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These are a series of simple yet effective mudras, which if practiced daily can keep you healthy for life. Yoga has tremendous healing power and can cure all major diseases, if performed properly. It also offers happiness, says Yogacharya Surakshit Goswami.

'Hastmudras' provide energy to the body which helps in the purification process, and so keeps the body healthy. Though these mudras are easy and can be practiced at any time of the day, they are most effective on an empty stomach,

Vayu Mudra
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Sit with your back and neck straight. Keep your index finger at the root of your thumb and press it. Index finger should also touch the middle finger. Then, move your hands to the knee region with the palms facing upwards. Put a little pressure on your palm and the rest of the hand should be in a relaxed position. Practice this for 10-15 minutes everyday.
Benefits: Helpful for gastro problems, joint pain, backache, sciatica, arthritis and Parkinson’s disease.

Akash Mudra
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Sit with your back and neck straight. Join the tip of your middle finger with the thumb in both hands, press a little and keep rest of the fingers straight. Now, keep your hands near the knee with palms facing upwards. Sit in this position for five to ten minutes.
Benefits: Helpful in heart diseases. Strengthens bones.

Shunya Mudra
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Sit comfortably. Put your middle finger of both the hands at the root of the thumb and press a little. Now keep your hands near the knee with your palm facing upwards. Sit in this position for five to ten minutes.
Benefits: Helps control deafness, strengthens gum muscles, and most importantly, regulates thyroid gland functions.

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