Temple Mudra
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
New Preston, Connecticut. There’s something about yoga poses, both whole and part that’s beautiful and anyone who practices yoga appreciates the beauty in even more complex and interesting ways. This is my wife doing uttanasana (sanskrit: uttana = stretched out asana = posture) with her hands in temple mudra (sanskrit: mudra = gesture). She’s bending over, legs relatively straight with her hands clasped behind her and her arms raised (or, in this perspective lowered).
Another view of the same image.
There was a sanskrit word for the temple mudra you describe that I cannot find right now. Another of those tip of the tongue things. :)
We have a number of books on the sanskrit words and many mudras were listed but not temple. Oh well. If you come up with it, please let me know. Thanks.