Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands

A simple technique to achieve lasting health, happiness, and inner peace.

"Yoga for the hands—sounds too good to be true. Do it at the office, on an airplane, lying in bed. Seasoned yoga teacher Gertrud Hirschi has used these hand postures to ease asthma, relieve flu symptoms, think more effectively, relieve tension, and more. Like a classroom instructor, she guides readers with simultaneous breathing advice and conjures up helpful images." —Brian Bruya, Amazon.com Review

Mudras are yoga positions for your hands and fingers. They can be practiced sitting, lying down, standing, or walking, at any time and place. These mysterious healing gestures can calm the stress, aggravations, and frustrations of everyday life. Schooled in the traditional knowledge of this eastern art of healing, well-known Swiss yoga teacher, Gertrud Hirschi, shows how these easy techniques can recharge personal energy reserves and improve quality of life.

Readers will learn how to use the practice of mudras to:

• Prevent illness and ailments
• Support the healing of many emotional issues
• Promote spiritual development
• Intensify the affect with breathing exercises, affirmations, visualizations, herbs, nutrition, music, and colors therapy

Also included are several full-body mudras and exercises to enhance any meditation and yoga practice.