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Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskar)
SUN SALUTATION B- Begin in mountain pose, with
hands in prayer position. Take
a few deep breaths in and out
through the nose, activating uj-
jayi breath.
2. Inhale and bend the knees,
squat back, and lift the arms
overhead into chair.
3. Exhale and dive into standing
forward bend. - Inhale and pull the spine up
and out into half forward bend.
Leave the fingers on the floor or
bring the hands to the shins.
5 a. Exhale and step back into a
push-up position for plank.5 b. On the same exhalation, low-
er slowly to the ground using the
upper-body muscles.- Inhale and lift the chest up
and slide the shoulders back into
cobra.
7. Exhale, push into a push-up,
and draw the hips back into down-
ward dog.
8. Inhale and lift the right leg par-
allel to the floor into three-legged
downward dog.
(continued)