

Upward Salute Side Bend/Half Moon - Urdhva Hastasana Rest your thumbs on your sternum and take several breaths.Ģ. Press your palms together in prayer position. Always work within your own range of limits and abilities. If you're struggling to breathe, ease up a bit. Always breathe through your nose this warms the air entering your body and provides a meditative aspect to your practice.

There are nine poses to this sequence you will build up to the ninth pose, and then progress back down to the first pose, focusing on the opposite side of the body.

The sequence presented below is a simple one that is suitable for yoga students of all levels. Daily, LoJoLu Photography, katerha, pulihora, Robert S.There are many variations of Moon Salutations. Photos used under Creative Commons from akunamatata, Antífama, Jinx!, PhotosByDarko, PineappleAndCoconut, jikatu, lululemon athletica, jikatu, Idhren, davewrightphotography, tracitodd, tokyosucks, amyjirsa_yogini, USAG-Humphreys, jetheriot, National Institutes of Health (NIH), distelfliege, abolotnov, wornlimtv, Courtney Dirks, allyaubry, davewrightphotography, janfredrikf, Real Cowboys Drive Cadillacs, quinn.anya, TinyTall, tillwe, Breville USA, F L I R S T - Palk Clap, lululemon athletica, quinn.anya, Inspiyr, fabola, Janitors, gabi_menashe, pbkwee, symphony of love, distelfliege, Teecycle Tim, Nicolas*, Iwan Gabovitch, mahmoud99725, KassandraBayResort, mark_donoher, jfirmenich, Yordanos Gebretatios, Robert Bejil Photography, a little tune, amyjirsa_yogini, crsan, m.gifford, amyjirsa_yogini, M.ADA, byzantiumbooks, Gamma Man, Ben Blash, RelaxingMusic, lambatofa, mikecogh, ideowl, Meredith Bell, IntangibleArts, SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY, Anna Majkowska, cabancreative, Incase., alonis, torbakhopper, tiffany assman, Monkey Mash Button, Doug Waldron, J Rindrr, whgrad, Rebecca L. | Medical fitness consulting | Clinical exercise physiology | Yoga therapy | I will be a teacher one day and this is my journey to discover teaching and practice. I've practiced yoga since I was a pre-teen and have always found it to keep me centered. Wow! I've been only doing the first sequence! The more recent practice of the Ashtanga yoga variation is a lengthy sequence developed by Matthew Sweeney and can be seen below in the schematic. Moon salutations are meant to be soothing and quieting (feminine) rather than fiery and powerful as the sun salutations (masculine). Let's explore each briefly.Īccording to Yoga Journal, the moon salutation is considered to be yin in nature which is in opposition to the yang poses of sun salutation. We participated in the Hatha variation during that class and since then, I've attended other classes which focused more on the Ashtanga variation of the moon sequence ( Chandra Krama). With my little research on-line, I realized, as with every pose or sequence, there are variations. I was introduced to it during my last class with Judy and was quite refreshed with the sequence. It's the moon salutation (Chandar Namaskar). It took over 15 years of yoga practice to find out that there is a complement to the sun salutation (Surya Namaskar) sequence that is, oh so common.
Kneeling sun salutation sequence full#
Did you know that Sunday was a full moon? I didn't.ĭid you know that there is such thing as moon salutations? I sure didn't.
