YOGINI STYLE LEXICON
ENERGY · Volume IIYGYL133–YGYL144

Mudras and Bandhas: Sealing Energy and Its Vibration

12 terms
YGYL133
Mantra (Sacred Chants) Mantra मन्त्र

It is a sacred sound, word, or phrase used as a tool to focus the mind and produce a specific vibration.

YGYL134
Granthi (Psychic Knot) Granthi ग्रन्थि

What is bound there is not power, but attachment.

YGYL135
Spanda (Vibration) Spanda स्पन्द

It refers to the fundamental creative pulsation of the universe, or the subtle vibrational energy that constitutes all existence.

YGYL136
Prana Mudra (Life Force Gesture) Prāṇa Mudrā प्राण मुद्रा

It is a hand gesture where the tips of the thumb, ring finger, and little finger touch, with the index and middle fingers extended.

YGYL137
Apana Mudra (Purification Gesture) Apāna Mudrā अपान मुद्रा

It is a hand gesture where the tips of the thumb, middle finger, and ring finger touch, with the index and little fingers extended.

YGYL138
Tejas (Inner Radiance) Tejas तेजस्

Tejas is a Sanskrit term meaning "fire" or "radiance".

YGYL139
Ojas (Vital Essence) Ojas ओजस्

It is the most subtle energy that governs mind-body health, immunity, mental strength, and a state of bliss.

YGYL140
Tri Bandha (Three Locks) Tri Bandha त्रि बन्ध

Tri means "three," and Bandha means "lock" or "seal." Tri Bandha is the unified energetic field created when Mūla Bandha, Uḍḍīyāna Bandha, and Jālandhara Bandha are engaged together — not as three separate actions performed in sequence, but as a single, integrated current of awareness moving through the entire axis of the body.

YGYL141
Hasta Mudra (Hand Gesture) Hasta Mudrā हस्त मुद्रा

It is a general term for hand gestures, where specific finger placements and hand shapes are used to regulate energy flow and focus consciousness.

YGYL142
Ahimsa Mudra (Non-Violence Gesture) Ahiṃsā Mudrā अहिंसा मुद्रा

It is a gesture, often with specific finger and hand configurations that may vary by lineage, intended to embody the principle of non-violence and radiate peace and harmony internally and externally.

YGYL143
Viparita Karani Mudra (Inverting Seal) Viparīta Karaṇī Mudrā विपरीत करणी मुद्रा

It refers to a practice of inverting the flow of energy and fluids in the body.

YGYL144
Gesture of Centering Yoni Mudrā योनि मुद्रा

Yoni Mudrā is a symbolic gesture that represents the womb, the source of all creation.