Añjali Mudrā: The Sanskrit word anjali means “to offer” or “to salute,” and mudra means “seal”. Together, the phrase translates to “salutation seal”. (Source: Bodhi Surf Yoga)
The Receiving Hand and the Giving Hand
The Añjali Mudrā is an expression of Balance between the energies of the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine energies of the body. The two poles of a magnet are the north pole and the south pole. The North pole lies at the beginning of a magnet; the South pole at the end of a magnet. The field lines at a magnet’s North pole and end at the South pole represent the magnetic field. In the magnetic field of the body, the left is the Receiving Hand (North) and the right is the Giving Hand (South).
