How To Do Sun Salutations Video

The Sun Salutation is one of the most recognized yoga poses. It has many health benefits, such as detoxification, muscle strength, blood oxygenation and more. Learn how to do the Sun Salutation Pose in this yoga video lesson.

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Honor life-giving sun
Use mind, body, breath
Reflect inner light

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. My name is Cindy Mastry, and in this clip we're going to discuss sun salutations. Sun salutations are a series of postures combined with breath that work the entire body and honor the sun. The sun to the ancient yogis was the giver of light. It was a very important part of their entire being, so they honored the sun. The yogis believe that we each hold the sun, an entire universe, an entire world within ourselves. So each of us is combined--it contains the world, rivers, oceans, mountains, stars, moon, and the sun is a reflection of our own inner light. So as we move through these sun salutations, we honor that light honoring the sun. There are many different types of sun salutations, but the original sun salutation had 12 postures, which were aligned with the zodiac. So the sun salutations honor the sun. They use mind, body and breath to come into a full body workout for your entire body and it will keep your spine in shape, if you just get up and do one or two sun salutations every morning. Sun salutations are a reflection of your own inner light.

How to Do Sun Salutations Video

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