In Sanskrit mudra means ‘seal’ or ‘symbol’. Systematic hand gestures have been used in Eastern rites, rituals, initiations, dances, and spiritual disciplines, such as yogic methods of Hinduism and Buddhism, for thousands of years. These many and varied forms of hand gestures have symbolic meaning and empowering virtues.

Mudras are believed to awaken dormant psycho-physical centres and purify certain subtle channels allowing for the circulation of energy through the system. They are also believed to facilitate concentration, and be a powerful means of communing with the forces and divinities lying within man's inner nature.

The introduction of the hand mudra as a therapeutic tool to The LifeLine Technique® was quite fortuitous. Dr Weissman was introduced to the American sign language hand gesture for ‘I love you’ in 1998 when his deaf cousin, Rob, was working as an intern at his wellness centre. After a full day of observing Dr Darren working with clients, Rob held up his hand to Darren in the ‘I love you’ sign. Immediately, Dr Darren felt a warm, powerful and peaceful feeling, which he found intriguing. Based on his Clinical Kinesiology studies, Dr Darren already knew that when touching a specific point on the body, different hand modes would elicit a different response while muscle testing. His personal response to ‘receiving’ the ‘I love you’ sign made him wonder… He then asked Rob if he could test him for weak reflex points on his body. Rob said yes, and when Dr Darren found a weak reflex, he held his hand in the ‘I love you’ sign next to Rob’s body and the reflex instantly ‘locked out’. This occurred for all of Rob’s weak reflex points. Both Dr Darren and Rob looked at one another in amazement, and the power of the ‘I love you’ hand gesture, with its unique energetic vibration, was realised.