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Mudras are special hand positions you can use while meditating to channel energy back through the fingers into the spinal column’s chakras, directing and rebalancing prana in the body. Choose from the mudras in the following illustration; mix and match mudras to enhance your yoga practice of meditation. There are three classic bandhas; mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha.When practiced together they are called tri-bandha. They are practiced together or individually at specific times during kriya, asana, pranayama, mudra, visualization, and meditation practice.

Mudra is a term with many meanings. It is used to signify a gesture, a mystic position of the hands, a seal, or even a symbol. However, there are eye positions, body postures, and breathing techniques that are called mudras. These symbolic finger, eye, and body postures can vividly depict certain states or processes of consciousness. Conversely, specific positions can also lead to the states of consciousness that they symbolize. What does this mean in concrete terms? For example, a person who frequently and fervently does the gesture of fearlessness, which can often be seen in the depiction of Indian deities, will also be freed from fearfulness with time. So mudras engage certain areas of the brain and/or soul and exercise a corresponding influence on them. However, mudras are also effective on the physical level. I discuss this in the section called "Mudras and Other Hand Therapies." We can effectively engage and influence our body and our mind by bending, crossing, extending, or touching the fingers with other fingers. Isn't this wonderful? In Hatha Yoga, there are 25 mudras. These also include eye and body positions (asanas) and locks (bandhas).