Sun Salutation
  

Heart and Hip Opening Sun Salute

This Sun Salute has many repetitions. The first one is a hamstring lunge flow. After this the hips are worked open in a Pigeon flow. When an openness has been felt on the hips hold Pigeon pose with the arms down and wide open.

After a moment in Pigeon pose raise the arms up and then place the palms together in Prayer position. Then place the arms down and raise the left leg up and back.

Step the left leg forward then enter Half Moon pose

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Instructions

 

Stand in Tadasana.

Place the palm together. It feels more sacred and that is what this art ia about.

(Tip! Feel a straight line from the heels to the top of the head and even beyond.)


 

 

Inhale into a backbend.

(Tip! The backbend shown is quite deep. It is healthier to enter a gentle backbend.)

 







Exhale into a forward bend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inhale and step the right leg back.









Exhale
straighten the right leg as much as possible.







Inhale and bend the leg again. Repeat this motion a number of times entering light boundaries to begin with.










Exhale
and place the left knee down and stretch the left hip. Begin to flow up and down with the upper body using the arms as aid.  Sway the hips form side to side as you do this as it will open them more.




Hold up there and open the arms out. Try to feel your heart opening. Overstretching will result in the heart chakra being supressed.




Inhale slowly stretching the arms up and round. When they pass the shoulders place the palms together briefly in  prayer position before taking them down in front of you.












Exhale raise up and back to One Leg Downward Dog.











Inhale and step the left leg forward.









Exhale and raise the right leg in Half Moon pose. Once in the pose raise the right leg up and down just a short distance to provoke deeper muscle toning and blood flow.


Bend the left knee during the transition.




Inhale forward into Chair Pose.





Exhale into Tadasana with the hands in prayer position.

Perform the same sequence on the opposite leg. If you like you can vary the headstand sequence each time or simple perform the same one.




Yoga Posture tadasana
Tadasana


 




Salutation Pose








asana utanasana
Uttanasana







Lunge Pose






































Yoga Posture Kapotasana
Kapotasana


















Downward Dog
Eka Pada Adho Muka Svanasana








Lunge Pose







yoga position half moon
Ardha Chandrasana








chair pose utkatasana
Utkatasana







Yoga Posture tadasana
Tadasana
 

Yoga Breathing Techniques


PPerform Ujjayi Pranayama.
Stage 3
Inhale and restrict the air flow to make the sound "sssss". Keep the sound constant and smooth. Exhale make a sound with the mouth closed that sounds like "hhhhha".

Don't hold the breath yet just warm up and work on smooth sound when inhaling and exhaling. Work on the changes in breath becoming smoother and longer also. This occurs when the breath crosses from inhalations to exhalations and exhalations to inhalations.
Download the Ujjayi Pranayama mp3

Do this for at least 5 minutes.

Then progress towards holding after the inhalation and then the exhalation as well.
Inhale restrict the air flow to make the sound "sssss". Keep the sound constant and smooth.

Pause at the top of the breath (antara kumbhaka).
Exhale and make the sound "hhhha" keeping the sound constant and smooth.
Pause at the bottom of the breath (bahya kumbhaka).
Ujjayi Pranayama mp3

Then perform Surya Bhedana pranayama.
This is a type of breath that occurs through the Sun channel in the body, Surya meaning Sun.

Stage 2 - Surya Bhedana nostril. (Puraka)
Hold after inhalation. The first few times hold for a few seconds. Gradually increase the duration of the time after inhalation. (Antara Kumbhaka)

Exhale out through the left nostril. Allow the exhalation to be longer than the inhalation.
Surya Bhedana mp3

Do this breath as for as long as it takes to feel open through the energy flow that the breath takes. Look for blockages and remove them as you perform this pranayama. They can be opened by creating more space or by thinking the flow open with the conscious mind but first the flow of air and energy must be understood by continual observation and practice.

by Mark Giubarelli