Formation of Mudar: – simply touch the tip of the thumb with the tip of the index finger. Pressing is not necessary. Remaining fingers can be kept straight with ease.
Specialty:-
It is not most important Mudra. It affects the muscles and brain with good result. We can do this Mudra in any Asan or condition. We can do it with both our hands, while working, sitting, lying, and travelling, any time and in any condition.
Time limit:
We can practice it for as long as possible. There is no limit for this Mudra.
Benefits:
- This Mudra helps in increasing brain power and removes the ill caused due to mental tension. Regular practice of Gyan Mudra cures all the mental disorder and disease like madness, hysteria, Crackness, anger, laziness, depression. Mind becomes quiet and spiritual joy reflects on our face.
- This Mudar activates the neurons present in our brains and expands our intelligence.
- It strengthens the muscular system.
- Concentration and memory power increase.
- Progress in spirituality and meditation can be achieved too.
- Disease of the brains such as mental disorders, restlessness, and obsessive-compulsive behavior, any type of phobias, indecisiveness, depression, convulsion, fits, frustration and agitation can be cured. Mental tension such as anger, rage, idleness and fear can be removed. It also evokes a felling of happiness.
- The Mudra is very effective for curing insomnia as well as over-sleeping. For prolonged insomnia, it is advisable to practice Pran Mudra along with this Mudra.
- Secretion of pituitary and pineal glands can be controlled and banned by this Mudra.
- Undeveloped lines of Buddha and Shukra mountains in our hands can be developed. This Mudra is also called as a Vyakhyan or Saraswati Mudra because it increases one’s own intelligence and book knowledge.
Gyan Mudra and Pran Mudra must be practiced together for headaches like migraine.
Gyan mudra helps in mental concentration. We can feel the beating of pulse, when we touch the index finger with the thumb. If we concentrate on this, our mind stops wandering and we can attain a very high state of concentration.
Gyan mudra is a boon for students. It helps to increase the memory and sharpness intelligence. Unnecessary snapping of fingers, swaying of legs or other such wrong habits of the limbs here and there without any reason has an adverse effect on our brain and muscles. Our energy is wasted. Memory power is reduced. Acharya Keshav Deo writes that some students who were very intelligent & sharp and could remember a lesson after just one reading were purposely taught to use their hands in wrong way. As a result their I.Q. level came down. Level of intelligence, memory & mental efficiency was found to be lower than before. When they practiced Gyan Mudra regularly their brain power returned to normal.
If mentally retarded children are given practice of this Mudra some change in their mental power can be seen after some time of practice. Thumb is the center of intelligence. The part of thumb we press in this Mudra by the index finger mark the centers of pituitary and pineal endocrine glands. The pressure on these centers activates the two glands situated in our brains. Malfunctioning of pituitary glands may result in making children angry. Children do mischief they like to talk lies like to steal but a prolonged practiced of Gyan Mudra result in mental and physical progress of children, child becomes free from bad habits and a through change can be observed in his/ her behavior.
Gyan Mudra not only makes our memory powerful and sharpens our brain but also helps us in getting ‘Divya Drishti’. Regular practiced of Gyan mudra helps Sadhak in opening Gyan Netra or Shiv Netra. Development of Sixth Sence is possible by this Mudra. With the help of Divya Chakshu of after it is opened, Sadhak can see any happenings of the past, present or future and he can understand the happenings in other person mind.
Sleeplessness can be cured by the regular practiced of Gyan Mudra, mental tension, also working pressure etc. affect badly on the health of our brain and we suffer from sleeplessness. Gyan Mudra works like a sleeping pill or ‘Yogic Tranquilizer’ in such cases. It is proven that practice of Gyan Mudra cures the chronic problem of sleeplessness within 3 days. Acharya Keshav Deo says,” many patients were suffering from sleeping pills with hardly any favorable effects. Gyan Mudra practice gave wonderful results to them. They experienced natural sleep and there was no need to take sleeping pills any more. If Gyan Mudra does not cure sleeplessness completely then combination of Gyan Mudra with Pran Mudra is advisable”
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