Varun Mudra – Gesture to increase water element
Varun Mudra is a simple yoga hand gesture that helps balance water in the body. Since about 70% of our body is made of water, keeping this balance is very important. Water supports our cells, blood, lymph, skin, muscles, joints, saliva, tears, digestion, hormones, and many other body functions.
This mudra supports proper hydration. It helps nourish the cells, tissues, muscles, skin, and joint cartilage, keeping the body soft, flexible, and healthy.
The word Varuna means water. Varun Mudra also brings mental clarity and calmness. It helps activate the salivary glands and supports the body’s natural healing process. Many yoga practitioners use this mudra, and it is also popular among people who simply want to live a clean, balanced, and healthy life.
Benefits of Varun Mudra:
1)- Dryness of eyes
2)- Dryness of the digestive tract (mouth, throat, and intestines)
3)- Dryness of the skin leading to cracks, dry eczema, psoriasis, etc.
4)- Degeneration of joint-cartilage, Osteo-Arthritis
5)- Varun Mudra or hand gesture helps to recover from joint pain, arthritis.
6)- This mudra helps in indigestion, constipation problems of the digestive system, etc.
7)- Varun Mudra also prevents acne or pimple.
8)- Anemia
9)- Cramps, dehydration
10)- Deficiency of hormones
11)- Scanty urination (oliguria)
12)- Scanty semen (oligospermia)
13)- Scanty menses (oligomenorrhoea)
14)- Loss of taste sensation, tongue-disorders
Follow the steps of Varun Mudra:
Varun Mudra is the simple trick of touching the little finger and thumb and spreading the three middle fingers in a gentle manner.
- This mudra, popular as Varuna Mudra, increases the water element within the body.
- This pose is made by joining the tips of the thumb and little finger together.
- 45 minutes every day, either at a stretch or in 3 parts (i.e, for 15 minutes, three times a day). People who have water retention in their body or people with bile + phlegm constitution should perform this mudra moderately, if at all.
