The word surya means sun, and namaskar means salutations, thus this is the Sun Salutation. Surya-namaskar is actually a combination of seven separate postures which are repeated twelve times in one sequence. The sequence is usually repeated continuously 6-150 times in accordance with your form. Intensity of movement is adapted to breathing. The exercise should be realized facing the Sun in the morning (as the case may be in the evening).

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