The Ancient Science of Mudras and Energy Flow

So the ancients knew that our bodies were like electrical conduits, with energy constantly flowing through us. The better it flows through us, the more healthy we are. Science only recently has shown us visually what this energy looks like in the bioelectric magnetic field.

Energy flows especially powerfully through our fingers, and the ancients came up with the five elements that represent our five fingers.

So combining the five elements with the energy that flows through them, we can use our fingers during mudras to activate certain states of being in our body.

The Five Elements and the Fingers

The five elements represented through our fingers to the ancients:

• The thumb was fire
• The index finger, air
• The middle finger, space
• The ring finger, earth
• And the little pinky, water

And so the cool part is we can use the fire element, our thumb, to touch any of the fingers to activate that element within our body.

Mudras and Their Effects

For instance:

• To hydrate our cells, we would touch the fire element to the water element, the pinky.
• To be more grounded, we would touch the fire element to the ring finger, earth.
• To feel more spacious, we would touch the thumb to the middle finger.
• And for the air element, which actually activates wisdom within us, we touch our thumb to the index finger.

And that’s a very common one in meditation. You’ve seen that one.

The Prana Mudra

The other very common one in the East, but not so well known in the West, is the prana mudra.

Prana means life force.

So it’s actually, I heard an Indian woman say this was the most important mudra, and she does it as often as she can all day.

And basically it’s touching water and earth to the thumb, which activates basically our immune system.

It’s, you know, we’re basically made of water and earth. So by activating those elements within our body, we’re grounding ourselves. We’re strengthening what we’re made of, essentially.

Choosing the State You Want to Cultivate

So you want to be physically strong, you touch these two.

If you want to meditate and find the meaning of life or your deeper higher self, touch that one.

I use both.

Hope this helps.

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