A Mudra for the Spring Equinox: Padma — support your opening, blooming, and growth as you step into this new beginning.
A new beginning is here — and it is yours to step into.
Padma Mudra is a gesture of opening, blooming, and unconditional love. It supports moments when energy is ready to expand and rise, when the heart wants to soften and receive what is new. It supports the integration of emotions, the upward movement of prana, and a steady, rooted connection to your own capacity to grow. This mudra helps you meet what is blooming within you with presence, trust, and an open heart.
The Spring Equinox is a threshold of new beginnings, a moment when the world leans toward light and growth becomes visible again. It is a time to honor what you gathered and learned in the quieter season, and to carry that wisdom forward as you step into a new cycle of expansion. Padma Mudra supports you in working with this energy fully, helping you bloom without force, rise without losing your roots, and move into this new season with an unshakeable, open heart.
Practice this mudra anytime you want to support opening, invite new beginnings, and trust what is ready to bloom within you.
Check out ways to practice mudras live with our empowering yoga community on our live class schedule! And if you're looking for deeper support this season, our Spring Equinox Workbook is a beautiful companion for this practice — also available in our membership content library alongside all of our seasonal and lunar workbooks.
Celebrating the Autumn Equinox this week in your part of the world? Our Fall Equinox Workbook is a beautiful companion for this season of harvest and release. You are seen too. 🍂
🫶🏻MUDRA: Padma
Benefits of Padma Mudra:
opens the heart and chest
supports fuller, more expansive breathing
supports the health of the thymus gland
supports the heart (anahata) chakra
uplifts energy with an upward movement of prana
bridges the connection between the upper and lower chakras
rooting down to rise and bloom
supports the integration of emotions so we can grow
cultivates compassion and unconditional love
supports an unshakeable heart
Why practice Padma Mudra:
Practice Padma Mudra to support embodied opening and blooming during the Spring Equinox. This mudra helps you receive the expansive energy of this season with an open heart, inviting growth and possibility without force. It supports meeting this new beginning with love, presence, and trust in what is ready to bloom within you.
How to practice Padma Mudra:
Find a comfortable seat. Add support if you'd like. Bring your hands to prayer at your heart. Keep the base of your palms, your pinkies, and your thumbs connected as you open the other fingers wide like an opening lotus flower. Hold your elbows slightly away from your body, soften your shoulders, and align your spine.
🧘🏻♀️MEDITATION: Meditation to Open + Bloom
WHY:
Practice this meditation to support embodied opening through breath and sensation. This practice helps you expand the chest, soften the heart, and welcome the energy of spring as it moves through you. It offers a grounded, receptive way to meet what is blooming within you and all around you.
PLACE:
Gently come to a comfortable seat on the floor or a pillow, cushion, or chair. Anchor both sit bones evenly and align your shoulders over your hips.
MUDRA:
Invitation to find Padma Mudra by bringing your hands to prayer at your heart. Keep the base of your palms, your pinkies, and your thumbs connected as you open the other fingers wide like an opening lotus flower. Hold your elbows slightly away from your body, soften your shoulders, and align your spine.
PRANAYAMA:
Pucker your lips and inhale deeply through them. Exhale fully and powerfully through your nose. Continue for 1-3 minutes.
DRISHTI:
As you settle into your breath, if it feels safe and comfortable, allow your eyelids to soften and close.
TO END:
Inhale deeply, savor that breath for 10-15 seconds. Exhale. Inhale deeply, savor the breath for 5 seconds. Exhale. Inhale deeply again, savor the breath for another 5 seconds. Exhale fully. Inhale deeply once more. Savor the breath for up to 25 seconds before exhaling to relax and reflect.
✨Spring Equinox Mantra:
I am blooming into the fullest expression of myself.
May this practice support you as you step into this new beginning and bloom into all that you are.
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