Many students have practiced yoga for a long time and still don’t know what a yoga sun salutation is.
Let’s put it this way, if you don’t practice yoga without practicing sun worship, you will lose a lot of the benefits that yoga could have brought you.
Today’s article tells you about the key elements of yoga sun worship and its importance in your daily yoga practice.
Indian yoga master Patambi Joyce said, “The Sanskrit name for the worship of the sun is called su ̄ ryanamaska ̄ Ra is the foundation of yoga practice.
We know that if the foundation below is firm, the structure above will be stable.
So, if we first master the sun worship posture and understand its essence, we can better appreciate the benefits of numerous postures and breathing techniques Astonga yoga is developed around the worship of the sun, and as you should know, many yoga schools are influenced by Astonga yoga.
Thousands of years ago, the sun represented health, higher energy existence, and the light to break free from the cycle of life and death.
What everyone should know here is that the Yoga Sun Salutation contains all the important elements of yoga practice – physical, philosophical, and spiritual foundations.
More precisely, these elements are Vinyasa, Inhale, Exhale, Gaze Point, Banding, and Meditation.
Without the use of these elements, the worship of the sun would have become indistinguishable from other movements.
When practicing yoga sun salutation, pay attention to these details and feel the impact they bring to your practice.
They are an inseparable part of the practice.
The element in the yoga sun worship is Vinyasa.
The Sanskrit name Vinyasa consists of “vi” and “nyasa”, meaning “specific” and “position”.
These two phrases together mean that this exercise has been carefully designed, and vinyasa is a “system that combines breathing and movement”.
Throughout the exercise, breathing and movement are strictly coordinated.
The worship ceremony brings out the concept of Vinyasa (Tandem Pose) and teaches us how to synchronize breathing and movement.
When the breath is strong and coordinated with the movements correctly, the flow of this breath will run through the entire practice of the salutation.
This practice will strengthen our vitality, strength, flexibility, and focus.
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Gazing point is the place where the eyes look during practice, which can help open up the body (material and spiritual bodies, external and internal bodies).
Overall, it means strengthening your focus during practice and keeping your mind at one point
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