[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Below are listed the twelve steps for performing the Surya Namaskar, including the "Astanga Pranam" asana position five. It's not complicated, although some yoga teachers like to make it so by adding some extra steps along with breathing techniques and bija mantras for each position. You seem to be having difficulty with this exercise so I've prepared this simplified routine for rounding and as an warm-up exercise before beginning hatha yoga in preparation for deep meditation: Get down on your hands and knees and pray; repeat the mantra: "Om Surya Namah". The important point is try to make a mood of being humble, giving thanks to God for sustaining creation. Of course, practicing under a teacher is always best, such as the Mahesh Yogi or Yogi Bhajan. Good luck and good fortune in your pursuit of enlightenment! Note: For older folks, or those with an infirmity or limited range of motion, getting down on one knee is considered almost as efficacious. Or, failing that, a simple pranam posing the hands at the heart chakra and repeating the Surya mantra with heartfelt devotion. http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Source: Yoga Journal, Sun Salutation ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I'm surprised you didn't know that "salute" refers to "bowing down" to God Surya. I'm even more surprised that you didn't realize that full prostration generates inner heat. You don't get the inner heat unless you get down on your hands and knees and do the full praanam. Almost all yogis know that Hatha Yoga is Kundalini Yoga. And, Hatha Yoga produces heat. In fact, all activity produces heat! But, what is referenced in the Surya Praanam is specifically 'inner heat', the heat that burns up karma. http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Source: Yoga Journal, Sun Salutation - Surya Praanam ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : 6. Exhaling, lower your knees, then your chest and then your forehead, keeping your hips up and your toes curled under. Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Photos, instructions, benefits, modifications and variations for practicing Eight-Limbed Pose Pose. View on www.yogabasics.com http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Preview by Yahoo Source: http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun- http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun-salutation/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This practice is tied to bowing (pranam) with prayers to Surya. Pranams is Sanskrit for "bowing in reverence." http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awakening http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awak... http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ This Kundalini Sun Salutation is tied to reverence and prayer and likely looks more like the Sun Salutation the rishis of old might have practiced. View on www.yogajournal.com http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://yoganonymous.com/5-reasons-sun-salutations-are-the-best-way-to-start-your-day/ http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
Below are listed the twelve steps for performing the Surya Namaskar, including the "Astanga Pranam" asana position five. It's not complicated, although some yoga teachers like to make it so by adding some extra steps along with breathing techniques and bija mantras for each position. You seem to be having difficulty with this exercise so I've prepared this simplified routine for rounding and as an warm-up exercise before beginning hatha yoga in preparation for deep meditation: Get down on your hands and knees and pray; repeat the mantra: "Om Surya Namah". The important point is try to make a mood of being humble, giving thanks to God for sustaining creation. Of course, practicing under a teacher is always best, such as the Mahesh Yogi or Yogi Bhajan. Good luck and good fortune in your pursuit of enlightenment! Note: For older folks, or those with an infirmity or limited range of motion, getting down on one knee is considered almost as efficacious. Or, failing that, a simple pranam posing the hands at the heart chakra and repeating the Surya mantra with heartfelt devotion. http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Source: Yoga Journal, Sun Salutation ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I'm surprised you didn't know that "salute" refers to "bowing down" to God Surya. I'm even more surprised that you didn't realize that full prostration generates inner heat. You don't get the inner heat unless you get down on your hands and knees and do the full praanam. Almost all yogis know that Hatha Yoga is Kundalini Yoga. And, Hatha Yoga produces heat. In fact, all activity produces heat! But, what is referenced in the Surya Praanam is specifically 'inner heat', the heat that burns up karma. http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Source: Yoga Journal, Sun Salutation - Surya Praanam ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : 6. Exhaling, lower your knees, then your chest and then your forehead, keeping your hips up and your toes curled under. Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Photos, instructions, benefits, modifications and variations for practicing Eight-Limbed Pose Pose. View on www.yogabasics.com http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Preview by Yahoo Source: http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun- http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun-salutation/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This practice is tied to bowing (pranam) with prayers to Surya. Pranams is Sanskrit for "bowing in reverence." http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awakening http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awak... http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ This Kundalini Sun Salutation is tied to reverence and prayer and likely looks more like the Sun Salutation the rishis of old might have practiced. View on www.yogajournal.com http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://yoganonymous.com/5-reasons-sun-salutations-are-the-best-way-to-start-your-day/ http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I'm surprised you didn't know that "salute" refers to "bowing down" to God Surya. I'm even more surprised that you didn't realize that full prostration generates inner heat. You don't get the inner heat unless you get down on your hands and knees and do the full praanam. Almost all yogis know that Hatha Yoga is Kundalini Yoga. And, Hatha Yoga produces heat. In fact, all activity produces heat! But, what is referenced in the Surya Praanam is specifically 'inner heat', the heat that burns up karma. http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Source: Yoga Journal, Sun Salutation - Surya Praanam ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : 6. Exhaling, lower your knees, then your chest and then your forehead, keeping your hips up and your toes curled under. Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Photos, instructions, benefits, modifications and variations for practicing Eight-Limbed Pose Pose. View on www.yogabasics.com http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Preview by Yahoo Source: http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun- http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun-salutation/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This practice is tied to bowing (pranam) with prayers to Surya. Pranams is Sanskrit for "bowing in reverence." http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awakening http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awak... http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ This Kundalini Sun Salutation is tied to reverence and prayer and likely looks more like the Sun Salutation the rishis of old might have practiced. View on www.yogajournal.com http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://yoganonymous.com/5-reasons-sun-salutations-are-the-best-way-to-start-your-day/ http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
I'm surprised you didn't know that "salute" refers to "bowing down" to God Surya. I'm even more surprised that you didn't realize that full prostration generates inner heat. You don't get the inner heat unless you get down on your hands and knees and do the full praanam. Almost all yogis know that Hatha Yoga is Kundalini Yoga. And, Hatha Yoga produces heat. In fact, all activity produces heat! But, what is referenced in the Surya Praanam is specifically 'inner heat', the heat that burns up karma. http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Source: Yoga Journal, Sun Salutation - Surya Praanam ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : 6. Exhaling, lower your knees, then your chest and then your forehead, keeping your hips up and your toes curled under. Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Photos, instructions, benefits, modifications and variations for practicing Eight-Limbed Pose Pose. View on www.yogabasics.com http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Preview by Yahoo Source: http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun- http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun-salutation/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This practice is tied to bowing (pranam) with prayers to Surya. Pranams is Sanskrit for "bowing in reverence." http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awakening http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awak... http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ This Kundalini Sun Salutation is tied to reverence and prayer and likely looks more like the Sun Salutation the rishis of old might have practiced. View on www.yogajournal.com http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://yoganonymous.com/5-reasons-sun-salutations-are-the-best-way-to-start-your-day/ http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
The Hindu/Yoga Sun Salutation has no hands-and-knees pose (and no on-the-knees pose either, for that matter). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : 6. Exhaling, lower your knees, then your chest and then your forehead, keeping your hips up and your toes curled under. Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Photos, instructions, benefits, modifications and variations for practicing Eight-Limbed Pose Pose. View on www.yogabasics.com http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Preview by Yahoo Source: http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun- http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun-salutation/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This practice is tied to bowing (pranam) with prayers to Surya. Pranams is Sanskrit for "bowing in reverence." http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awakening http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awak... http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ This Kundalini Sun Salutation is tied to reverence and prayer and likely looks more like the Sun Salutation the rishis of old might have practiced. View on www.yogajournal.com http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://yoganonymous.com/5-reasons-sun-salutations-are-the-best-way-to-start-your-day/ http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
6. Exhaling, lower your knees, then your chest and then your forehead, keeping your hips up and your toes curled under. Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Eight-Limbed Pose http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Photos, instructions, benefits, modifications and variations for practicing Eight-Limbed Pose Pose. View on www.yogabasics.com http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/eight-limbed-pose/ Preview by Yahoo Source: http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun- http://www.yogabasics.com/yoga-posture-sequences/classic-sun-salutation/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This practice is tied to bowing (pranam) with prayers to Surya. Pranams is Sanskrit for "bowing in reverence." http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awakening http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awak... http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ This Kundalini Sun Salutation is tied to reverence and prayer and likely looks more like the Sun Salutation the rishis of old might have practiced. View on www.yogajournal.com http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://yoganonymous.com/5-reasons-sun-salutations-are-the-best-way-to-start-your-day/ http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
This practice is tied to bowing (pranam) with prayers to Surya. Pranams is Sanskrit for "bowing in reverence." http://media.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/201506-yjmag-kundalini-astanga-pranm.jpg Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awakening http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awak... http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ This Kundalini Sun Salutation is tied to reverence and prayer and likely looks more like the Sun Salutation the rishis of old might have practiced. View on www.yogajournal.com http://www.yogajournal.com/slideshow/kundalini-sun-salutation-to-experience-a-spiritual-awakening/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://yoganonymous.com/5-reasons-sun-salutations-are-the-best-way-to-start-your-day/ http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg http://yoganonymous.com/system/image_assets/images/000/002/854/original/Sun-Salutation-teen.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
It's not really that complicated. So, I just don't see a problem with praying to God that your kids don't get their brain damaged playing football. What could go wrong with a simple prayer? I mean, that's the least you could do. What good does it do to shout OMG! - after the kid gets a head injury? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Thx, very good! But it's a question of proselytizing. You might see plenty of persons doing the sun salutation in Central Park on a clear day, but it's not for gaining converts. Fundamentalists like the football coach believe they are commissioned by God to spread the gospel, and that includes making a "show" of it. Yoga practitioners generally feel no Divine imperative to spread a belief system. At any rate, I'll abide by Matthew 6. - private. Others may feel the need for group prayers, holding hands, swaying of the body and singing praises of God. (perfectly legitimate behavior, and well accepted in many parts of the country). It all started in Texas with the Dallas Cowboys.
[FairfieldLife] Re: All Glory to the Sun God!
Thx, very good! But it's a question of proselytizing. You might see plenty of persons doing the sun salutation in Central Park on a clear day, but it's not for gaining converts. Fundamentalists like the football coach believe they are commissioned by God to spread the gospel, and that includes making a "show" of it. Yoga practitioners generally feel no Divine imperative to spread a belief system. At any rate, I'll abide by Matthew 6. - private. Others may feel the need for group prayers, holding hands, swaying of the body and singing praises of God. (perfectly legitimate behavior, and well accepted in many parts of the country). It all started in Texas with the Dallas Cowboys.