What to Do with Your Hands
Various subtle energy pathways in the body have
been mapped out, understood, and used in particular
ways in the yogic and meditative traditions for
millennia. We intuitively know that all our body
postures make their own unique statements, which
radiate inwardly as well as outwardly. Nowadays this
goes by the term "body language." We can use that
language to read how other people feel about
themselves because people are continuously
broadcasting such information for anyone with a
sensitive receiver to pick up.
But in this case, we are speaking of the value of
becoming sensitive to the language of one's own
body. That awareness can catalyze dramatic inner
growth and transformation. In the yogic traditions, this
field of knowledge concerns certain positions of the
body known as mudras. In a way, all postures are
mudras: each makes a particular statement and has
an energy associated with it. But mudras are usually
referencing something more subtle than the posture
of the entire body. Their focus is primarily on the
positioning of the hands and feet.