Yoga

Surya Namaskar is usually reflected in salutation to the sun, respectful salutation to the sun or solar prayer

At that time, the sun salutation is a morning ritual in honor of the rising sun will provide energy to the land, although it is possible to practice the series at any time of day. Performed fifteen to twenty minutes per day, the sun salutation is sometimes considered equivalent to a full session of yoga.Surya is the sun god of the Vedas, which, like Apollo in Greek mythology, leads a pair of heavenly horses. For many yogin in India, the sun salutation is a homage to Surya, and is not seen as an exercise. Thus, according to Sri Pattabhi Jois, it would be advisable to ask the god Surya before running the Salutation to the Sun Raja of Aundh wrote here that the Hindus and Parsis consider the Salutation to the Sun as a religious duty while many people see it as an exercise for health, which contains a form of religious rite.

The Eight Limbs of Raja Yoga

In the Yoga Sutra, Patanjali describes the eight limbs of raja yoga (yoga or the path):

• Yama: practice the basic moral duties to others as to oneself.
• Niyama: discipline and compete in daily practice.
• Asana: keep quiet in stable; Patanjali does not speak to any time or sitting position or standing.
• Pranayama: become aware of breathing; Patanjali Pranayama does no details and did not speak of breath control.
• Pratyahara: namely separate sensory perception of the object seen.
• Dharana: keep the mind focused at one point.
• Dhyana: fix the sensory input at the heart of the object seen (see meditation).
• Samadhi: collect objects and events out of all project personnel. This practice is given as the complete abandonment, or the absorption unit in the samadhi, ie for the Hindu union with Brahman (god or soul Universal)

These eight branches are the foundation of all ways and branches of hatha yoga. Greeting the Sun focuses on the movements and positions as well as breathing, but other branches have their place in this series.

Composition

The sun salutation is a dynamic composition of movements and positions (called asanas) done in a certain order and in conjunction with breathing. The movie takes place so that the back tilts alternately forwards and backwards. The concentration and the active participation of conscience are also highlighted.

In fact, it is more accurate to speak of a salutation to the sun rather than the Salutation to the Sun, as there are variations in the sequence of postures. The sun salutation is practiced with different intentions, since a simple exercise in gymnastics, purely physical, to complete a practice in which meditative Asanas are combined with pranayama and the use of mantras and related chakras. This last approach is a sadhana.

2 and 11	Half-tong	Urdva Hastasana	inspiration
3 and 10	Stand Clamp	Uttanasana	expiry
4 and 9	Crocodile	Godhapitham Godhapitham	inspiration
5 and 8	Dog upside down	Adho Mukha Svanasana	retention
6	Eight members of greeting	Ashtanga Namaskara	expiration expiry
7	Dog head up	Urdhva Mukha Svanasana	inspiration

The sequence of asanas above is a variation of the execution of a sun salutation. Other variations usually use the same asanas, but sometimes âsana is replaced by another. A possible change is that taught by Swami Sivananda in the 1950s to Rishikesh: tilt back is stronger during the Hasta Uttanâsana and instead of it Godhapitham advocates Ashwa Sanchalanasana. It also replaces Ûrdhva Mukha Svanasana by Bhujangâsana.

Raja of Aundh, he replaces Godhapitham by Ashva Sanchalanâsana and not advocating the second and final Asana, Hasta Uttanâsana. In this way, it is a cycle of ten Asanas in total. As the first and last âsana are made at once, the rate of respiration is composed of three aspirations, retention and exhalation. According to Raja, rhythmic breathing is the secret of the power of a sun salutation.

The popularity of this series is due to the development of ashtanga vinyasa yoga Tirumala Krishnamacharya and Pattabhi Jois since this practice is based on yoga postures.

A variant of this kind of yoga called Poweryoga. These are two sun salutations with the estates of the following positions:

• Surya Namaskar A: Tadâsana, Vrkshâsana, Uttanâsana A, B Uttanâsana, Chaturanga Dandâsana, Ûrdhva Svanasana Mukha, Adhomukha Svanasana, Uttanâsana B, A Uttanâsana, Vrkshâsana and Tadâsana.
• Surya Namaskar B: Utkatâsana, Uttanâsana A, B Uttanâsana twice Chaturanga Dandâsana Mukha Svanasana Ûrdhva & Adhomukha Svanasana Godhapitham and therefore Dandâsana Chaturanga, Ûrdhva Svanasana Mukha, Adhomukha Svanasana, Uttanâsana B, Uttanâsana A and Utkatâsana.

There are many sun salutations. In mid 1990, seventeen different compositions were identified variant is the Salutation to the Moon. It is usually late in the day to greet the moon.