Mudra

A mudra is a hand or finger position that is used to channel the earth elements in a massage. The elements are air, fire, water, earth, and spirit.

TCM describes elements as wood, metal, fire, water, and air. Each element is represented and “presented” by a finger. Your little finger, for example, represents water. I memorized this elemental connection by remembering that when my daughter was a baby, I used to dip my little finger in her bath water to make sure it was the perfect Baby Bear temperature. Think of all the ways you can use this in your canine massage if the dog’s body is dehydrated, or too hot, or too dry, or swollen (too much fluid), or the circulation is out of balance, or confused, or disoriented, or… “I’ll take things that have to do with water, Alex.” You have more potential in your hands than you can imagine.