Buddhi Mudra

Buddhi mudra is a simple yoga hand technique, or gesture, designed to balance the water element in the body and improve mental clarity. It is a hasta (hand) mudra and one of a series of therapeutic mudras thought to have healing properties. To perform this mudra, the tip of the little finger and the tip of the thumb touch with light pressure, and the other three fingers remain comfortably extended.

The term comes from the Sanskrit, buddhi, meaning “intellect” or “perception,” and mudra, meaning “gesture” or “seal.” It is also known as Varuna mudra, named for the Hindu god of water, and as jal-vardhak mudra from the Sanskrit, jal, meaning "water," and vardhak, meaning "enhance."