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Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda is an excellent resource for a beginning understanding of the Yoga Sutras specifically because it…
Friday, 01 January 2010 18:31

Surya Namaskara A or Sun Salutation A

Written by Brad
  1. Samasthiti -- Equal Standing Pose
  2. Uttanasana -- Forward Fold
  3. Urdhva Uttanasana -- Halfway Lift < Float Back Transition >
  4. Chaturanga Dandasana -- Four Limbed Staff Pose
  5. Urdhva Mukha Shvanasana -- Upward Facing Dog
  6. Adho Mukha Shvanasana -- Downward Facing Dog < Float Forward Transition >
  7. Urdvha Uttanasana -- Halfway Lift
  8. Uttanasana -- Forward Fold
  9. Samasthiti -- Equal Standing Pose

Surya Namaskara A, or Sun Salutation A is comprised of a flowing series of postures called Vinyasa. Through out the rest of the Ashtanga Series, the Vinyasa flow is, inpart, used as a transition between postures

Friday, 01 January 2010 18:29

Ashtanga Invocation

Written by Brad

Om

Vanda gurunam charanaravinde
sandarshita svatma sukhavabodhe
nih shreyase jangalikayamane
samsara halahala mohashantyai

Abahu purushakaram
shankhachakrasi dharinam
sahasra shirasam shetam
pranamami patanjalim

Om


"I bow to the lotus feet of the supreme teacher
who reveals the happiness of self-realization;
who like the jungle doctor removes the delusion
caused byt the great poison of conditioned existence
To Pantanjali, who (representing the serpent of infinity)
has thousands of white radiant heads
who in his human form holds a conch (representing sound,
a discus (representing light), and a sword (representing discrimination,
I prostrate."

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