
Practice twelve sun salutations with step-by-step alignment and breath coordination. Learn how flow and joint safety support a psychological and spiritual practice that opens the heart and releases emotions.
Master the foundational alignments of standing namaskarasana in sun salutations, including tripod feet, knee safety with soft micro-bends, a neutral pelvis, and lifted chest with relaxed shoulders.
Raise the arms into hasta uttanasana, keep the neck relaxed. Look forward, pull the mounds toward the heels, engage the armpits and upper back, and breathe with the diaphragm.
Master the base of downward-facing dog and plank by aligning palms, feet, and elbows with the thumbs, while keeping the tailbone neutral and breath steady.
Adho Mukha Shvanasana, downward-facing dog: transition from cobra with a lengthened spine, elbows facing each other, shoulders away from the ears, externally rotate, and 60/40 weight distribution.
Begin with the left leg back to engage the left brain's love of beauty and joy, then switch to the right leg, using core engagement to protect the lower back.
discover why we practice yoga by connecting to the childlike flexibility of body and mind, opening the hips and shoulders, and cultivating playfulness, a healthy body, and a blissful mind.
This Course was filmed in the morning while the sun was rising. It was recorded just after Deeps morning practice a few meters away from his house in Malaysia. It has a very elemental and in-artificial setting.
Deep has a vast and down-reaching wealth of knowledge about the proper alignments in modern Yoga practice.
Getting the alignments of Sun Salutation right not only ensures amazing benefits during your regular practice, but also is one of the easiest ways to make your students happy as a Yoga-teacher.
This Course teaches the alignments of Classical Sun Salutations. Sun Salutation or Surya Namaskar is a dynamic, energetic and vitalising sequence of interlocking Yoga Poses. It is probably the most taught and practices Yoga Sequence of all. That is so for various good reasons.
You will learn how to breathe the right way during the complete sequence of Classical Sun Salutations in this course, as well.
Why should I acquire a firm and established knowledge about practicing and/or teaching Classical Sun Salutations?
A Yoga-class that includes a strong practice of Sun Salutations is beneficial and satisfying for every practitioner on the mat - from beginner to advanced student. A few rounds of the sequence already makes it worth to step on the mat.
It opens up the entire body and prepares the students for any other Yoga practices and advanced poses. The Sequence was designed to work on all body parts, every organ, your energy system and on your chakras.
Classical Sun Salutations are a complete workout for mind, body and soul.
According to some Yogis, practicing sun salutations alone, is sufficient to develop all qualities of a advanced student; including a calm, present and silent mind.
What else is there…
In the second part of the course the safety alignments are taught to ensure your own and your students security.
At the end of part two we encourage you to practice a few rounds with your new learned knowledge; after that sit silent for a few moments and notice your own self.
This course also includes a small E-book. It points out the benefits and contraindications for each Pose of the sequence.
Enjoy this course.
Blessings and Gratitude.
Deep Kumar & Yoga Samiti