Here Virginia goes through the Spring Mudra 3 times, with the last in silence. Follow along with the transcript to the left.

Summer Mudra — The Element of Fire

Continuing with my offering of Tai Chi Mudras that my teacher, Virginia Scholl, has been sharing with my Tai Chi class.

Summer is the season of fire according to Tai Chi Philosophy, it is a full yang season wherein we collect the warmth to last all year. The ability to love is essential to fire. To come from the heart with our inner fire. To radiate our true fire out into the world.

May the flame
Within me
Shine forth
May it open my heart
So that the warmth and radiance
I give out to the world,
Comes from a place of compassion.

When the fire element is balanced within us,
we are accessible and responsive to others,
and able to communicate clearly with them.

We are able to love deeply
and be loved deeply.

We can live with abundant spirit
and walk the unique path chartered
by our own, no-other-like-it heart.

The fire phase encourages us to mature
and to flourish, to lighten up
and explore the adventures of life.

Fire helps us to be spontaneous and express
our true nature to the world.

The warmth, passion and joy of Fire
are available to us each moment
that we stay alive to ourselves
and to the fullness of life in others and in all nature.

~ Ann Bailey