​​​​​​​Cheryl Fenner Brown C-IAYT​, E-RYT 500, YACEP
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Mudras & Chanting

Enhance the power of your mantra chanting practice by using mudras. Use the buttons below to learn more about the mantras and how to pronounce them.

Asatoma Sadgamaya Mantra with Mudras

This mantra is from the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (I.iii.28) and asks that our intellect is guided towards reality and the knowledge that there is a part of ourselves that is eternal.
​Lead me from illusion to the truth of reality.
Lead me from the darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge.
Lead me from the limitations of death to the limitlessness of immortality.
ASATOMA SADGAMAYA
Samputa Mudra
TAMOSOMA JYOTIR GAMAYA
​Padma Mudra
MRITYORMA AMRITAM GAMAYA
Garuda Mudra

Gayatri Mantra with Mudras

Famed mudra scholar Keshav Deo claims that all ailments, including cancer, can be prevented by practicing the following mudra practice while chanting the Gayatri Mantra. ​
Earth, Sky and Heavens
That divine Sun worthy of my worship
I meditate on the divine effulgence
and pray that my intellect be guided towards knowledge.
OM
Anjali Mudra
BHUR
Sumukha Mudra
BHU-
Anjali Mudra
VA
 Vitata Mudra
SU-
Vistrita Mudra
​VA-
Mukha Mudra
HA
Dwimukha Mudra
TAT
Trimukha Mudra
SA-
Chaturmukha Mudra
VI-
Hakini Mudra
TUR
Shanmukha Mudra
VAR-
Adho Mukha Mudra
EY-
Vyapak Anjali Mudra
NYAM
Shakata Mudra
BHAR-
​Yampasha Mudra
​(L on top)
GO
​Yampasha Mudra
(R on top)
DE-
Granthita Mudra
​(L on top)
VAS-
Granthita
​(R on top)
YA
Unmukhonmukha Mudra
​(L on top)
DHI-
Unmukhonmukha Mudra
​(R on top)
MA-
​Pralamba Mudra
HI
Mustikha Mudra
DHI-
Matsya Mudra
​(R on top)
YO
Matsya Mudra
​(L on top)
YO-
Kurma Mudra
NAH
Varakaha Mudra
PRA-
Simhakranta Mudra
CHO-
Mahakranta Mudra
DAY-
Mudgara Mudra
AT
Vairagya Mudra
OM
Pankaja Mudra

Lokah Samastah Mantra with Mudras

This comes from the Mangala Mantra and is used in the traditional loving-kindness meditation. Explore it more in the Yoga Nidra for Compassion scripts or MP3.
May all beings in this world by happy and peaceful
LOKAH
​Anjali Mudra
SAMASTAH
Hakini Mudra
SUKHINO
​Hamsi Mudra
BHAVANTU
Anjali Mudra

Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha Mantra with Mudras

This mantra is dedicated to Ganesh and appears in the Ganapati Upanishad. It is helpful to chant before beginning new projects to bring success, luck and prosperity.
I invoke and honor the name of Ganesh to help remove my obstacles. 
OM
Anjali Mudra
GAM
​Ganapa Mudra
GANAPATAYE
Ganapa Mudra
NAMAHA
Anjali Mudra

Om Namah Shivaya Mantra with Mudras

This mantra is dedicated to Shiva and appears in the Shri Rudram hymn if the Yajurveda
I offer to Shiva a respectful invocation of his name.
OM
Anjali Mudra
NA-
Prithvi Mudra
MA
Jala Mudra
SHI-
Surya Mudra
VA-
Vayu Mudra
YA
Shunya Mudra

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Mantra with Mudras

I honor the teachings of Joseph & Lilian Le Page, Gertrud Hirschi, Suman Chiplunkar, Carrol & Revital Cain, Indu Aurora, and Rajendar Menen. 
​May these resources continue to guide more students and teachers to the power of mudra.