Pose Name: Suryanamaskar
Indian Name: Suryanamaskar
Benefits:
• Helps maintain cardiovascular health
• Stimulates the nervous system
• Helps in stretching, flexing and toning the muscles
• An excellent exercise for weight loss management
• Strengthens the immune system
• Enhances cognitive functions
• Improves overall health, strengthens the body and relaxes the mind
Precautions:
• Ensure none of the postures in the Surya Namaskar sequence is contraindicated for you
• Practice on empty stomach
• Warm your body up by doing joint rotations. Lack of proper warm up results in injuries
• Ensure that you are breathing right in every posture
• Do not rush through the postures. Make sure you are doing every posture right. You may not achieve perfection in all postures, but that is okay.
Credits : www.artofliving.org