Hatha Yoga Sun Salutation Poses

Today we want to share with you the traditional hatha surya namaskar.

Hatha yoga sun salutation poses. The classical series is used in most hatha yoga traditions with the exception of ashtanga or power yoga. 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. Proper exercise asanas. Surya comes from the sanskrit and means sun.

Surya namaskar or sun salutation is a series of postures that warms strengthens and aligns the entire body. Inhale hasta uttanasana. The word hatha can be translated two ways. Sun salutations are practiced 2 6 times in a row and are traditionally practiced at sun rise.

I started mine with sun salutation a which is made up of 12 poses. Namaskar stands for salutation. Hatha simply refers to the practice of physical yoga postures meaning your ashtanga vinyasa iyengar and power yoga classes are all hatha yoga. The sun salutation is one of the most common dynamic yoga poses today.

Today i want to share with you the sun salutation for beginners which helped me begin my practice in hopes it will help you begin or improve yours. This video is a short introduction about hatha yoga and the sun salutation. Utkatasana or chair pose light on yoga asana yoga pose. Sun salutation poses are typically practiced in the morning at sunrise.

You should bend the back slightly. Bring the hands shoulder width apart bring them up over the head and reaching back. There are many variations on this sequence but sun salutations a and b are the most common both of which we ll come to in a moment. Sun salutation poses also known as salute to the sun and surya namaskara in sanskrit are core hatha style yoga practice.

Relax the whole body. If you have lower back problems or if your knees thighs are rubbing together bring your feel parallel hip width apart. There are many different approaches to it. Often considered the core of hatha yoga practice sun salutations are traditionally practiced at sunrise to warm and energize the body.

Surya namaskar aka the official name for sun salutations is a sequence of yoga poses or asanas we should say that are typically performed at the start of a hatha or vinyasa flow. We have several sun salutation sequences available with varying levels of difficulty from basic to intermediate. A sun salutation is a series of 12 flowing poses done in succession so that one pose transitions gently into the next. The 12 sun salutation yoga poses.