![]() ![]() It can also be used as a complete exercise in itself. ![]() This sequence can be used in preparation for other postures heating up and stretching the body, bringing the connection between movement and breath. This is the reason that traditionally the timing of the practice is chosen during sunrise and sunset. It is thought that if the day and night were like inhale and exhale, dawn and dusk would be the pause between the inhalation and exhalation (kumbaka) and the perfect time for reflection, meditation, or yoga practice. Surya namaskar ancient yogic tradition of honoring the rising or setting of the sun (surya). ![]() from the starting position (samasthiti) instead of inhaling, exhale and lift the hands up into Urdhva Hastasana. As an experiment try to do the first transition with the wrong vinyasa. If you are doing the wrong vinyasa then you might not get the same effect compared to the right one. Kumbhaka is done if you are doing the floatation instead of the jump back and forward (from urdhva uttanasana to chaturanga dandasana or vice versa). Sometimes you also do kumbhaka (breath retention) which is done in the transition that requires lots of strength and core power. As a general rule when your chest is opening in a posture then you inhale and when you close up or your stomach is getting squashed then you exhale. Postures should be done with proper vinyasa. Vinyasa is the movement done with a particular breathing action either inhale, exhale, or retention (puraka, rechaka, or kumbhaka). So we will try to explain Vinyasa briefly. Vinyasa has become a very common word with lots of people teaching the vinyasa flow yoga, but because of its popularity, this word is not properly understood. These transitions are also called Vinyasa, which is a smooth transition between postures done with proper breaths. It consists of seven different postures with ten transitions. Surya namaskar A is the starting warmup sequence of Ashtanga vinyasa yoga. ![]()
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