Surya Namaskar – An All Time Exercise for Everybody
March 1st, 2010
Surya Namaskar or salutations to the Sun, is essentially worship of the Sun God. The Sun is the source of all energy and a prayer to him everyday, early in the morning is believed to bestow one with unlimited energy. We find mention of this practice in ancient Indian texts like the Rigveda, in the Chapter “Trucha – Kalpa – Namaskarah – Rugvediya Nityavidhi”, as also in the Puranas. Nityavidhi means tasks to be performed daily. The Surya Namaskar accompanied by Aumkar (Articulating the ‘Aum’) is an all round exercise which is believed to keep the body and mind in a state of well being.
Modern Sports and Medical Sciences relating to Health and Sports analyse benefits of exercises by calculating Strength, Endurance, Core stability, Elasticity, Flexibility of the body and Power of the mind. The Surya Namaskar exercises done with Aumkar are supposed to meet these Norms.
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