Hatha Yoga Sun Salutation Poses

Utkatasana or chair pose light on yoga asana yoga pose.

Hatha yoga sun salutation poses. Proper exercise asanas. Hatha simply refers to the practice of physical yoga postures meaning your ashtanga vinyasa iyengar and power yoga classes are all hatha yoga. As willful or forceful or the yoga of activity and as sun ha and moon tha the yoga of balance. Bring the hands shoulder width apart bring them up over the head and reaching back.

Sun salutation poses also known as salute to the sun and surya namaskara in sanskrit are core hatha style yoga practice. 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. The word hatha can be translated two ways. You should bend the back slightly.

Surya namaskar or sun salutation is a series of postures that warms strengthens and aligns the entire body. This video is a short introduction about hatha yoga and the sun salutation. 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. Inhale hasta uttanasana.

We have several sun salutation sequences available with varying levels of difficulty from basic to intermediate. Prayer pose pranamasana upward salute hastauttanasana standing forward bend hasta padasana. If you have lower back problems or if your knees thighs are rubbing together bring your feel parallel hip width apart. 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.

There are many different approaches to it. What s a sun salutation. Namaskar stands for salutation. Often considered the core of hatha yoga practice sun salutations are traditionally practiced at sunrise to warm and energize the body.

Today we want to share with you the traditional hatha surya namaskar. The 12 sun salutation yoga poses. 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. Relax the whole body.

The sun salutation is one of the most common dynamic yoga poses today. The classical series is used in most hatha yoga traditions with the exception of ashtanga or power yoga. A sun salutation is a series of 12 flowing poses done in succession so that one pose transitions gently into the next. Sun salutation poses are typically practiced in the morning at sunrise.