Series of yoga positions performed in a particular order
The stages of Surya Namaskar, Salute to the Sun, demonstrated by a class of yoga teachers in training in Goa, India
Sun Salutation, also called Surya Namaskar or Salute to the Sun[1] (Sanskrit: सूर्यनमस्कार, IAST: Sūryanamaskāra),[2] is a practice in yoga as exercise incorporating a flow sequence of some twelve linked asanas.[3][4] The asana sequence was first recorded as yoga in the early 20th century, though similar exercises were in use in India before that, for example among wrestlers. The basic sequence involves moving from a standing position into Downward and Upward Dog poses and then back to the standing position, but many variations are possible. The set of 12 asanas is dedicated to the Hindu solar deity, Surya. In some Indian traditions, the positions are each associated with a different mantra.
The precise origins of the Sun Salutation are uncertain, but the sequence was made popular in the early 20th century by Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi, the Rajah of Aundh, and adopted into yoga by Krishnamacharya in the Mysore Palace, where the Sun Salutation classes, not then considered to be yoga, were held next door to his yogasala. Pioneering yoga teachers taught by Krishnamacharya, including Pattabhi Jois and B. K. S. Iyengar, taught transitions between asanas derived from the Sun Salutation to their pupils worldwide.
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