Prithivi Mudra: ground, balance, and embody to feel calm, steady, and at home in your body

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Sep 6

It’s time to come home to your body.

Prithivi Mudra is a deeply stabilizing yoga mudra to work with when you’re seeking embodiment, balance, and a grounded connection to yourself. This hand shape is especially nourishing during Virgo Season, a time that draws you into healing, refinement, and devotion to the small, sacred details of life—but can also stir up anxiety, overthinking, or disconnection from the body.

This mudra strengthens your relationship to the earth element and your root chakra, anchoring you in presence and supporting your sense of safety and inner steadiness. It invites you to land fully in your body, feel supported by the ground beneath you, and return to a calm, centered state—physically, emotionally, and energetically.

Settle your energy and root into presence with this mudra and these tools to support its intention!

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🫶🏻MUDRA: Prithivi Mudra

Benefits of Prithivi Mudra:

embodiment
centering
grounding
balance
supports posture
connection to your root chakra or muladhara
connection to the earth element

Why practice Prithivi Mudra:

To help you come home to your body and find balance in it.

How to practice Prithivi Mudra:

Find any comfortable place. Join the tips of your ring fingers to the tips of your thumbs on each hand. Keep your other fingers extended as you rest the backs of your hands on your knees or legs if you are seated or down by your sides if you are lying down or standing. Soften your shoulders and feel into the natural alignment of your spine

🧘🏻‍♀️MEDITATION: Breathe + Nourish

WHY:

A mudra and breath meditation to nourish your body by giving your digestive system some love.

PLACE:

Lay on your back. Perhaps place a bolster under your knees for comfort. You can also choose to practice in a comfortable seat or standing.

MUDRA:

Find Prithivi Mudra on your left hand by joining the tip of your ring finger to the tip of your thumb. Keep your other fingers extended and rest that arm down by your side if you are lying down or standing. Place the back of your hand on your left knee or leg if you have chosen a comfortable seat. Place your right hand just above your right hip. This hand will move with your breath.

DRISHTI:

Let your eyelids feel heavy and close if it feels safe. Always permission to keep a soft gaze.

PRANAYAMA + MOVEMENT:

Breathe through your nose. Inhale for a count of five as you move your hand up the right side of your belly. Savor your breath in for a count of five as you move your hand across the top of your belly under your ribs to the left. Exhale through your nose for a count of five as you move your hand down the left side of your belly. Pause empty for a count of five as you move your hand across your lower belly back towards your right hip. Continue for 3-5 minutes.

TO END:

With an exhale, release control of your breath and let both hands rest on your belly. Pause in silent reflection