The practice of Kangula mudra helps to awaken your somatic intuition.
How to do Kangula Mudra
Bent the ring finger towards the palm. Now join the tips of thumb finger, index finger, middle finger, and little finger together.
English: “tail” or “plough” or “hand”
Additional name: Langula
Description: Kangula Mudra I is the nineteenth gesture of the twenty-one mudras of a hand (Asamyukta Hastas) described in the Abhinaya Darpana. It is also noted in the Natya Sastra. According to mythology, this mudra came from Shiva when he made a small ball with the poison that came from the Sea of the Milky Way and held it with his hand to form a Kangula. The corresponding sage is Kumaraswamy, the race is Siddha, the colour is golden and the protective deity is Lakshmi or Padma.
Technique: Place the ring finger in the centre of the palm and separate the other fingers. In a variant of this mudra, the tips of all the remaining fingers touch each other.
Kangula mudra in Dance practice.
Application: Mainly used by performing artists to create contexts and express emotional states and specific actions. Viniyoga: Lakuchasyapala (“Lakucha Fruit”); Bala-kucha (“girl’s chest”); Kalharaka (“White water lily”); Chakora (“partridge”); Kramuka (“betel nut”); Bala-Kimkinyam (“Bells of the children”); Ghutika-Adika (“pill”); Chataka (“Chataka bird”); Nalikera (“coco”); Gantika (“bell”). Other uses include grapes, Rudraksha seeds, grip chins, nipples, stars, snowballs, jasmine flowers and very small objects.
Duration
5 to 15 minutes of practice is enough to give good results.
Benefits of Kangula Mudra
- Enhances Digestion and Assimilation works.
- Uncover your hidden talents
- Improves the gut feelings
- Harmonize biorhythms with the natural rhythms of the world.