Hands help you hold on.....

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hand facts BLOG-----

Gestures in Roman prayer----

The Hand Can't Be Fooled, Study Shows----

MIND'S EYE: 'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception---

PREVIOUS ikastikos RE: hands---

Wrist Stretching Exercises----

mudras: Mudras are sacred ritual gestures or hand positions. When used in religious dance they become an elaborate hand language. The Sanskrit word Mudra means seal. In the most antiquated times mudra was used with mantra and sealed the pattern of energy. The earliest mudra was the Sanskrit symbol. From this primordial system of mudra grew a secret language that became as diverse as the country it was practiced in. Mudra is likewise used for the purpose of prayer. ----- Yoni Mudra used to reduce distraction and ----
Rituals - Mudras: Graceful gestures----

Leonard Shlain , Alphabet versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image ---

MIRROR NEURONS: Is That My Hand Or Yours? Mirror Neurons and the Sense of Self and Other---- Mirror, Mirror In The Brain: Mirror Neurons, Self-Understanding And Autism Research-----The mind's mirror, A new type of neuron--called a mirror neuron--could help explain how we learn through mimicry and why we empathize with others.---Mirror Neurons seem to effect everything from how we learn to speak to how we build culture----- Neurons That 'Mirror' The Attention Of Others Discovered-----Mirror neurons in area F5----How Mirror Neurons Allow Us To Learn And Socialize By Going Through The Motions In The Head---