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  2. Standing asanas - Wikipedia

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    Surya Namaskar, the salute to the sun, was taught as exercise and not as yoga in the 1930s, before it was incorporated into modern yoga as exercise. [34] Surya Namaskar is a major source of standing asanas. In its modern form, it was created and popularised by the Rajah of Aundh, Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi, early in the 20th century ...

  3. Sun Salutation - Wikipedia

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    The name Surya Namaskar is from the Sanskrit सूर्य Sūrya, "Sun" and नमस्कार Namaskāra, "Greeting" or "Salute". [7] Surya is the Hindu god of the sun. [8] This identifies the Sun as the soul and source of all life. [9] Chandra Namaskara is similarly from Sanskrit चन्द्र Chandra, "Moon". [10]

  4. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    Surya Namaskar [128] [129] सुर्य नमस्कार Salute to the Sun Sun Salutation Standing Forward bend, ... Saraswati, Swami Satyananda (1996).

  5. Downward Dog Pose - Wikipedia

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    In addition, in the 1920s, Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi, the Rajah of Aundh, (1868–1951; in office 1909–1947) popularized and named the practice of Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation), describing it in his 1928 book The Ten-Point Way to Health: Surya Namaskars. [11] [12] Downward Dog appears twice in its sequence of 12 postures. [11]

  6. Asana - Wikipedia

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    A 2014 study indicated that different asanas activated particular groups of muscles, varying with the skill of the practitioners, from beginner to instructor. The eleven asanas in the Surya Namaskar sequences A and B (of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga) were performed by beginners, advanced practitioners and instructors. The activation of 14 groups of ...

  7. Category:Surya Namaskar - Wikipedia

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    Surya Namaskar or Salute to the Sun is a series of asanas in modern yoga. Many other poses can be inserted in the sequence to provide a set of aerobic exercises in vinyasa style. The main article for this category is Surya Namaskar .

  8. Vishnudevananda Saraswati - Wikipedia

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    Vishnudevananda arrived in San Francisco in December 1957, and began to teach yoga; he moved to New York to teach hatha yoga in 1958. [2] The practice he taught, which he named Sivananda Yoga after his guru, consisted largely of asanas, yoga postures, but rather than emphasising yoga as exercise, he taught a combination of yoga philosophy, the shatkarmas or purifications, the sattvic diet, and ...

  9. Chaturanga Dandasana - Wikipedia

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    Chaturanga Dandasana (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग दण्डासन; IAST: Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana) or Four-Limbed Staff pose, [1] also known as Low Plank, is an asana in modern yoga as exercise and in some forms of Surya Namaskar (Salute to the Sun), in which a straight body parallel to the ground is supported by the toes and palms, with elbows at a right angle along the body.