
Yoni mudra is an effort to seal off all your senses and re-experience the quiet of the womb. Yoni is Sanskrit for "female reproductive organ" and the yoni mudra is a gesture designed to help one crawl back to this point of origin without actually leaving ones meditation cushion, chair or yoga mat. You can do it anywhere but it is usually done sitting upright after some relaxing breathing exercises that help to set a mood of receptivity. It can, however, be done cold with no preparation, as long as you have a few minutes to spare and are in the mood to experience the eternal void.
Here's how:
Put your right thumb in your right ear and your left thumb in your left ear and spread your fingers wide as if you were imitating a moose's antlers. Now wiggle your fingers and stick your tongue out. Oh wait that's the nah, nah ... nah, nah mudra. Ok, stop laughing and let's get serious. The thumbs do start in the ears with the other fingers outstretched. Bring your index fingers to your closed eye lids. Put the tips of your middle fingers on either side of your nostrils. Finally, place your ring finger on your upper lip and your pinky on your lower lip. Inhale deeply through the nose and then more or less simultaneously, press the thumbs to close the ears off, exert gentle pressure on the eyes with the pointer fingers, shut the nostrils with the middle fingers lightly pushed in and squeeze the lips shut between the remaining fingers. Stay like this till you need to breathe. When you do, take a few breaths and enjoy whatever comes with your eyes closed. When you are ready for more, take a deep breath and press as before. Repeat this whole process a third time. After the last go round rest completely with eyes closed, watching the images in front of you change and shift. Open when you are done.
When you try this I'd love to know how you like it.
Peace Out!
Right On!
Keep the Faith! etc, etc, etc....
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