Sun Salutation

Sun salutation a surya namaskara a 1.

Sun salutation. Watch a modified version of sun salutation a to make it more accessible. What is a sun salutation. Exhale to a forward fold. To watch other sun salutation variations see surya namaskar b and a modified variation for beginners.

Guided by brooklyn yoga. This series of moves links your breath and movement with rhythm bringing you into a more. A simple and effective series of yoga postures that invigorates the whole body. Inhale as you sweep your arms out to the side and overhead.

Inhale half way up. It serves as an all purpose yoga tool kind of like a hammer that s also a saw and a screwdriver if you can imagine such a thing. Inhale to come all the way up to standing arms reach high start of video exhale to fold forward hands through heart center. Stand with your feet hip width apart.

Gently arch your back. In plank make sure your shoulders are over your. Each movement is coordinated with the breath. Even more impressively this sequence takes the spine through almost every possible range of motion.

Exhale high to low plank. These postures can be used. Surya namaskar or sun salutation is a series of postures that warms strengthens and aligns the entire body. Sun salutation illustrated step by step instructions uttanasana to flat back.

Surya namaskar the sun salutation is a series of 12 postures performed in a single graceful flow. Inhale as you extend or stretch and exhale as you fold or contract. This video explores the traditional sun salutation. Introducing sun salutations the perfect yoga workout sun salutations provide a good cardiovascular workout stretch every part of the body and when used with breath.

Plant your palms and step or jump back to a plank position. Sun salutations are typically performed at the beginning of a yoga routine as a warmup for the whole body. Release your arms to either side and forward bend over your legs as if you were doing a swan. Upward salute urdhva hastasana.

Standing mountain pose tadasana.