Lotus Rising Yoga

Within this universe of mudras, our particular focus is the use of the gestures as energetic keys for awakening Core Qualities, leading to a vision of unity.

Our journey within the mudra tradition began in the early 1990s through studies with Richard Miller, PhD. Richard organized the mudras into families and we have expanded his concept to include the whole of Yoga philosophy and psychology. Numerous other teachers have inspired our spiritual path, including Kali Ray, Vayuananda, Eneida de Oliveira, Glória Arieira and all the faculty at Kripalu Center. Over the years, we have developed a unique experiential framework for mudra practice within the model of the five koshas - the five dimensions of our being.

We have shared this model with thousands of students in our Integrative Yoga Therapy training programs (www.iytyogatherapy.com). We have also used the gestures extensively in therapeutic settings at the Enchanted Mountain Center in Brazil (www.enchanted-mountain.org).

Most importantly, mudras have been an essential vehicle within our own journey of health, healing and awakening. It is this personal experience that forms the foundation and essence of this book.

Welcome to the Journey!

- Mudras for Healing and Transformation, by Joseph Le Page e Lilian Aboim available at iytyogatherapy.com

Medha Prana Kriya Mudra - Gesture of Mental Vigor
For Welcoming Thoughts and Feelings

After establishing a firm foundation for meditation by stabilizing the body and breath, the next step is cultivating an attitude of non-resistance to all that arises in the mind.

During meditation, positive, challenging and neutral thoughts and emotions arise. Our tendency is to embrace the positive and reject, suppress or react to difficult thoughts and feelings.

The more we resist, the more thoughts and feelings insist upon gaining our attention.

An effective way of dealing with thoughts and feelings, especially those that are challenging, is to welcome them, allowing them to arise and pass away freely in synchrony with our rhythmic breathing, thereby deepening our ability to continue our meditation no matter what is happening in the mind or in our surroundings.

- from Mudras for Healing and Transformation, by Joseph Le Page and Lilian Aboim