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Sun Salutation or Surya Namaskar is the most popular yoga sequence. This practice is traditionally completed at sunrise but is equally beneficial whenever you wish to practice it.

It consists of 12 asanas, moving from posture to posture by either an inhalation or an exhalation, always through your nose.

Some of its great benefits:

- Increases blood circulation

- Improves body posture

- Stimulates the digestive system

- Improves flexibility and tones muscles

- Helps to keep your doshas balanced

Calms your mind and improves concentration.

Do you normally include sun salutations in your yoga practice?

I do! It's part of my daily routine and I love it

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Unlocking the Benefits of Surya Namaskara: Tips for Beginners ☀️

Surya Namaskara, a sequence of yoga asanas that involves bending and stretching, can be challenging for beginners dealing with body stiffness. However, with patience and practice, mastery is achievable. Here are some essential pointers to keep in mind when preparing for Surya Namaskara:

Empty Stomach: Ensure your stomach is empty before you begin your Surya Namaskara practice.

Cleanse and Bathe: Prior to offering your prayers to the sun, take a refreshing bath.

Wear Loose Clothing: Don loose-fitting attire to allow the nourishing sun rays to touch your body.

Choose Your Space Wisely: Select your practice space with care. It's ideal to have access to fresh air and sunlight, even if you're indoors. A clean, open area or a garden is preferable.

Use a Clean Mat: Lay out a clean yoga mat to practice on.

Face East: To harness the maximum benefits of the sun's energy, face east during your Surya Namaskara practice.

Breathe Mindfully: Pay attention not only to your posture but also to your breath, as it's an integral part of Surya Namaskara.

Calm Your Mind: Ensure your mind is relaxed and focused during your practice.

Effort and Relaxation: Perform each movement with minimal effort, engaging only the necessary muscles for each posture while keeping the rest of your body relaxed.

Mantras for Enhancement: Consider learning and chanting the twelve Surya Mantras during your Surya Namaskara practice for enhanced results.

With these guidelines, you can embark on your Surya Namaskara journey, gradually building flexibility and strength. 🧘‍♂️🌞 #SuryaNamaskara #YogaBeginners #HealthyLiving

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Surya Namaskar - Stress Management for Aging Adults

As we age, managing stress becomes increasingly important for maintaining our physical and mental health. One of the most effective and holistic ways to manage stress is through yoga, and Surya Namaskar, or Sun Salutation, is a simple yet powerful yoga sequence that offers numerous benefits. This ancient practice not only helps in improving flexibility and strength but also plays a significant role in stress reduction, especially for aging adults.

What is Surya Namaskar?

Surya Namaskar, also known as the Sun Salutation, is a series of 12 yoga poses performed in a sequence. Each pose flows smoothly into the next, combining movement, breath, and awareness. The sequence is traditionally performed in the morning to greet the rising sun, as it energizes the body and mind for the day ahead.

Surya Namaskar Benefits for Aging Adults

As we grow older, our bodies and minds face unique challenges, from decreased flexibility to increased stress levels. Incorporating Surya Namaskar into your daily routine can help alleviate these challenges, making it a great practice for aging adults. Here are some key Surya Namaskar benefits:

Stress Reduction: One of the primary benefits of Surya Namaskar is its ability to reduce stress. The combination of deep breathing and flowing movements helps calm the mind, allowing you to release tension and anxiety. Regular practice promotes relaxation and a sense of inner peace, making it a great tool for managing stress.

Improved Flexibility: As we age, our muscles and joints tend to become stiff, leading to decreased flexibility. Surya Namaskar involves stretching and elongating muscles, which can improve joint flexibility over time. This increased flexibility helps prevent injuries and makes everyday movements easier.

Enhanced Mental Clarity: Another significant benefit of Surya Namaskar is its ability to improve mental clarity. The practice encourages mindfulness and focused breathing, which helps clear the mind of distractions and stressors. For aging adults, this can be particularly beneficial in reducing mental fatigue and improving concentration.

Better Heart Health: Surya Namaskar involves dynamic movements that can help increase your heart rate, which supports cardiovascular health. Regular practice of this sequence can improve blood circulation, lower blood pressure, and promote overall heart health, all of which are crucial as we age.

Increased Strength and Balance: As we grow older, maintaining muscle strength and balance becomes essential to prevent falls and injuries. Surya Namaskar helps strengthen various muscle groups, including the core, legs, and arms. It also enhances balance and stability, making daily tasks easier and reducing the risk of falls.

Boosts Digestion: Digestive problems can become more common as we age. Surya Namaskar’s poses gently massage the digestive organs, which can help stimulate digestion and relieve bloating or constipation. A regular practice can keep your digestive system functioning smoothly.

Promotes Healthy Sleep: Poor sleep is often linked to stress and anxiety, which many aging adults experience. By reducing stress and promoting relaxation, Surya Namaskar can improve sleep quality. Performing this sequence regularly can help calm the mind before bed and lead to deeper, more restful sleep.

How to Incorporate Surya Namaskar into Your Routine

The beauty of Surya Namaskar is that it can be easily adapted to fit your daily routine. Here are a few simple tips for aging adults to get started:

Start Slow: If you're new to yoga, begin with a few rounds of Surya Namaskar each day. Gradually increase the number of rounds as you build strength and flexibility.

Focus on Breathing: Pay close attention to your breath while performing each pose. Deep, controlled breathing is essential for maximizing the stress-reducing benefits.

Listen to Your Body: As you age, your body may not move as easily as it once did. Modify poses as needed and avoid pushing yourself too hard. Yoga is about finding balance and working within your own limits.

Practice Regularly: Consistency is key. Try to practice Surya Namaskar daily, even if it's just for a few minutes. Over time, you’ll notice improvements in your physical and mental well-being.

Conclusion

Incorporating Surya Namaskar into your routine can offer numerous benefits, especially for aging adults. From reducing stress and improving flexibility to enhancing heart health and mental clarity, Surya Namaskar is a powerful practice for maintaining overall wellness as we age. By practicing regularly, you can experience the many Surya Namaskar benefits, helping you stay calm, focused, and physically fit.

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Twenty-five Years of Circles and Dots

Anniversaries are an occasion to reflect on time. 25 years of Svaha Yoga! How can we envision that time? 

One way is as a timeline: twenty-five years marching forward from a starting point into the future. Another way is to envision twenty-five years as the turning of innumerable cycles. Twenty-five orbits of the earth around the sun, twenty-five cycles of seasonal change. One quarter turn of the cycle of a century, and just a tiny portion of much larger cosmic cycles. Countless cycles of classes from Om to Om, and within each of those cycles, multiples more: each surya namaskara, each breath. Not a straight line from here to there, but countless circles. 

Envisioning twenty-five years of Svaha Yoga as a series of cycles is a way of experimenting with temporality – with our relationship to time. This experimentation with time happens frequently in Svaha Yoga classes. In practice we learn a lot about time as a cycle. From the vinyasa krama of cycles that define the physical practice, to the cycles of exhale inhale exhale inhale that shape the breath, to the cycles of cosmic time and creation, sustenance, and destruction that govern the universe. These teachings open us up to a different relationship to time. 

Of course, this is not the only temporality activated by yoga practice. Another experimentation with time that we undertake is in the recognition that there is only now, that the present moment is the only time there is.  Any class at Svaha Yoga is an exercise in attending to the only-now of the present moment. When Gösta reminds us not to compare “this downdog” to an experience of the posture last week or last year or next year, he reminds us that there is only-now. Every time Patrick adjusts our torso so we don’t lean forward into the future or backward into the past, he reminds us there is only-now. Time is now.

There is not so much difference between understanding time as a cycle and understanding time as only-now. Visually, cyclical time can be depicted by a turning circle; the time of only-now can be depicted by a dot. Both have no beginning or end, both go nowhere. Both are complete in themselves. The circle and the dot forge a relationship to time as other-than a line.

The time of sadhana is both a circle and a dot. Each practice is simultaneously a singular, unique instance (a dot) and a part of an ongoing cycle (a circle). Practice is committed: abhyasa. That time is regular, enduring, like the passing of seasons. And practice is without investment in the outcome: vairagyam. The time of non-attachment, by refusing to strive ever-forwards into the future, breaks the temporality of a linear progression. Each time we come to the mat is unique, and yet it is in returning regularly that the practice becomes sadhana. Each inhale occurs as a unique and present now, a dot existing only in the fleeting seconds of an expanding ribcage …. And yet it is part of a life sustaining cycle. Practice forges a relationship to time as both a cycle and as only-now.

Experimenting with temporality in this manner can be a radical action. Philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues contemporary societies are defined by a particular temporality - a particular relationship to time – that produces a sense of anxiety, fragmentation, and stress. Our current age is driven by an exhausting straight line of past-present-future linear time. We are demanded to always improve, continually making ourselves into individuals, moving forward, moving upward, from the past and into the future (Han, 2015). And at the very same time, in our age time has fragmented into countless instants that are disjointed from one another (Han, 2017). We disintegrate into a chaotic non-time that lacks rhythm. These scattered instants offer us no sustenance, and life becomes characterised by anxiety and restlessness (7). 

Forging other temporalities is one way to break out of the exhaustion of linear time and of disconnected, atomized presents. Han proposes methods for doing so. One is contemplation (2017). Another is to enact forms that give the present moment depth: through acts like promising, commitment and fidelity (7). These actions have a “binding” effect that creates “temporal continuity that has a stabilizing effect” (7). Promising, commitment – these are actions that bind dots into circles. Promising and commitment are also the basis of steady, ongoing practice. Following Han, we could say that the commitment and fidelity of regular practice resists the fragmentations of our rushed and anxious worlds, and transforms them into dots of presence in an ongoing cycle.

It is commitment, promising, and fidelity which have sustained the cycles of Svaha Yoga’s twenty-five years. Commitment to opening the doors for class and teaching with love, every time. Last Sunday morning, looking around during Patrick’s class, I couldn’t help but notice life-cycles turning. My 8-year-old son colored a picture next to me during practice. On the mats nearby were folks I have practiced next to for over a decade, and ahead of me several people whose faces were new to me. Patrick was leading class. Twelve years ago, there was a different child coloring on a mat in the back next to her mom, and I was the new face. Patrick was there, leading class. Twelve years before that, Patrick and Gösta had just opened the doors of Svaha Yoga and were beginning the cycle of commitment and fidelity that has kept Svaha Yoga’s doors open for a quarter century. There they were, leading class. 

In class on Sunday, practice forced me into the now of the present moment. Everything else fell away, no going forward, no looking back. Time was the dot of the only- now. But it also mattered, being in the space and amongst the community of Svaha Yoga, as seasons and life cycles and the world turned in their circles. That present moment of practice was given duration and meaning precisely because it was another link in the very long cycle of twenty-five years. To me, this is what the commitment of Gösta and Patrick and everyone who has sustained Svaha Yoga over a quarter century has offered. Against a world that exhausts us by asking “always more, always forwards”, or that disperses us into fragmented bits, Svaha Yoga provides a space for experiencing the joy of being here, now, in meaningful duration. Dots, and circles.

ªAlex Wilson 2024

Han, Byung-Chul. 2017. The Scent of Time: A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering. 

Trans. Daniel Steuer. Polity Press. 

---. 2015. The Burnout Society. Trans. Eric Butler. Stanford University Press.

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20 Benefits of Surya Namaskar Every Day for Losing Weight

Surya Namaskar, also known as Sun Salutation, is a powerful yoga sequence that integrates 12 distinct poses in a flow that invigorates the body and mind. Practicing Surya Namaskar daily offers a myriad of health benefits, particularly for those looking to lose weight. In this article, we'll explore 20 benefits of Surya Namaskar into your daily routine. Additionally, we'll discuss how yoga teacher training programs in Rishikesh and Bali, such as the 200-hour, 300-hour, and 500-hour courses, can help deepen your understanding and practice of this transformative sequence.

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1. Full Body Workout

Surya Namaskar provides a comprehensive workout for the entire body, engaging multiple muscle groups and promoting overall fitness.

2. Boosts Metabolism

The dynamic nature of Surya Namaskar helps accelerate metabolism, aiding in faster calorie burn and weight loss.

3. Enhances Flexibility

Regular practice increases flexibility in the spine, hamstrings, and shoulders, improving overall body posture and alignment.

4. Strengthens Muscles

The sequence involves both stretching and strengthening poses, helping to build lean muscle mass and increase physical strength.

5. Improves Digestive Health

The forward bends and stretches stimulate the digestive system, enhancing nutrient absorption and reducing bloating.

6. Cardiovascular Benefits

Surya Namaskar acts as a cardio workout, increasing heart rate and improving cardiovascular health.

7. Reduces Stress

The coordinated breathing and movement in Surya Namaskar help reduce stress and promote mental clarity and relaxation.

8. Enhances Lung Capacity

Pranayama (breathing exercises) integrated into the sequence improve lung capacity and overall respiratory health.

9. Detoxifies the Body

Sweating during the practice helps eliminate toxins, promoting a healthy and glowing complexion.

10. Aids Weight Loss

Consistent practice helps shed excess pounds by burning calories and improving metabolism.

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11. Balances Hormones

Surya Namaskar helps regulate endocrine function, balancing hormones and improving mood stability.

12. Boosts Energy Levels

Practicing in the morning energizes the body and mind, setting a positive tone for the day.

13. Improves Circulation

The sequence enhances blood circulation, ensuring that all body cells receive adequate oxygen and nutrients.

14. Promotes Better Sleep

Regular practice can improve sleep patterns, ensuring better rest and recovery.

15. Supports Mental Health

Surya Namaskar helps reduce anxiety and depression by promoting a sense of calm and well-being.

16. Enhances Concentration

The focus required during the sequence improves mental concentration and cognitive function.

17. Strengthens the Core

Many of the poses engage the core muscles, leading to a stronger and more stable core.

18. Improves Balance and Coordination

The sequence improves balance and coordination, reducing the risk of falls and injuries.

19. Promotes Spiritual Growth

Surya Namaskar is not just a physical exercise but a spiritual practice that connects the body, mind, and soul.

20. Supports Longevity

Regular practice of Surya Namaskar contributes to a healthier, longer life by promoting overall well-being.

Deepening Your Practice Through Yoga Teacher Training

To truly master Surya Namaskar and its benefits, consider enrolling in a yoga teacher training program. Renowned destinations like Rishikesh and Bali offer comprehensive courses that cater to different levels of experience.

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Conclusion

Incorporating Surya Namaskar into your daily routine offers numerous benefits, from weight loss to improved mental health. For those looking to deepen their practice and share the benefits of yoga with others, undertaking a yoga teacher training program in Rishikesh or Bali is a transformative journey. Whether you opt for a 200-hour, 300-hour, or 500-hour course, you'll emerge with the knowledge and skills to lead others on their yoga journey.

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20 Benefits of Surya Namaskar Every Day for Weight Loss

Surya Namaskar for weight loss, also known as Sun Salutation, is a powerful yoga sequence that combines a series of 12 poses to create a flow of movement. Practicing Surya Namaskar every day offers numerous benefits, particularly for those looking to lose weight. This ancient practice not only helps in shedding extra pounds but also promotes overall health and well-being.

1. Boosts Metabolism

Regular practice of Surya Namaskar increases your metabolism, helping your body burn calories more efficiently. This is essential for weight loss, as a faster metabolism ensures that more fat is burned throughout the day.

2. Full-Body Workout

Surya Namaskar engages multiple muscle groups, providing a full-body workout. From stretching your hamstrings to strengthening your core, this sequence targets all the major areas where fat accumulates, making it an effective exercise for weight loss.

3. Improves Digestion

Practicing Surya Namaskar stimulates your digestive system, helping to eliminate toxins from your body. A healthy digestive system is crucial for weight loss, as it ensures that your body absorbs nutrients efficiently and burns fat effectively.

4. Reduces Belly Fat

Surya Namaskar is particularly effective in targeting belly fat. The sequence of poses stretches and tones the abdominal muscles, helping to reduce excess fat in the midsection.

5. Enhances Flexibility

The various poses in Surya Namaskar increase flexibility, which is beneficial for overall fitness. Increased flexibility allows you to perform more intense workouts, contributing to greater calorie burn and weight loss.

6. Promotes Mental Well-being

Weight loss is not just about physical health; mental well-being plays a crucial role as well. Surya Namaskar calms the mind, reduces stress, and promotes a positive outlook, which can help prevent emotional eating and support weight loss efforts.

7. Increases Energy Levels

Starting your day with Surya Namaskar energizes your body and mind. Higher energy levels throughout the day encourage more physical activity, which aids in burning more calories and losing weight.

8. Strengthens Muscles

Each pose in Surya Namaskar helps in building and toning muscles. Stronger muscles not only improve your physical appearance but also increase your resting metabolic rate, leading to more effective weight loss.

9. Improves Posture

Good posture is essential for effective workouts and overall health. Surya Namaskar improves your posture by aligning your spine, which can help prevent injuries and ensure that your exercises are more effective in burning calories.

10. Regulates Hormones

The practice of Surya Namaskar helps in balancing hormones, particularly those related to stress and hunger. Proper hormonal balance is key to avoiding weight gain and promoting weight loss.

11. Enhances Cardiovascular Health

Surya Namaskar is a dynamic sequence that increases your heart rate, offering cardiovascular benefits. Regular practice improves heart health, which is essential for sustaining an active lifestyle that supports weight loss.

12. Reduces Cravings

Surya Namaskar helps regulate your appetite, reducing cravings for unhealthy foods. By stabilizing blood sugar levels and promoting mindful eating, this practice can support your weight loss goals.

13. Promotes Better Sleep

Good quality sleep is essential for weight loss. Surya Namaskar promotes relaxation and improves sleep patterns, ensuring that your body gets the rest it needs to function optimally and burn fat effectively.

14. Detoxifies the Body

Surya Namaskar aids in detoxifying your body by promoting better circulation and digestion. A detoxified body is more efficient at metabolizing fat, leading to more effective weight loss.

15. Improves Lung Capacity

Breathing deeply during Surya Namaskar improves lung capacity, which enhances your ability to perform other exercises. Better lung function supports cardiovascular health and weight loss efforts.

16. Supports Weight Maintenance

Beyond weight loss, Surya Namaskar helps in maintaining a healthy weight by balancing your metabolism, hormones, and appetite. Regular practice ensures that you keep the weight off in the long term.

17. Improves Skin Health

Weight loss is often accompanied by better skin health. Surya Namaskar increases blood circulation, which nourishes your skin, giving it a healthy glow and promoting overall well-being.

18. Reduces Back Pain

Excess weight can lead to back pain, which can hinder your weight loss efforts. Surya Namaskar strengthens the back muscles and improves flexibility, reducing pain and allowing you to stay active.

19. Increases Mindfulness

Practicing Surya Namaskar encourages mindfulness, helping you stay focused on your weight loss goals. Mindful eating and exercise are crucial for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.

20. Supports a Healthy Lifestyle

Surya Namaskar is more than just an exercise; it's a lifestyle practice. By incorporating it into your daily routine, you commit to a healthier, more active life that supports weight loss and overall well-being.

Conclusion

Incorporating 20 benefits of Surya Namaskar into your daily routine is a natural and effective way to lose weight while also reaping numerous other health benefits. By practicing these 12 poses daily, you’ll not only shed pounds but also enhance your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Embrace the power of Surya Namaskar for a healthier, more vibrant life.

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