Surya Namaskara
Sun salutation
12 Pose Physical Sequence Rejuvenative for the Body and Mind.
Surya Namasakar is an alternating backward and forward bending postures flex and stretch the spinal column through their maximum range giving a profound stretch to the whole body.
Benefitis of surya Namaskara
Reduces stress
Improves blood circulation
Strengtens muscles and joints
Releases stomach pressure
Reduces anxiety and restlessness: enhances our strength and vitality
Creates flexibility
Breaks down scar tissue in the related muscles, organs and tissues
Assists weight control
Supports sleeping habits
Supports structural strength for the back and neck
Boost's proper function of lymph drainage
Promote's elasticity (between the diaphragm and the abdomen)
When you breathe, your diaphragm contracts and you breathe air into the lower lobes of your lungs. In the lower lobes of your lungs you have 80% of the blood, which is primarily important for getting oxygen in and more importantly is getting toxins out.
If we look at it from a perspective of how stress plays a role and impacts your whole overall well-being and health - it has a huge influence on the way we breathe - more stress causes everyone to take more shallow, quick breaths through the mouth. This kind of breathing activates fight or flight receptors that predominate in the upper lobes of the lungs.
When we breathe through the nose it has the opposite effect, which allows the inhaled air to be processed through the turbinates of the nose, which turbine the air in order to drive the air deeply into the lower lobes of the lungs where there is a predominance of calming and repair nerve receptors.
The key to breathing is to use all 5 lobes of the lungs and to be able to access them. This is very important to both calm and repair the nervous system, and to remove toxic waste from the body.
Some say all you need to do is Surya Namaskar. 20 minutes of flowing through Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) has tremendous effects on your whole physiology and can really get you out of feeling lethargic, heavy, and unmotivated.
12 Postures Of Surya Namaskara
Pose 1: Pranamasana (Prayer pose)
Pose 2: Hastauttanasana (Raised Arms pose)
Pose 3: Hasta Padasana (Hand to Foot pose)
Pose 4: Ashwa Sanchalanasana (Equestrian pose)
Pose 5: Dandasana (Stick pose)
Pose 6: Ashtanga Namaskara (Salute With Eight Parts)
Pose 7: Bhujangasana (Cobra pose)
Pose 8: Parvatasana (Mountain pose)
Pose 9: Ashwa Sanchalanasana (Equestrian pose)
Pose 10: Hasta Padasana (Hand to Foot pose)
Pose 11: Hastauttanasana (Raised Arms pose)
Pose 12: Tadasana
