Mudra summary 1-5 . 6-10 . 11-14 . 15-16 . All

1. The chief puts on his divining cap.
2. The shaman raises a tent at the Noint Joint.
3. The arbiter proposes accord.
4. The storyteller speaks colors from straight time.
5. The guide/scout reaches into repressions.
6. The actor is a fountain of the heart.
7. The sky keeper makes a nest of it.
8. The singer vents armpits of arabesque.
9. The Whole Sound Beings are sounds of lightning rising.
10. The medicine keeper pledges thrust.
11. The channel hieloheals nerve endings.
12. The psychologist flies the double retractible point.
13. The remote healer needs but one antenna.
14. The gatekeeper is the pomegranate fruit.
15. The Color Hieloheal Beings keep their laughter.
16. The caretaker honors the storyteller.

Mudras 1-5

The chief puts on his divining cap

1. Chief is twined forefingers for the synergistic feathers, thumbs touching in front, backs of hands on head, palms up, rest of fingers curled, relaxed.

The shaman raises a tent at the Noint Joint

2. Shaman, flip hands around, so thumbs touching towards back of head, forefingers are still slightly entwined as peak vertice of tetrahedron or pyramid, with little fingers protruding straight forward as base of the geometric figure. The two other fingers remain loosely curled.

The arbiter proposes accord

3. Arbiter, pull fingers together, lined up in a stack behind the touching thumbs, all cupped facing back. Some of the finger knuckles touching.

The storyteller speaks colors from straight time

4. Storyteller, move hands around centerline of head, back to brainstem hollow in skull, gathering Grebepaws. All five fingerpads pawprint pointed into medulla, brainbase.

The guide/scout reaches into repressions

5. Scout, gradually bring elbows closer in to touch head, slowly relaxing fingers, letting them fall hang loosely, with backs of hands together

Mudras 6-10



The actor is a fountain of the heart

6. Actor, raise hands, still with backs together, over head, in sort of heart fountain in pose.

The sky keeper makes a nest of it

7. Sky keeper, touch little fingertips together. Extend thumbs and touch tips together, other three fingers pointing down gathered together as tip of tetrahedron from the sky.

The singer vents armpits of arabesque

8. Singer, fan little fingers out up towards sky, and two forefingertips remaining in contact, joints of forefinger to hands are drawn near but not touching. Fingers fanning in arabesques gracefully curving up and back. In transition to next mudra.

The Whole Sound Beings are sounds of lightning rising

9. WSBs, fan little fingers out up towards sky, other fingers following, thumb tips remaining the only contact. All fingers straight up, flat palm face forward.

The medicine keeper pledges thrust

10. Medicine keeper. Same, as 9 two fingers up on each side with the center two fingers bent down.

Mudras 11-14



The channel hieloheals nerve endings

11. Channel, move to a new strange hieloheal, keeping the finger positions, but bending at wrists so that palms face down. Keeping altitude of hands, rotate from elbows and shoulders so that left hand is in front of forehead and right hand is behind head. As seen from above, the arm/shoulder path creates an S or between yin/yang form. Hands probably end up down a bit on level with top of head.

The psychologist flies the double retractible point

12. Psychologist, arms back in the winged victory pose, thumbs up, fingers still with middle and ring curved into palm and little finger back at a 45° angle to the shoulder axis. So palms facing out to side back.

The remote healer needs but one antenna

13. Remote healer, rotate arms around and hands to face palms, actually bringing arms up overhead as steeple, but pushing back slightly, as far back as is comfortable and can be held when give pose to the gods. So fore and little fingers straight up and touching its mate, thumbs touching tips again, pointing behind. A nice stretch for the behind neck shoulder area.

The gatekeeper is the pomegranate fruit

14. Gatekeeper, arms bending at elbows so that backs of wrists remain pressed together but come to rest on top of head. Fingers and thumbs relax, natural curl of relaxation.

Mudras 15-16



The Color Hieloheal Beings keep their laughter

15. WHBs, {Whole, or CHB, Color Hieloheal Being} hands open as arms curve around so that palms cover skull as much like a cap as can be. Right hand is toward the front of the head, left cupping toward the back. Elbow brought around towards front, not touching in front, but forward.

The caretaker honors the storyteller

16. Caretaker and the rim of the world, the expanded consciousness, grebe paws to navel, head bowed forward

All BMW mudras

1. The chief puts on his divining cap.
2. The shaman raises a tent at the Noint Joint.
3. The arbiter proposes accord.
4. The storyteller speaks colors from straight time.
5. The guide/scout reaches into repressions.
6. The actor is a fountain of the heart.
7. The sky keeper makes a nest of it.
8. The singer vents armpits of arabesque.
9. The Whole Sound Beings are sounds of lightning rising.
10. The medicine keeper pledges thrust.
11. The channel hieloheals nerve endings.
12. The psychologist flies the double retractible point.
13. The remote healer needs but one antenna.
14. The gatekeeper is the pomegranate fruit.
15. The Color Hieloheal Beings keep their laughter.
16. The caretaker honors the storyteller.

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