Mahamudra (Hatha Yoga)

Mahamudra is a hatha yoga gesture (mudra) whose purpose is to improve control over the sexual potential.

This zone is considered to be closely involved in the control of the vital and sexual potential.

By activating the energies of akasha and simultaneously stimulating the energies of Muladhara Chakra, Kundalini awakens and raises through the central channel, Sushumna Nadi.

The void is considered to be a substrate, an intermediary state in any transformation.

Thus Mahamudra is a gesture of alchemical transformation and elevation of the sexual potential, and at the same time a method of awakening of the supreme energy of the body, Kundalini.

Mahamudra demonstrated by Yogi Ghamande. Halftone engraving in his 1905 book Yogasopana Purvacatuska
Mahamudra in the Joga Pradīpikā