into the external environment in greater quantities than it enters. The problem of loneliness is hidden in the subconscious and the “Soaring Lotus” mudra will help to combat it; to achieve greater effect, it can be used together with yoni mudra. If done correctly and regularly, the result will not take long to arrive. Mudra will change you and your life for the better, believe it. Working with the subconscious is very effective. Mudra affects not only spirituality man, but also on physical matter, healing it.

Preparing for the practice of using mudra

Before you start practicing finger yoga, you need to cleanse your body a week before starting classes. The ritual of cleansing the body is carried out using ordinary water. Water will cleanse you of accumulated negative energy and add vigor and strength. During the week, you should drink a glass of water in the morning on an empty stomach, a glass of water instead of an afternoon snack, and a glass of water before bed. You can eat food as usual, but it is recommended to eat dinner two hours before bedtime.

General rules for performing mudra

It is best to perform mudras in the morning and evening, spending at least ten minutes. When performing mudra, you need to realize the desire in your imagination. imagine that you have already achieved what you want. The effect of classes directly depends on the truth of your desires. People are influenced by society and sometimes mistakenly take someone else’s desire imposed by society as their own.

Your desire will make itself known to you as soon as you think about it, pouring out in warm streams throughout the body, the thought of it charges and gives new strength. When it comes to attracting a soulmate, women usually imagine a specific person, but fate may have completely different plans for you, so be open and ready for everything new.

Classes are best conducted in a secluded place. Before you start practicing, you must determine which side the east is on, because it is advisable to perform the exercises while sitting facing the east (the east is located on the side where the sun rises). First, you need to choose the position in which you will perform the exercises. There are three classic poses: lotus pose (for this pose you need to bend your leg at the knee and place it on the other thigh, and also place the other leg on the thigh of the opposite leg), hero pose (kneel and sit so that your legs hug your buttocks on the sides), comfortable position (crossing your legs with one leg under the thigh of the other leg).

The breathing cycle usually consists of rhythmic deep inhalations and exhalations.
The greatest benefit will come from combining exercises with aromatherapy and musical accompaniment; this will improve the beneficial effect on the body.

Description of the Soaring Lotus mudra

The lotus is a sacred flower of Buddhism, personifying the purity of spirit in a world full of temptations. The “floating lotus” mudra symbolizes your heart, which blossoms and opens up to new potentialities. This mudra is suitable for single people to attract a soul mate, and it will also help strengthen existing relationships. It will help to reveal tenderness, mercy and love in you. Mudra will change you and your life for the better, believe it.

Lotus Mudra Technique

We have come to the most important stage, mastering the technique for attracting a soul mate. We sit down, keep our back straight but relaxed, our arms are located at chest level, in the place where the heart chakra (anahata) is located, bend your elbows. The bases of the palms, little fingers and thumbs of both hands need to be connected at chest level so that they form the base of the flower, and the remaining fingers represent the petals of the opened flower, continue to hold your hands in this position for four breathing cycles, then connect the index and middle fingers opposite each other, closing the fingertips to form a bud, continuing to hold your hands like this for four respiratory acts. Then repeat this 5-6 times.

Description of Yoni mudra

There are several techniques of yoni mudra, easy and complex. The technique enhances the body’s energy, helps you concentrate and hear yourself.

The word yoni means source. Yoni mudra - the mudra of love, will help direct energy in the right direction. This mudra will reveal femininity in you, awaken love by activating it from within, and relieve suspiciousness and irritability. The influence on the physical body is directed to the area of ​​the right and left hemispheres, ensuring the coordinated operation of these systems.

Technique for performing Yoni mudra

Sit in one of the poses used in yoga practice, bend your arms at the elbows, align your straightened thumbs with each other and point them towards your chest, place your index fingers away from you, and clasp your middle, ring and little fingers together. Breathe as you should, rhythmically and deeply. Your task is to feel the energy, feel your strength, relax and mentally rest.

Choose a pose to perform the exercises. Posture should be straight. Raise your arms up with your elbows bent and your fingers spread out. Close your ears with your thumbs, your eyes with your index fingers, your nostrils with your middle fingers, your ring fingers should be positioned so that they are located just above your upper lip, and your little fingers just below, that is, they seem to close your lips. The fingers should maintain this position throughout the entire exercise, only the middle fingers should clear the air passage for a while. Having positioned your hands as stated, freeing only your nostrils, you need to take a deep breath and hold your breath, then return the position of your fingers to their original position, closing your nostrils. Try to hear the sounds coming from the depths of your body or head, exhale and repeat all over again. There can be one sound or several, they can merge.

The goal of this practice is to achieve immersion within yourself, into a world of silence, through concentration on your own sounds.

Yoni mudra meditation

Chandali - yoga

You may realize the depth of this practice in a few years. It consists in combining the two substances from which our body is formed. In the upper part of the body, in the area of ​​the head, there is the so-called white. This energy is a white drop that we receive from our father at birth, it is called shukla. Below, in the area of ​​the coccyx, the genitals, we have red energy, a red drop, which we receive at birth from our mother. She is called maharajas.

“Inhaling strongly, fix the mind in the adhara lotus () and squeeze the yoni (anus).

Imagine this flame (in muladhara) rising through and through all three bodies in their order. In each of the chakras, this flame generates nectar (kulamrita), the essence of which is great bliss. Its color is whitish pink, and this liquid of immortality flows downwards. Let the yogi drink this wine of immortality, which is divine, and then let him return again to the kula (the region of muladhara).” "Shiva Samhita" (4.1, 4.3)

This is one of the fundamental meditations in the practice and tantra, through which we clear the karma accumulated in the chakras, untie the nadis and knots in the chakras and fill the sushumna, the central channel, with prana, causing nectar to drip. At the beginning of practice, such cycles can be done in one session from ten to thirty.

4. Read the mantra to awaken the Kundalini energy “Om Maha Shakti Namaha”, which means: “Worship to the great power of the universe!”

5. By performing Ashwini mudra three times, make the flame in the inverted triangle burn brighter. And slowly, lift it up the central Sushumna channel along the spine.

6. When raising the fire, imagine it thin, hot and bright. When you reach the Anahata chakra (at the level of the back), hold it for a few seconds to better cleanse the Anahata chakra.

7. The flame, having risen to the Vishuddha chakra, stops. If you continue to raise the fire to the top of your head, then you may be able to raise and sublimate a lot of prana in the sahasrara chakra, but there is a possibility of losing energy, because it can come out through the eyes, ears or mouth. Therefore, it is recommended to bring the energy to the Vishuddha chakra and stop the fire at the level of the throat.

8. A few centimeters above the top of your head, imagine a silver-white ball (bindu), slightly larger than a pea.

9. The heat of the flame is so strong that it begins to melt the bindu and, having melted, the nectar of immortality (amrita) begins to drip from the bindu down onto the chakras. Imagine bindu and nectar as fresh, white and pure, capable of dissolving all impure karmas in the nadis.

10. Visualize how, dripping from the bindu, the nectar fills and cleanses the sahasrara chakra, vishuddha chakra, anahata chakra. In the Anahata chakra, on the front of the body, the nectar lingers a few seconds longer than in other chakras to better cleanse it. The nectar then continues to drip and fills the manipura chakra, svadhisthana chakra and enters back into the mooladhara chakra.

11. Nectar, falling on the dark red triangle, causes strong hissing and seething, intensifying the flaring fire in the muladhara chakra. The hissing should be clearly felt and resemble the hissing of oil falling on a hot frying pan.

Then the fire begins to rise again. This is one cycle.

Note: There are different levels of yoni mudra practice. The practice of yoni mudra is a fundamental technique of Kundalini yoga. It gives a quick experience of the nectar of immortality (amrita-varuni), promotes the purification and opening of the central channel of sushumna, the rise and sublimation of energy, has great importance in the practice of internal heat in Kundalini yoga. Experiencing the experience of the unity of bliss and Emptiness in Laya Yoga is unthinkable without the practice of yoni mudra.

To enhance the effect, in the practice of yoni mudra, you combine the movement of fire with breathing, when you inhale to raise the fire, and when you exhale, lower it. Raise the heat at medium speed.

Doing this before each circuit also strengthens this practice.

After some time, you will feel a burning sensation in the tailbone, a rise in energy, and there may be some vibrations in the body. If you do this practice correctly, after about a thousand rounds, you will begin to experience nectar, from the center of your head in the area of ​​the roof of your mouth you will begin to secrete saliva, sweetish with a pleasant taste. This saliva should be divided into three parts and swallowed, imagining how it is absorbed in the area of ​​the manipura chakra and in the lower abdomen.

You always keep your tongue pressed to the palate, doing nabho mudra, so that the anterior and posterior median channels are closed and the energy circulates.

When you do more than a thousand, you will not only produce saliva, but also a subtle mystical substance that will taste like milk, ghee, or something sweet. Usually ten types of nectar tastes are listed before the actual nectar taste appears.

When such processes are experienced in the body, samadhi is achieved, new bliss and different tastes of nectar are felt daily. Nectar is listed as follows: first the taste is salty, then alkaline, then bitter, then tart, then the taste of butter, cream, milk, curd, whey, honey, palm juice and, finally, the taste of the nectar itself

In general, there are different “mudras” in yoga:

• Hasta mudras - finger gestures;
• Mana mudras - special positions of the head and eyes (for example, Shambhavi mudra);
• Kaya mudra - when the whole body is involved in the “gesture” (for example, Viparita Karani mudra);
• This also includes Bandhas (“mudras” performed in parallel with the compression of certain muscles; for example, Mula Bandha, Maha Bheda - these are both mudras and bandhas);
• And Adhara mudras (mudras performed by squeezing only internal, most often intimate, muscles - for example, Ashvini mudra).

Here is some interesting information that expands our horizons in the practices of hatha yoga.

And now, to the point - that is, to practice!

10 most important and simple hasta mudras (finger gestures) of classical yoga:

1. Anjali mudra (“Namaste”)- Place your palms together in front of your chest (thumb knuckles touching the center of your chest). This gesture balances energies and awakens the Anahata chakra (heart psychoenergetic center) - this is important and useful to do both at the beginning and at the end of the lesson. This is the meaning of performing mudra “for yourself”. And in communication with other people, this gesture means “Welcome to the Divine in you” - this is a gesture of yogic greeting (and farewell). Can be used when meeting with a Yoga Master and among each other. The folding of hands at forehead level (activation of Ajna) and above the crown (activation of Sahasrara) is also possible, but in society it is almost never used (you can try it as meditation). While performing this mudra, you can close your eyes. On the physical plane, mudra can help fight anger, irritability, high blood pressure, and chronic heart disease.
2. Jnana Mudra (“Gesture of Knowledge”)- connect the pads of the thumb and index fingers (or press the tip of the index finger to the base of the thumb, making a “ring”), place your hands on your knees or thighs, palms down. This hand position is ideal for meditation. If you feel drowsy or sad in this position, see below. If the mudra is performed with one (right) hand, then the palm is raised to the level of the center of the chest. Mudra can help fight high blood pressure, inability to concentrate, laziness, and resentment.
3. Chin Mudra (“Gesture of Knowledge”)- the same as Jnana mudra, but hands with palms up. More suitable for those who strive to “Open the Heart”, overcome some constraint in communication, or people prone to depression and sadness. It can help treat any disease and speed up the healing process, and also act as a general strengthening “supplement”!
4. Shanmukhi Mudra ("Locking the Seven Gates")— taking a deep breath, while holding, close the ears with the thumbs of both hands, the eyes (eyelids) with the index fingers, the nose (nostrils) with the middle fingers, the mouth (both lips) with the ring and little fingers, and do Mula Bandha. We don't press hard with our fingers, just lightly. When you need to inhale, tear off your middle fingers, inhale (Full Yogic) and again pinch your nose. Mudra meditation (cannot be combined with other techniques, done separately). Can accelerate healing (due to the property of accumulation, saving personal energy).
5. Bhuchari mudra- the most effective meditation at the tip of the little finger. . Awakens the Sahasrara chakra. Independent, separate practice. Promotes concentration and relieves stress.
6. Yoni Mudra (“Gesture of the Womb”)- connect the pads of the thumb and index fingers, intertwine the rest, then extend the thumbs and index fingers away from each other, lower and relax your hands, holding the mudra. Balances the functioning of the cerebral hemispheres, helps preserve energy. The female womb has enormous energy potential, because... gives birth to a person - one of the interpretations of the name. A good mudra for reflecting on yoga texts and listening to yoga lectures. Calms.
7. Bhairava mudra (“Gesture of the Frightening Shiva”)— sitting in a comfortable meditative position, we join our palms and place them on our thighs: the leading hand (the one you write is usually the right) on top. The tips of the thumbs can be joined. Read more. The mudra is suitable for meditation (men and women). It has an invigorating effect (with caution - with high blood pressure, nervousness, do not do it at night, if you have problems falling asleep).
8. Hridaya Mudra (“Gesture of the Heart”)- twist the index finger under the base of the thumb, connect the ends of the thumb, middle and ring fingers, the little finger is set aside. Helps to awaken spontaneous, causeless joy, to enter a state of baseless, pointless meditation. Sometimes this mudra is used for heart diseases (and even during acute attacks!), but at the same time, “Hridaya” or “Heart” in yoga means a state of deep meditation (Samadhi), which is not directly related to the physical heart, and in which a person feels like the “Heart of the whole world.” This is the purpose of performing this mudra.
9. Pankaj Mudra (Lotus Gesture)- pressing your palms to your chest, connect the bases of your wrists, fan out your fingers, like the petals of a fully awakened flower. The action is similar to Hridaya mudra. Easy to perform, beautiful and joy-giving mudra. Ideal for singing bhajans, mantras, and for starting and ending yoga classes (analogous to “Namaste”). The mudra is good for depression, sadness, and “dark days”; It can be recommended for the elderly, during menopause, and during adolescence. Useful for everyone who works (non-conflictively) with people: it awakens compassion.
10. Prana Mudra ("Gesture of Energy")- connect the pads of the thumb, ring and little fingers, index and middle - straightened (on both hands). This is a gesture to gain energy, to increase vitality. Used for laziness, drowsiness, loss of strength, ailments (not related to high blood pressure). Awakens the lower chakras - there is no need to abuse it. If you have high blood pressure, it is better to avoid it (use Chin Mudra instead, it acts more gently).

How to practice these and other mudras? Very simple! You need to sit in any meditative pose (for example, in Siddha Yoga Asana, Sukhasana, Vajrasana, etc.) and hold this special position of your fingers for 3-10 minutes, 1-4 times during the day.

Tips for classes:

• If mudras are done as an independent practice, they can be combined with the practice of affirmations;
• It is not recommended to experiment unnecessarily and without the advice of an expert with the hasta mudras of Udana, Apana, primary elements, mudras of invoking deities, etc., and also never “change” the mudra as it seems correct and do not combine mudras to your taste, this may have negative effects;
• If practicing mudras distracts you from doing other exercises: meditation, pranayamas, then do them separately for now;
• It is better to place mudras in a lesson after asanas, Shavasana and pranayamas, but before the main meditation.

You can enhance the effect of any mudra by doing (deep and very slow, silent) breathing, as well as holding or pulsating Mula Bandha:

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“As salt melts in water and camphor in fire, so the “I” dissolves in eternity.” -Indian aphorism.

The ancient path of yoga has methods that enable the individual not merely to escape from the illusion (maya) of our temporary life, but to penetrate into his true inner reality, where he can find the shining lamp of transcendental consciousness. When we use yoga to explore the caverns of our minds, we move closer to the core of our own being until we finally achieve complete self-integration - physical, mental and emotional.

One such technique for internal change is yoni mudra. Yoni means “vagina, womb, source.” It refers to the Absolute, or Brahman, as the source of all that exists.

Mudra in in this case means physical exercise that affects the mind. Yoni mudra was also called shanmukha (shan - "six", mukhi - "hole"), since in this practice there are six types of usually open body openings (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, anus and genitals) are closed. Another classic name - parangmukhi. Parang involves disconnecting from the outside world, closing all five senses and, as a result, immersing in pratyahara (insensibility).

Advantages

The five senses are mechanically switched off, resulting in a semi-automatic state of pratyahara.

1. The nervous system is restored, in part, by reducing the flow of sensations by blocking the eyes and ears with the index fingers and thumbs, respectively. The remaining three fingers partially block tactile sensations by pressing on the branches of the trigeminal cranial nerve. (See "The neurological basis of the action of yoni mudra")
2. Psychophysiological homeostasis, or balance, is established by pressing on the nadis (as the subtle or psychic channels of the body are called in yoga). This is most easily understood in terms of acupuncture points and meridians. (See "Acupuncture points stimulated during yoni mudra") This means that every performance of yoni mudra is an acupressure rejuvenation session.
3. Under the influence of disciplinary conditions that require maintaining an appropriate posture, the body and mind come to cooperate.
4. The mind is given an opportunity to go deeper into itself, disconnecting from the distracting influence of the outside world.
5. In the final phase, the student performs a powerful procedure that ends in self-realization, or an intense experience of the Ultimate Universal Unity.

Brahma is truly this entire world. Brahma truly becomes the knowledge of Brahma. - Mandukya Upanishad

Yoni mudra, like shavasana, is divided into initial and complicated techniques. I should note that although sukhasana is usually used, this exercise can also be done in a chair. Those who suffer from arthritis in the arms and shoulders can compensate by concentrating on the mantra in the advanced phase.

Karl Weschke brought this to my attention. According to him:

“You can use earplugs or cotton wool soaked in Vaseline to block out the sound, but you can also use an eye patch or a meditation hood.”

Initial technique

1. Sit in a meditation pose. The best option for those who already have experience practicing hatha yoga is padmasana; beginners can use sukhasana or chair pose.
2. Raise your elbows to shoulder level on both sides of your body, at right angles.
3. a) cover your ears with your thumbs; b) close your eyes with your index fingers, placing them on the lower eyelids and holding the eyelashes of the upper ones; c) place your middle fingers on each side on the bridge of your nose, leaving your nostrils free to breathe; d) keep your upper lip closed by pressing on it with your ring fingers, fingers touching; e) keep your lower lip closed by pressing on it with your little fingers, fingers touching.
4. Breathe slowly and evenly while concentrating on the images, spots or colors that may appear in your mind's eye. If spots appear, make them clear and expanding. You need to stay in this pose for at least five minutes and gradually increase the execution time to fifteen minutes. You will notice that the colors become brighter after doing the exercise and you will feel that it has brought you peace. Devote a week to this exercise before moving on to more advanced techniques.

As you progress through the exercise, you will learn to keep your arms perpendicular to your body, with your elbows at shoulder level. The discomfort will subside over the course of the week.

Thumbs can be used to block ears in two ways:

1. If the thumbs are short, lubricate them with saliva and insert them into the ear holes (see “B” in the figure below) with a screwing motion.
2. If your thumbs are long, press the tragus of your ears (see “A” in the figure below) firmly against the ear openings with the pads of your thumbs.

By inserting moistened fingers into the ear openings, you provide the most effective sensory isolation; indeed, you are creating something like a hydraulic lock.

Using the tragus as a “mousetrap door” to close the external auditory canal is also quite effective. It should be noted for both methods that the relaxation (parasympathetic) component of our autonomic nervous system can be intensely stimulated through one of the branches of the vagus nerve, called the “Alderman nerve.” Physiologists sometimes define yoga as “cultivation of the parasympathetic nervous system.”

With your index fingers (after your thumbs cover your ears), gently slide down over your closed eyes so that they press the upper eyelashes to the lower eyelids. The fingertips should not press on the eyeballs.

Check this by trying to open your eyes. The upper eyelids should be gently held by the pressure of the fingertips on their lashes.

Advanced technique

1. Repeat the first three points of the initial technique.
2. Close your left nostril with the middle finger of your left hand and inhale slowly and evenly through your right nostril. After inhaling completely, close your right nostril with your middle finger. right hand and exhale slowly and calmly through your left nostril. Inhale slowly and evenly through your left nostril, close it, open your right, exhale and continue, repeating the cycle.
3. After the breathing rhythm is established, begin mentally repeating the SOHAM mantra. SO is mentally pronounced as you inhale, and HAM as you exhale. Repetition of the mantra (in Sanskrit such repetition is called jaty) must be done simultaneously with separate breathing and constantly remembering the latter. This mantra has a profound effect on the subconscious and at the same time calms the conscious part of the mind.
4. As you complete the exercise, dive deeper into a state that is best described as Conscious Mindlessness.

The complicated stage should be performed for fifteen minutes, with the goal of increasing this time to thirty minutes.

The meaning of new steps

Let's discuss the meaning of the new steps of the complicated stage.

Adding alternate (or split) nostril breathing has a profound effect on the mind-body interaction. As we will see later from a more detailed discussion, the respiratory cycle is an important link in the connection between the physical and mental activity of a person. In a state of emotional upsurge, being hungry or scared, a person breathes quickly. Obviously, any attempt to control your breathing should have a calming and balancing effect on both the body and mind.

Not only does the orderly metabolism through breath control lead to relaxation, but the breath itself sends signals of peace and tranquility to the unconscious.

We can compare the mind to a monkey that jumps from place to place, unable to stop to restore or concentrate its scattered energy until a pole is placed on which it can climb and rest.

In the first stage of yoni mudra, the mind protects itself from external sensations and exciting thoughts, and then calms down through deep, even breathing. Now he needs a “pole”, i.e. a point of concentration, in order to “climb” to a higher level of consciousness. The pole or focal point is provided in the form of the mantra SOHAM, which means “I am He.”

“He” is the eternal source of all existence, Brahman, Paramatman, the Absolute. You cannot have a better fulcrum from which to jump to greater heights. high levels consciousness. Through this audgita (low monotonous chanting) you move from pratyahara to samyama (concentration, contemplation and meditation).

It should be mentioned that just as savasana is the hidden key to states of yogic trance, so yoni mudra is the key to siddhi (psychic powers) such as clairvoyance.

Neurological basis of the action of yoni mudra

The thumbs indirectly interfere with stimulation of the eighth cranial nerve (auditory). This nerve responds only to sound stimulation.

The fifth cranial nerve, the trigeminal nerve, is the main nerve affected by finger pressure in yoni mudra. It is the largest cranial nerve and is divided into three main branches: the ophthalmic (sensory), the maxillary (sensory), and the mandibular, one of which has sensory branches.

In the process of performing yoni mudra, the index fingers press on the infratrochlear branch of the ophthalmic branch and on the infraorbital branch of the maxillary branch. The middle fingers press on the nasal branches of the infraorbital nerve. The ring fingers press on the superior labial part of the infraorbital branch. The little fingers act on the lower labial part of the mandibular branch (sensitive branch). (Note: The nerves that the fingers press on are tactile nerves.)

The second cranial nerve, the optic nerve, is affected by closing the eyes - thus yoni mudra ensures energy savings

Psychosomatic effects of yoni mudra

1. The mind is brought to a point of relaxed concentration within itself. This is followed by pratyahara, a state of detachment of the senses. This condition is probably achieved by finger pressure on special nerves, as briefly described above. Such pressure may result in: a) suppression of certain centripetal or sensory impulses which usually disturb, irritate and distract the mind; b) slight numbness of tactile and pain centripetal neurons of the skin, which can further increase self-focus and abstraction from the outside world. The combination of these two factors aims to bring the mind into a state of “balance at one point of thought”, which is usually achieved by the practice of yoni mudra.
2. Yoni mudra restores the nervous system and gives the illusion of heightened sensory perception. This may be a consequence of conserving energy by blocking the centripetal impulses of the optic nerve, combined with the awareness that you have become less active after forcing yourself into temporary passivity.
3. Sometimes there is heavy sweating or abnormal heart rhythm. This may be the result of pressure on the eyeball when performing yoni mudra incorrectly.
4. Stimulation of the vagus nerves (tenth cranial nerves) is reflexively caused by thumb pressure on the ear canals. The stimulation caused in this way maintains the dominance of the parasympathetic nervous system, restoring heart rhythm, blood pressure and encouraging digestive processes.
5. Hand position encourages neuromuscular coordination and improves ideomotor discipline.

"My life has been full of tragedies, most of of which never happened." - Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592).