Surya Namaskar signifies ‘welcome to the sun,’ and these asanas can be utilized to awaken the energy of psychology and soul. These include our identity and our journey towards light and truth.

The old script said that if you are worshiping the sun as a god, a person becomes intelligent, powerful, and obtains long life. While you can pick whether to trust this or not, rehearsing Surya Namaskar improves your health and well being.

The Surya Namaskar is a sequence of asanas which is combined in a flow. They began from a progression of surrenders to the God of Sun. There are 12 asanas in one Surya Namaskar, which are performed inflow. Each asana stretches your muscles in various ways, and this is supplemented by the contracting & expanding of the chest by breathing control. Your body will be fit, flexible and improve the circulation of the blood if you do Sun salutation daily.  These 12 asanas could stimulate and manage the working of the Nervous system, optic nerve system, digestive system, and help quiet your psyche. In the morning practicing the Sun Salutation under the sun gives you vitamin D.

Steps for Sun Salutation

1- Pranamasana: prayer pose

— Stand straight, join your palms in front of chest, feet together.

2- Hasta utthanasana: raised arms pose

— Straight your arms up with palms facing outward.

3- Padahastasana: hand to foot pose

— Bend forward from the waist with stomach touching the thighs and the fingers to the ground.

4- Ashwa sanchalanasana: equestrian pose

— Put one leg back, place your knee on the floor, little arch back, and head up.

 5- Parvatasana: Mountain Pose

— Place another leg back, come on your toes and the hands, make a mountain shape with tail bone UP.

6- Ashtanga namaskara: eight-point salute

— lie down on the belly, with chin, chest, and knees touch the ground.

7- Bhujangasana: cobra pose

— Lift the upper body, stretch the head back, knee & leg on the ground.

8- Parvatasana : Mountain Pose

— Place the other leg back, body weight on toes and hands, make a mountain shape with tail bone UP.

9- Ashwa sanchalanasana: equestrian pose

— Put one leg back, knee on the floor, little arch back, and head up.

10- Padahastasana: hand to foot pose

— Bend forward from the waist with stomach touching thighs and the fingers to the ground.

11- Hasta utthanasana: raised arms pose

— Straight your arms up with palms facing outward.

12- Pranamasana: prayer pose

— Stand straight, join your palms in front of chest, feet together.