SURYA NAMASKARA A
OPENING
- Please stand in front of your mat.
- Feet parallel hip distance
- Second toes point forward
- Stand up straight
- Your ears, shoulder, hip, knees and ankle should be in one line
- Perpendicular to your mat
- Your arms straight next to your body, hands face in.
Tadasana in namaste
Inhale, arms up next to your ears [URDHVA HASTASANA]
- Shoulder relax
- Inner elbows facing each other
- 5 fingers active like a star [Drishti Up]
Exhale, move from your hips / forward fold [UTTANASANA]
- Feet parallel hip distance
- Knees straight
- Hip above your ankle
- Tail bone up
- Belly in
- Your abs close to the tight
- Your chest close to your knees
- Your face close to your shinbone
- Shoulder away from your ears
- Elbows out
- Spider finger to the mat - Your thumps next to your little toes [Drishti Back]
Inhale, flat back, chest up [ARDHA UTTANASANA]
- Spine long, shoulder back
- Shoulder in line your fingers
- 3 fingers touch the mat [Drishti Forward]
Exhale, hands tiger claw to the mat, right foot back, left foot back, elbows in [CHATURANGA]
- Body parallel to the mat
- Your heels above the toes
- Knees straight
- Tail bone in
- Belly in, Spine long
- Shoulder back
- Elbows above your wrist
- Hands tiger claw to the mat [Drishti forward]
Body down, Inhale, rolls shoulder back, chest up [BHUJANGASANA]
- Your ankle flat to the mat // feet point back
- Tight to the mat, spine long
- Shoulder away from your ears
- Inner elbows facing each other
- Hands tiger claw to the mat [Drishti up]
Exhale, tuck toes, lift your sit bone up [Adho mukha svanasana]
- Feet parallel hip distance, heels flat to the mat
- Your toes point forward
- Knees straight tail bone up
- Belly in
- Spine long
- Shoulder away from your ears
- Arms straight next to your ears
- Inner elbows facing each other
- Hands tiger claw to the mat [Drishti back]
Inhale, right foot forward, left foot forward, spine long, [ARDHA UTTANASANA]
- Feet parallel hip distance
- Knees straight
- Hip above your ankle
- shoulder back
- Shoulder in line your fingers
- 3 fingers touch the mat [Drishti forward]
Exhale, forward fold, [UTTANASANA]
- Tail bone up
- Belly in
- Your abs close to the tight
- Your chest close to your knees
- Your face close to your shinbone
- Shoulder away from your ears
- Elbows out
- Spider finger - Your thumps next to your little toes [Drishti Back]
Inhale, Upper body up. [Urdhva hastasana]
- Shoulder relax
- Arms next to your ears
- Inner elbows facing each other
- 5 fingers like a star [Drishti up]
Exhale, Hands together in front of your heart, [Tadasana in namaste]