There are three types of yoni mudra-s. The first one is used during navāvaraṇa pūja. ![]() ![]() Yoni mudra should never be used publicly. Yoni mudra is the secret communication between the practitioner and the Divine Mother where the former seeks to access knowledge and consequent liberation. Oh! Goddess, without elaborating I can just say that it destroys great diseases and Oh! Goddess, without exaggerating I can say that this mudra causes the realisation of the mantra, brings about direct perception of one ’s self and bestows on the practitioner the great liberation.” Śiva says to Pārvatī ( Todala tantra II.25) “My dear, this yoni mudra removes all illness. Yoni is the name attributed to prakṛti, as prakṛti is the material cause of creation. Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad Gīta (XIV.3) “ mama yoni mahad brahmā मम योनि महद् ब्रह्मा” which means ‘my primordial nature known as the great Brahma is the yoni of all creatures. Procreation here means the transformation of the practitioner after understanding the significations of the nāma-s so far discussed, and in particular, nāmas 978 onwards (attaining knowledge). ![]() Worshipping Her through yoni mudra means seeking Her authorisation to the divine procreative energy. Yoni is the typical symbol of the divine procreative energy. Yoni-mudra is the ninth mudra of ten mudra-s discussed in nāma 977.
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