Today I going to teach you Surya Namaskar or the Sun Salutations as it's more commonly known. It's a relatively simple sequence of yoga asanas (poses) which massages, detoxifies, oxygenates, stimulates almost every organ in the body and brings suppleness to the spine. It's a wonderful way to warm up and stretch or start the day!
Begin in mountain pose
On an inhale reach your arms up above your head, then push your pubic bone forward, tighten your buttocks and gently lean backward opening the chest
On an exhale, fold forward lifting the tale bone. If your hamstrings are tight bend at the knees in order to keep the body in contact with legs
On an inhale step back your left leg
Then your right, into plank position
On an exhale slowly and with control lower your body towards the ground
Once down push into your hands and on an inhale sweep forward into cobra
Lift tailbone and on an exhale come into downward dog
This is a variation for people with tight hamstrings, keep heels off ground and knees slightly bent
On an inhale step forward your right leg, then you left
Slowly coming up on an exhale
Into standing forward bend, then mountain pose again.
On an inhale raise your hands up above you head, push your pubic bone forward into another back bend.
Exhale slowly back down into mountain pose. You can repeat this asana sequence 10-15 times as a warm up to your yoga practice.
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