Surya Mudra: connect to the sun, fuel your inner fire, and shine with confidence and purpose

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Jun 16

You are made up of the same stuff as the stars, including the sun.

Surya Mudra is a gesture of confidence, radiance, and inner fire. It supports moments when you are ready to recognize your own radiance and reconnect to the energy of the sun. This mudra reminds you that the sun is always nourishing you and your inner light with its energy, fueling your inner fire so your inner fire can fuel your life purpose.

Each day the sun is lighting up the sky and offering this, but these qualities are especially natural and felt around the Summer Solstice, when the sun reaches its highest point and its energy supports the shift in seasons. It is a time to cultivate confidence in knowing you were meant to shine boldly and brightly in meaningful ways. Surya Mudra meets you anytime you crave this energy, especially during this seasonal shift, supporting your ability to connect to the fire that is always shining bright within you and around you.

This mudra connects you to the fire element and to your solar plexus chakra. It reminds you that your inner light is always there to be recognized, fueling you to live with confidence and purpose.

Practice this mudra anytime you want to recognize your own radiance, fuel your inner fire, and shine with confidence and purpose.

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Marking the Winter Solstice this week in your part of the world? Use this mudra as your invitation to turn inward, tend your own inner light through the longest night, and trust what stillness reveals. You are seen too. ✨

🫶🏻MUDRA: Surya Mudra

Benefits of Surya Mudra:

confidence
radiance and inner light
inner fire
life purpose
connection to the sun
connection to the fire element
connection to your solar plexus chakra

Why practice Surya Mudra:

Practice Surya Mudra to connect to the energy of the sun, fuel your inner fire, and shine with the confidence and purpose you were always meant to embody.

How to practice Surya Mudra:
Find any comfortable place. You can practice this seated, standing, or lying down. Add support if you'd like. Bend your ring finger towards the base of your thumb on each hand. Anchor the tips of your thumbs to the nails of your ring fingers. Extend your other fingers. Soften your shoulders and rest your hands on your legs with the palms up if you are seated. Rest your hands down by your sides with your palms up if you are lying down. Let your arms hang down by your sides with your palms forward if you are standing.

🧘🏻‍♀️MEDITATION: Radiant as the Sun Meditation

WHY:
A mudra meditation to remind you you are made of the same energy as the sun, and you have the potential to shine just as bright!

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

MUDRA:
Find Surya Mudra on your right hand by bringing the tip of your ring finger to the base of your thumb. Secure your ring fingernail with your thumb and keep your other fingers extended. Rest the back of your hand on your right knee or leg comfortably. Use your left hand to work with your nostrils.

PRANAYAMA:
Take a big inhale through your nose, followed by an easy exhale.

Block your left nostril up near the cartilage.

Inhale through your right nostril. Pause.

Switch to block your right nostril. Pause.

Exhale through your left nostril.

Continue breathing in through your right and out through your left for three to five minutes

DRISHTI:
Soften or close your eyes if it feels safe and comfortable to bring your focus further inward.

TO END:
Release control after an exhale and breathe freely as you sit and bask in your own warmth and radiance. Know that you are made of the same light as the sun. Feel your radiance merge with the sun's radiance. Allow this to inspire you to live with confidence and purpose.