Chin Mudra

The same thumb-and-index-finger touch as Jnana Mudra, but with the palms turned down toward the earth rather than up. The single change in palm direction is traditionally understood to shift the mudra's quality from receptive and upward to grounded and inward.

“Let the palms-down position invite a settled, grounded quality.”

Cue: “Thumb and index finger touch lightly, palms down, resting on the knees”

This mudra shares its hand shape entirely with Jnana Mudra, and the palm direction is the only distinguishing detail. That simplicity is worth naming clearly, since it's easy to treat these as more different than they actually are, or to use them interchangeably without noticing the distinction at all.

To rest the hands in a grounded, palms-down gesture during seated meditation or breathing practice, traditionally associated with an inward, settled quality.