Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Health Advantages of Surya Namaskar

Posted by Palila Jones at 2:04 AM
Keeping your body healthy is always necessary. As now the work load has increased so much that everybody is facing stress and strain. Whether you work in the office or work at home, you hardly get time to go to any health centre to work out. As a result, you have high chances of health disorders. So if you can take a little time out and practice the Surya Namaskar or the Salutation to the Sun, you will be greatly benefitted.
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If you want a simple enjoyable way to start your day, then you can surely practice the Sun Salutation. The Surya Namaskar is the art of solar vitalization. The Surya Pranam has its origin in the Hindu worship of the sun god. It has been in practice in India for ages and even now it is practiced by many for living a healthy life. In fact, the salutation to the sun has become quite famous in the West in the recent past.

There are a whole lot of advantages of Surya Namaskar. The Surya Pranam includes Asanas, Pranayama, Mantras and Mudras. That is why; the Sun Salutation is considered to be a complete meditative technique in itself. There are twelve poses or yoga asanas that are to be done in a particular sequence in the Surya Pranam series. One complete round of the salutation to the sun means performing two sets of this series.

The best part of practicing Sun Salutation is that there is no fixed time for practicing it. You have to practice Surya Pranam once a day, be it morning, noon or night and you will be able to see and even feel the advantages of Surya Namaskar.

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When you practice Surya Pranam in the morning, it relieves the stiffness of your body, energizes it and even refreshes your mind. When you practice the Surya Pranam during the day, it is a refreshing alternative to caffeine. When you practice Surya Pranam at night, your body will be relaxed and you will get a good night’s sleep. So you see it does not matter when you practice the salutation to the sun, you will always be benefitted.
The Surya Pranam is completely a safe set of yoga asanas that will not cause any sort of injury or strain. Initially, when you start doing the Surya Pranam, it may be a little uncomfortable, but as you become familiar with it, you can perform it several times all through the day.

Among the advantages of Surya Namaskar, the regular practice of Surya Pranam helps in training the body, the mind and the soul. It will give you physical and mental health together with sharp intellect. In fact, the salutation to the sun provides all the key health benefits of yoga in a holistic package. The yoga asanas help you physically, and also has spiritual as well as mental or emotional benefits.

The Surya Pranam stretches the muscles and also improves the body posture and flexibility. It keeps the heart strong and also helps in the proper functioning of the digestive system and the nervous system.

1 comments:

Unknown on February 16, 2021 at 6:03 AM said...

Thanks (。♡‿♡。)

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