Abhaya Hridaya Mudra (Fearless Heart Gesture)

Abhaya Hridaya Mudra is a symbolic gesture that empowers you to strengthen a fearless connection to the truth of your heart and find your courage to follow that truth. It is a powerful hand gesture, representing our core instincts and bravery.

Abhaya Hridaya Mudra represents the name Fearless Heart Seal which has been derived from the Sanskrit language; here Abhaya means “fearless” and Hedaya means “heart,” “center or core. This means that when you face certain difficulties between your mind and thoughts, this mudra helps you connect by strengthening a fearless connection by reminding you of your inner strength.

The hand gesture of Abhaya Hridaya Mudra represents the Hindu Goddess Durga who is “the flaming one,”, Maha Shakti of strength, courage, and power. Anything that is powerful has represented our bravery and power, both internally and externally.

Goddess Durga is a world protector, a force of collective totality that helps to dissipate fear, defeat the demons of pride, and ignite courage while reminding of inner strength.

Thus, with the practice of Abhaya Hridaya Mudra, if done for more than 10 mins (depending on each body) the energy motivates you towards positivity.

The practice of Fearless Heart Gesture for encouraging prana flow, performed along with certain yoga poses, such as Virabhadrasana.

Follow The Steps For Abhaya Hridaya Mudra

• Choose comfortable clothes and easy to use for the practice of Abhaya Hridaya Mudra.
• Sit in Sukhasana or Padmasana, in whichever posture you can remain stable for a long time.
• Keep the palms of both the hands open on the knees of both the feet. Make sure that the palms are facing upwards.
• Pay attention to each part of the body in turn and leave it loose. In this way bring the whole body to a state of rest.
• Take some long breaths in and let them out with ease. In this way bring the mind into the present and control the breath.
• Now bring your hands near your heart centre and cross the right wrist in front of the left wrist.
• Now bend the ring finger i.e. the ring finger towards the palm and press its knuckle with the thumb. Touch the fingers of both the hands with the same thumb and bring it into the Prithvi Mudra posture.
• Make sure your backs of the hands keep together.
• After this, warp your right pinky finger around the left pinky finger, then skip over the ring finger, then your right middle finger over your left middle finger, and in last wrap your right index finger around the left index finger.
• After becoming stable in Courageous Heart Mudra, close both the eyes and concentrate completely on the process of movement of breath.

For effective results, practice Abhaya Hridaya Mudra for at least 20-40 minutes daily. If you want, you can divide it in half two times a day. If you practice it every day then you will get good results. Practicing this mudra in the morning and in the evening is more fruitful.

Early morning before sunrise is the best time for any physical, mental, and spiritual practice. But if you do not have time or do not find this time appropriate, then you can do it at any time of the day at your convenience.

Benefits Of Abhaya Hridaya Mudra:

If there is a Heart then there is life, there are many physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of Abhaya Hridaya Mudra in the body.

• It helps to connect you to your heart. This is one of the benefits of Abhaya Hridaya Mudra. This hand gesture connects you to inner peace and makes you brave, heart’s truth and your heart strong.

• If there is any reaction in the body, it naturally reaches the human mind. The increase in Abhaya Hriday Mudra affects the heart as well as the body. The nature is irritable, dry, and sometimes a person becomes arrogant and agitated. It builds courage to follow your heart.

• With the practice of Fearless Heart Gesture, as soon as the heart element is balanced, the mind becomes calm and the thoughts cool. A calm mind symbolizes love and harmony, activates the heart chakra, and helps to instill courage in your heart.

• It can help to calm strong emotions, increasing the connection of the heart chakra to our sense of love and compassion.

• This mudra is one of such hand gestures that helps in rejuvenating the vital forces of the body, and reduces fear, allowing clear decisions to be made.

• The continuous practice of Abhaya Hriday Mudra awakens a man with all the above benefits and gives him the impression of reducing the scatter of life. That is to say, it gives more brotherhood, stamina, coolness and awareness of duties, which helps in achieving success.

• Practicing Abhaya Hriday Mudra not only helps in connecting with others but for oneself with inner peace which also helps in meditating.

Conclusion

Many yoga mudras, meditations, and pranayama have been practiced since ancient times to maintain physical, mental, and spiritual balance. One of these mudras is the Abhaya Hriday Mudra, which enhances the connection of the heart chakra not only to the physical but also to the feeling of love and compassion.