Luscious Lightwave 💖 Send your heart out through your mouth so it can be heard by other hearts. My hands are in Shakh (or Shankha) Mudra. Shankh is the Sanskrit word for "shell," specifically a conch shell. You know the ones you pick up on the beach and hold up to your ear to hear the sounds of the ocean. The conch shell is played ceremoniously every morning at the opening of Hindu temple doors. This mudra symbolizes opening your inner sanctuary to hear the wisdom of your own heart. Because the thumb (fire) is connecting to the middle finger (ether or space), it is also activating and clearing for the throat chakra - especially when practiced in conjunction with chanting OM. As I taught and practiced this mudra last week, I found its real significance for me was making a pathway for my heart to make its way out through my mouth. This mudra tends to clear away the coverings - anger, fear, blame, shame, guilt, self-justification - that often obscure pure heart-communication. Interesting too that the Sanskrit word for the throat chakra - Visshuddha means "purity." Imagine a world where everyone was speaking their heart and it was being heard and felt by the hearts of others. Wow. Now that's something to imagine. Shankh Mudra is practiced by holding the left thumb with the right hand and touching the tip of the right thumb and left middle finger. Alison Bristow Lightwave Healing & Yoga #lusciouslightwave #dailylightwave #shankhmudra #heartwords #heartsounds #heartcommunication #visshudha
