The Shell Mudra : SHANKH MUDRA

• Encircle the your thumb with the four fingers of your right hand. At the same
• Time, touch the right thumb to the extended middle finger of your left
• Hand. Together, the two hands look like a conch shell. Hold your hands in
• Front of your sternum.

• Do this as often and as long as you want.
• Or use it three times daily for 15 minutes as a course of treatment
• When you want to practice this mudra, you can first sing “OM” several times.
• Then listen within yourself, to the silence, for several minutes afterward.
• This mudra is used during rituals in many Hindu temples.
• There, the conch horn is blown in the morning to announce the opening of the temple doors.
• The same applies to our inner temple, in which the divine light shines—it should also be opened.

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• The Shell Mudra drives away every kind of problem in the throat.
• If you practice it regularly, especially if you sing “OM” as you do it, you can improve your voice.
• It also has a very calming effect and leads to collection in silence.

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CATHERINE SHALINI RAJA
M.P.T.,MIAP.,PGDYN
CARDIO RESPIRATORY PHYSICAL THERAPIST
FITNESS & SPORTS REHABILITATION SPECIALIST