Jalashaya Mudra: soften control, restore balance, and cultivate self-compassion in body and mind.

Soften your grip — and give yourself permission to adjust.

Jalashaya Mudra is a gesture of serenity, compassion, and deep nervous system calming. It helps release tension held through the low back, belly, and breath, inviting you out of constant striving and back into embodied presence. This mudra is especially supportive during moments when responsibility feels heavy, expectations feel rigid, or ambition begins to override rest — the kinds of moments where Capricorn shadow energy can show up as overworking, emotional suppression, or an unrelenting push to “hold it all together.”

These dynamics tend to feel louder during periods of increased pressure, productivity, or self-imposed standards, but they can arise anytime life asks you to perform, achieve, or stay in control at the expense of your body and emotional needs. Jalashaya Mudra offers a gentle pathway back to softness, adaptability, and inner permission to pause.

The shape encourages deep belly breathing and brings circulation to the lower body, supporting the root and sacral chakras. It helps soothe inflammation, calm competition and comparison, and release judgment held in both the body and the mind. With Jalashaya Mudra, you remember that strength doesn’t come from rigidity — it comes from your ability to adjust, receive support, and respond with compassion.

Practice this mudra anytime you notice yourself powering through, suppressing emotion, or tying your worth to productivity or status. It helps you soften without losing direction — allowing ambition to become composed, grounded, and sustainable.

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🫶🏻MUDRA: Jalashaya

Benefits of Jalashaya Mudra:

· soothes and calms the body and mind
· releases tension, especially through the low back
· encourages deep belly breathing
· increases circulation to the reproductive, urinary, and digestive systems
· supports serenity and relaxation
· helps relieve inflammation
· supports the release of judgment, conflict, and competition
· encourages compassion and empathy
· supports the muladhara (root) and svadhisthana (sacral) chakras
· connection to the earth and water elements

Why practice Jalashaya Mudra:

Practice Jalashaya Mudra to soften rigidity, calm over-efforting, and release the pressure to constantly perform — helping you return to your body, reconnect with your breath, and create space for compassion, flexibility, and emotional presence.

How to practice Jalashaya Mudra:

Find a comfortable seat. Interlace your fingers outside your hands. Bring your wrists gently below your navel and extend your ring and pinky fingers straight forward together. Rest your forearms against your body as you allow your elbows to move slightly away from your sides. Soften your shoulders and align your spine.

🧘🏻‍♀️MEDITATION: Meditation to Adjust

WHY:

Practice this meditation to encourage nervous system regulation, release tension held through the body and mind, and give yourself permission to adjust — supporting balance between discipline and self-compassion.

PLACE:

Find a comfortable seat. Perhaps sit on a bolster or blanket to get your hips a little higher than your knees. 

MUDRA:

Invitation to find Jalashaya Mudra by interlacing your fingers outside your hands. Bring your wrists gently below your navel and extend your ring and pinky fingers straight forward together. Rest your forearms against your body as you allow your elbows to move slightly away from your sides. Soften your shoulders and align your spine.

PRANAYAMA + MANTRA:

Begin long, deep, diaphragmatic breathing through your nose. Allow your breath to move naturally, adjusting its rhythm as your body needs. Continue for 3–5 minutes.

DRISHTI:

If it feels safe, allow your eyelids to feel heavy and close.

TO END:

Inhale deeply and pause for a moment before exhaling completely. Release the mudra and control of the breath, and pause to reflect.

✨MANTRA:

I give myself permission to adjust and align.

May you soften control, restore balance, and offer yourself the compassion needed to adjust, align, and move forward with steadiness.

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