CONTENTS

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Specific Mudras

Acknowledgments

Dear Reader

Part One
EXPLORING THE MUDRA CONCEPT

What Are Mudras?

Origin of Mudras

Breathing, Visualization, and Affirmations to Enhance the Mudras

Mudras and Music

Mudras and Color

Using Mudras to Heal Physical Complaints

Mudras and Healing Emotional Problems

Mudras and Other Hand Therapies

My Personal Experiences

Mudras and Meditation

Mudras for Recharging Energy Reserves

Mudras for Coming to Terms with the Past

Mudras for Improving Relationships

Mudras for Solving Everyday Problems

Mudras for Building Character

Mudras for Planning the Future

Mudras for Connecting with the Divine

Meditations for Each Finger

Meditation 1: Thumb Energy

Meditation 2: Index Finger Energy

Meditation 3: Middle Finger Energy

Meditation 4: Ring Finger Energy

Meditation 5: Little Finger Energy

Part Two
THE MUDRAS

Mudras for the Body, Mind, and Soul

Spiritual Mudras

The Mudras of Hatha Yoga

Part Three
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Mudra Exercises

How to Create Your Own Mudra

What a Mudra Cannot Do

Appendices

A: Nutrition

B: There is an Herb for Every Malady

C: Chinese Five Element Theory

D: Some Words About the Chakras

A Closing Word

Bibliography

Index

About the Author