10/30/2025
Expand Your Awareness
Padma Mudra (pahd-mah MOO-drah) Lotus Mudra
Connect the base of your palms in front of your heart, flaring out your fingers as if you were holding a ball, between your hands. Your palms and the rest of your fingers form what looks like an open vessel or blossoming flower. This hand gesture is Padma Mudra. Padma is the Sanskrit word for lotus. The lotus represents consciousness, its plentiful petals unfolding one by one, demonstrating how your awareness of yourself and of the unvierse can expand endlessly. Deities are often depicted sitting or standing on lotus blossoms, indicating different experiences you can have when you open to receive what the universe is offering you.
Yoga 365, Daily Wisdom for Life, On and Off the Mat, by Susanna Harwood Rubin