Sun Salutations The Meaning and Practice of Surya Namaskara For thousands of years Hindu Dharmists have revered the sun, which they call Surya, as both the physical and spiritual heart of our world and the creator of all life itself. One of the means of honoring the sun is through the dynamic asana sequence Surya Namaskar(better known as Sun Salutation). The Sanskrit word Namaskar stems from namas, which means “to bow to” or “to adore.” The familiar phrase we use to close our yoga classes, namaste—te means “you”—also comes from this root. The essence of its meaning is “the divine in me honors the divine in you.” Each Sun Salutation begins and ends with the joined-hands mudra (gesture) touched to the heart. This placement is no accident; only the heart can know the truth. Surya Namaskar, or sun salutation, is included in a regular morning ritual of prayer and worship. It is the prayer of Lord Surya, the god of health. The Sun Salutation is a prayer in motion. It allows us to use the body as an instrument of higher awareness, so that we can receive wisdom and knowledge. The ancient yogis taught that each of us replicates the world at large, embodying “rivers, seas, mountains, fields…stars and planets…the sun and moon” (Shiva Samhita, II.1-3). The outer sun, they asserted, is in reality a token of our own “inner sun,” which corresponds to our subtle, or spiritual, heart. Here is the seat of consciousness and higher wisdom (jnana) and, in some traditions, the domicile of the embodied self (jivatman). There are twelve names for the sun in Sanskrit. The Sun Salutation consists of 12 positions done in succession. When one round ends, another one begins in a perfect circle. Surya Namaskar is a general tonic and complete warm-up for the entire body, which can be done just as is, or as a warm-up before yoga asanas. The Sun Salutations are said to remove bodily and mental tensions, improve circulation, stimulate the nervous system and raise the body heat. All joints are loosened and lubricated. It offers great flexibility to your spine. The muscles of the abdomen, pelvis and spine are toned and strengthened. The breathing is regulated, thereby calming the mind. If practiced slowly, it has a calming effect. If practiced briskly, it is invigorating. There are many variations on Surya Namaskar, but here is one version: ( Shanti Yoga Shala_) [youtube=youtube/watch?v=eGXgoW70IB0 Sun has been described as the source of energy for all living beings. It is a well known scientific fact that the morning sun rays have a curative effect on the human body. Surya (sun) is the Soul, both of the moving and unmoving beings. ~ The Rig Veda SURYA NAMASKAR is not a physical exercise. It is something much more profound, which needs deep understanding of Sanskrit Vedic literature and Sanatana Dharma. It is a complete Sadhana, inclusive of Yogasana ( exercise ) , Mantra ( sound longitudinal waves ) , Pranayama ( breathing ) and Chakra meditation ( scalar energy vortex transceiver ) . Surya Namaskar was devised as Yoga thousands of years ago, to facilitate LYMPH DRAINAGE in an amazing manner. This was properly understood by modern science only 70 years go. Our lymphatic system has vessels just like our circulatory system, but does not have a pump (whereas the circulatory system has the heart). In order to clear the “lymph” (the clear extracellular fluid that is collected by the lyphatic vessels and filtered by the lymph nodes), the lymphatic system must be pumped manually. The lymph movement relys on contraction of smooth muscle tissue lining the walls of lymph vessels (peristalsis). Movement of skeletal muscles is also important for driving lymph along the systems network of vessels to lymph nodes and from these to lymph ducts where the lymph tissue joins cardiovascular circulation. Women who do Surya Namaskar do NOT get breast cancer. Surya Namaskar resonates the Pineal gland and DNA-- to speed up your chakras, and enlarge your aura. The 12 Names of Surya - the Sun 1) Om Maitreya nam-ah (The friend of all) 2) Om Ravaye nam-ah (Praised by all) 3) Om Suryaya nam-ah (The guide of all) 4) Om Bhanave nam-ah (The bestower of beauty) 5) Om Khagaya nam-ah (Stimulator of the senses) 6) Om Pushne nam-ah (The nourisher of all) 7) Om Hiranyagarbhaya nam-ah (The creator) 8) Om Marichaye nam-ah (Destroyer of disease) 9) Om Adityaya nam-ah (The inspirer) 10) Om Savitre nam-ah (The purifier) 11) Om Arkaya nam-ah (The radiant) 12) Om Bhaskaraya nam-ah (The illuminator) Pose 1 (and 12): Promotes balance, stimulates the respiratory system, exercises shoulder, back and neck muscles Pose 2 (and 11): Promotes balance, promotes digestion, exercises arms and shoulder muscles, tones the spine, promotes flexibility in back and hips Pose 3 (and 10): Promotes blood circulation, tones abdominal tracts, stretches back and leg muscles, stimulates spinal nerves, stimulates lymphatic system Pose 4 (and 9): Exercises spine, strengthens hand and wrist muscles Pose 5 (and 8): Stimulates blood circulation, strengthens the heart, strengthens wrist and arm muscles, relieves neck and shoulder tension Pose 6: Strengthens leg and arm muscles, increases flexibility in neck and shoulders, stretches arms, shoulder, neck and back muscles, exercises back muscles, releases tension in neck and shoulder Pose 7: Stimulates circulation to abdominal organs, tones digestive tract, stretches upper and lower body, promotes flexibility in the back, stimulates nerves in spine Poses 8 through 12 are essentially repetitions of poses 5 through 1, respectively. The health benefits of each are similar to their corresponding poses. During the second set, start off with the other leg. First Posture – Namaskarasana/ Anahata/ OM hram Second Posture – Parvatasana/ Vishuddhi/ OM hrim Third Posture – Namaskara Hastapadasana/ Swadhistana/ OM hram Fourth Posture – Ekapada Prasaranasana/ Ajna/ OM hraim Fifth Posture – Bhudharasana/ Vishhuddi/ OM hraum Sixth Posture – Ashthanga Pranipatasana/ Manipura/ OM hrah Seventh Position – Bhujangasana/ Swadhistana/ OM hram Eighth Posture – Bhudharasana/ Vishuddhi/ OM hrim Ninth Posture – Ekapada Prasaranasana/ Ajna/ OM hrum Tenth Posture – Namaskara Hastapadasana/ Swadhistana/ OM hraim Eleventh Posture – Parvatasana/ Vishuddhi/ OM hraum Twelfth Posture – Namaskarasana/ Anahata/ OM hrah Suryanamaskar is a chiropractic exercise, which keeps your spine flexible and aligned. This keeps you organic chemical medicine factory controlled by your brain in good cheer, without releasing those harmful anti-pain chemicals, which has side effects --caused by lower back pain , sciatica etc. Chakras are focal points where psychic forces and bodily functions interact with each other. They are transceivers of SCALAR energy. Scalar waves operate in a non-linear time dimension which is hyperspace, at any speed from zero to infinity, as they are not limited to the speed of light. When you develop cosmic consciousness, the chakras vortex will extend further from his body. These chakras cannot be seen by the sight sense of the common man. Each of these 7 chakras are associated with a specific colour, organ, gland, mantra and frequency. Chakras can send out information carrying soliton waves, which do not attenuate. The Indian sage has exploded into a space of consciousness in which inner awareness is spontaneous. Cosmic consciousness is an intellectual enlightenment or illumination, an indescribable state of moral and intellectual elevation, a feeling of amazing bliss. Gazing at the sun or stars is an enlightening practice that fills up the soul. The real nervous system operates by means of synaptic messages. The virtual one operates by means of the quantum effect of tunneling (particles passing through an energy barrier that classically they should not be able to climb). The real one is driven by classical laws, the virtual one by quantum laws. Consciousness is therefore driven by quantum laws. Remember, chakras dictate all physical, mental, emotional and spiritual processes that take place in your body. Every chakra is a transmitter cum receiver antenna. As per Vedanta we are essentially holographic energy beings existing in a state of resonance with the scalar field of the cosmos Pineal gland is literally the third eye. The great Himalayan masters did Surya yog by gazing at the rising sun with a silver coin placed in between the eyebrows on the forehead . The solar wind at dawn, charging the earth’s magnetic field, stimulates the pineal gland. This is the best time to meditate , chant and sun gaze. At dawn, the negatively charged pineal and the positively charged pituitary combine their essences to create a light in the head. Pranayama floods the Pineal gland with oxygen, to make it resonate. The reddish grey pineal gland is located in the geometric center of the brain. The nerves that serve the pineal gland dont originate in the brain but in the sympathetic nervous system. This gland can be activated by activated by sunlight, and also by sound resonance. It controls the various biorhythms of the body. It can discern negative energies, based on perception of vibrating energies around you. When the pineal gland does not receive sunlight, it secretes Melatonin, which induces sleep, increases blood sugar, craze for food, leading to obesity, fears and anxiety.The pineal gland is a photosensitive organ and thus an important timekeeper for the human body. The pineal gland produces PINOLINE, ( 6-methoxy-tetra-dydro-beta carboline, or 6-MeO-THBC ) . Pinoline also resonates with the very pulse of life 7.83 Hertz, the pulse the DNA uses to replicate, and which has been measured to be emitted from the brains and hands of all successful healers, regardless of belief or faith. Pinoline enables the threshold levels of DMT to become active in the brain . DMT with Pinoline increases brain activation multi fold. Pineal activation awakens normally latent neural pathways. Nerve fibers leave the pineal and make synaptic connections with other brain sites through traditional nerve-to-nerve connections, not just through endocrine secretions. EASTERN VEDIC RISHIS MYSTICS HAD THE ABILITY TO GO ON EITHER SIDE OF THE NARROW BAND OF 5 HUMAN SENSES, WITH A KING SIZED RESONATING PINEAL GLAND. THEY COULD TRANSCEND THE SENSES AND LIMITATION OF SPACE-TIME. There is a lot we knew 10000 years ago , but has been lost to this this 21st century-- right? You cant observe the quantum world without your Pineal gland -- the other 5 senses have too narrow bandwidths. Quantum physics has showed the ancient Indian Yogis were NOT mere dreamers of cosmic consciousness, where our bodies, our brain and its mind, as inextricably joined with other matter and the mega dipole of universe . There is indeed a connection between consciousness and tangled state quantum phenomena. They firmly believed that the invisible below the quantum screen gives rise to the visible. While Newton tries to explain the invisible through the visible. There is no room for consciousness or morphogenetic fields in the dictionary of Darwin. Sage Agastya had taught Surya namaskar to Lord Rama just before his fight with Ravana in 4300BC. Basically you are greeting a new day with a grateful heart. It is done in open air. The benefits are:-- 1) You raise your consciousness 2) Develop inner peace 3) Rekindle your drooping spirit 4) Detoxification of body and mind 5) Your face glows --balance of mind, body and spirit. 6) Mental clarity and concentration 7) Raise your immunity 8) Reduces biological age. 9) Centring yourself and stoking your inner flame 10) Gratitude and communion with self 11) Awakening at cellular level, improves metabolism, burns fat 12) Expansion of perception 13) Physical exercise , stretching, flexing of spine. Removes stiffness of joints and ligaments. 14) Destress. 15) Good sleep at night. 16) Miraculous delivery from disease -physical and mental. 17) Your skin is cleansed by sunlight and you have less BO. Clears eyesight too. 18) Improves body posture. 19) Drives away phobias. Suryanamaskar is done in barefeet on a mat. At the end of Surya Namaskar you must do Shavasana. Lying down thinking of peaceful nature, to get into the Alpha brainwave mode. Surya namaskar can be done by anybody . Dont do it if you have back problems or women have menses. Wait for atleast 20 minutes before you take a bath (India: Scientific Facts of our ancient culture) The Sun is the vision of the divine, whose light fills all the worlds; it is also the cosmic symbol of the Supreme. Surya is possibly the most popular Vedic God. In Rig Veda III 62.10 he is worshipped as Savitr, the source of life and light. He is also the source of inner enlightenment as the famous Gayatri mantra suggests: Om bhur bhuvah suvah Tat savitur varenyam Bhargo devasya dheemahi Diyo yo nah prachodayat “O splendid and playful sun, we offer this prayer to thee; enlighten this craving mind; be our protector; may the radiance of the divine ruler guide our destiny; wise men salute your magnificence with oblations and words of praise”. Sun worship is often mentioned in the Ramayana. Before Rama goes to fight Ravana, sage Agastya advises him to worship Surya and chant the Adityahridayam, which destroys enemies, gives victory, removes all sins and sorrows, and gives light to the world. In the Mahabarata, the Sun is described as Deveshvara, the God of Gods. Aloft his beams now bring the god Who knows all creatures that are born, That all may look upon the Sun. A way like thieves the stars depart, By the dark night accompanied, At the all-seeing Sun’s approach. His beams, his ray’s have shown afar Athwart the many homes of men, Flaming aloft like blazing fires. Swift-moving, visible to all, Maker of light thou art, O Sun, Illumining all the shining space. Thou risest towards the host of gods And towards the race of men: towards all, That they may see the heavenly light. The broad air traversing, the sky, Thou metest, Sun, the days and nights, Seeing all creatures that are born. The seven bay mares that draw thy car Bring thee to us, far-seeing god, O Surya of the gleaming hair. The Sun has yoked the seven bright mares, The shining daughters of his car: With that self-yoking team he speeds. Athwart the darkness gazing up, To him the higher light, we now Have soared to Surya, the god Among the gods, the highest light. ~ Rig Veda 1:50
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