23/08/2026
Monday Mudra 🤲 Pala mudra - for anxiety relief
Fear and worry are natural responses to life challenges, but when they become chronic, impairing our ability to live and work, they are classified as
anxiety disorders.
Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, panic disorder, social anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Generalized anxiety
disorder affects over six milion Americans, with women twice as likely to
be affected.
Individuals with GAD experience chronic excessive worry and
feelings of apprehension that disrupt social activities and can interfere with
work, school or family.
Physical symptoms include restlessness, insomnia irritability, muscular tension, fatigue, gastrointestinal discomfort, heart palpitations and difficulty concentrating.
Pala is a "monk's begging bowl" used in the practice of receiving alms called bhiksha.
Cultivating non-attachment is a main facet of this practice; the monks receive only that which is freely given, without expectation and with a sense of tranquility, trusting that the universe always provides for their needs.
Pala mudra instills this same sense of trust and tranquility. It slows the breath, directing awareness and energy into the abdomen, whose steady rise and fall relaxes the body while calming the mind and emotions.
The cupped shape of the hands in this gesture, together with the abdominal breathing, instills a sense of entering a sanctuary where we can rest in complete tranquility, This gesture also supports us in reconnecting with our inhnerent wholeness, which gradually decreases our level of worry and anxiety.
The calming effects of Pala mudra support the health of the reproductive
eliminatory and digestive systems.
Joseph and Lilian Le Page - Mudras for healing and transformation