Bring fun and purposeful hand mudras (hand yoga poses) and music to your clients and students with this complete ebook!
Combining music and hand mudras makes for a sensory rich intervention, supporting each student in self-expression, regulation, and so much more! Additional information on the science and philosophy is provided in the book.
Included within you will find:
37 printable music + mudras e-cards for visual, sequencing, and adaptive supports
A 78 page ebook with information about mudras and music as well as materials and handouts to implement into your programming
18 MP3 Songs, Stories, and Instrumental Sounds - Access to the Music + Mudras Soundtrack - 18 songs, beats, and instrumental sounds to use with activities in the ebook as well as to support you in creating your own music + mudras activities
Resource Library and Bonus Activities - Access to our resource library including bonus activities and handouts, the ability to ask questions, additional learning videos, instrument suggestions, the ability to submit your activities or songs, and more!
Information on the science and philosophy of mudras
Information to support you in making your own fun music and mudras activities your clients and students will love and benefit from
Unique games, stories, songs, and more fun implementations!
Embedded links for easy access to additional supports like YouTube video examples of activities, our songs, and more!
Printing capabilities to provide each student their own copy of worksheets, handouts, or mudra cards.
How to honor yoga and develop your own personal practice with mudras
What are Mudras?
“Mudras function as energetic keys that unlock (our) inherent positive qualities that are always present within us." - Joseph LePage
Mudras have been around for thousands of years. Rishis would hold mudras as they naturally arose from deep meditative states. Today, we use mudras to help us get into meditative states; and for our clients and students with various needs, mudras can be incredibly helpful for feeling comfortable in their bodies, quieting their minds, and self-regulating. And, we know music to be effective in self-regulation, focus, and empowerment as well.
Mudras can be very profound for our children and have many benefits such as:
Fine Motor
Self-Regulation
Stress and Anxiety Support
Energy Management
Interoception
Focus and Attention
Body Awareness
Sensory Integration
All of this contributing to supportive preparatory work and specialized programming! Music has been shown in research to be an effective medium for the areas as well. Combining them with mudras creates a rich, sensory experience that is more accessible for all!
Find our music on SoundCloud! Play the songs in your class or session while you support your students in the mudra sequences.
Honoring Yoga
It’s important to honor yoga and its history and knowing where mudras are from and why we are doing them is very important. We talk about all of this in the ebook and also provide activities to make mudras and music fun and accessible for your clients and students so they can have their own direct experience with these powerful practices, supporting their wellbeing during your session/class and in their lives beyond your services.
Information and hand mudras for this product were sourced from Joseph and Lilian LePage’s book Mudras for Healing and Transformation. We encourage you to purchase this book to learn more about hand mudras and gain a deeper understanding and your own personal experience with them. It is with deep gratitude of their work we were able to learn about, experience, and personally benefit from this amazing practice, and then make it accessible to those we work with.
Meet Your Instructors
This course was created by Christine Devereaux, CTRS, eRYT-200, RYT500 and Bonnie Houpt, MT-BC
Christine Devereaux, CTRS, eRYT
Hi! I am a mom of a strong and sassy toddler and founder of Spectrum Yoga. I have worked with kids and adults with varying needs and abilities for over 13 years.
For the past four years, I have worked closely with parents of kids with autism, sensory processing challenges, anxiety, and adhd as well as with the students themselves to create this unique program. Through this experience and additional trainings in behavioral neurobiology, neuroscience of self-regulation, and more, I finally feel I am ready to bring the incredible knowledge of what I’ve learned over the years and what I have created into the lives of people like you looking to do the same.
I look forward to sharing more with you, soon.
Bonnie Houpt, MT-BC
Bonnie graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy in 2018 where she studied percussion as her primary instrument for four years with piano, voice, and guitar as secondary instruments. During her studies, Bonnie served as the president of the University of Georgia’s Music Therapy Student Association, serving both the Athens, GA community and the University’s music therapy students and department.
Bonnie completed her music therapy internship and provided music therapy at the Madonna School in Omaha, NE, a private school for students with disabilities. After her internship and graduation, Bonnie moved to Colorado and has provided music therapy for a population she is passionate about: individuals with disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual and physical disabilities. Bonnie has also worked with older adults.
Studying percussion formed the roots of rhythm that is present and a significant force in Rhythmic Roots Music Therapy, LLC’s services. Every individual deserves opportunities to improve their lives, and music is an effective vehicle for change and quality of life that Bonnie at Rhythmic Roots Music Services, LLC provides.