Neither Sri Sri nor Maharishi would be happy with your attempt to distort and demean the Sun Salutation by pretending it's about "getting down on your hands and knees." Other yogis would just laugh at you as a clueless Westerner.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : Any sane person would pray to the gods for release from ignorance if they realized the full extend of their bondage. A yogi salutes the Sun God at least twice a day, morning and evening without fail. And, any intelligent person would give thanks to Surya for bringing to earth life support in the form of heat. That's because hatha yoga is all about generating heat, especially inner heat - the heat that burns up karma. That's why teachers say that the Sun Salutation is a "warm-up exercise" - you just can't generate much heat if you remain in the corpse pose. There's just nothing quite comparable to getting down on your hands and knees to bow in a full prostration. Millions of Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims do this every day before they sit in meditation. Only a materialist would perform yoga merely to obtain good health, wealth, or good fortune, or just for show. "Surya is the Soul, both of the moving and unmoving beings." - Rig Veda (snip) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Neither Sri Sri nor Maharishi would be happy with your attempt to distort and demean the Sun Salutation by pretending it's about "getting down on your hands and knees." Other yogis would just laugh at you as a clueless Westerner. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : There are several versions of the Sun Salutation set of poses - one of the most popular instruction sets is presented by certified instructors of The Art of Living Foundation USA founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who learned hatha yoga directly from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. There are twelve steps to perform the Sun Salutation. Apparently the posture that got left out of your routine was the Ashtanga Pranam, step number six, the so-called "salute of eight points". Millions of yogis and students include this pose in the performance of Surya Namaskar. You might want to refresh your memory of the steps if it's been some years since you took your hatha yoga course. You can learn these poses from experts here: How To Do Surya Namaskar http://www.artofliving.org/us-en/yoga/yoga-poses/sun-salutation http://www.artofliving.org/us-en/yoga/yoga-poses/sun-salutation How To Do Surya Namaskar http://www.artofliving.org/us-en/yoga/yoga-poses/sun-salutation Sun Salutation – The Perfect Yoga Workout If you are pressed for time and looking for a single mantra to stay fit, here’s the answer. A View on www.artofliving.org http://www.artofliving.org/us-en/yoga/yoga-poses/sun-salutation Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : No, I didn't leave out a pose. No, I didn't pray to the Sun God. No, I didn't have a poor teacher. No, the whole point of the Sun Salutation is not to get down on your hands and knees. In fact, there is no hands-and-knees pose in the Sun Salutation. (The three photos at your link are entirely divorced from context, so they can be ignored.) --In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : Maybe you left out a pose when you prayed to the Sun God. Maybe you had a poor teacher. You were supposed to get down on your hands and knees - that's the whole point of the exercise. If you were honest you would just admit you were wrong. Not everyone skips some of the poses like you apparently did. Here are the directions for you to follow from the Art of Living: http://cdn.artofliving.org/sites/www.artofliving.org/files/styles/unity_carousel_inner/public/sun-salutation-for-beginners-2_0.jpg?itok=eaDs0jzW http://cdn.artofliving.org/sites/www.artofliving.org/files/styles/unity_carousel_inner/public/sun-salutation-for-beginners-2_0.jpg?itok=eaDs0jzW http://cdn.artofliving.org/sites/www.artofliving.org/files/styles/unity_carousel_inner/public/sun-salutation-for-beginners-2_0.jpg?itok=eaDs0jzW http://cdn.artofliving.org/sites/www.artofliving.org/fil... http://cdn.artofliving.org/sites/www.artofliving.org/files/styles/unity_carousel_inner/public/sun-salutation-for-beginners-2_0.jpg?itok=eaDs0jzW View on cdn.artofliving.org http://cdn.artofliving.org/sites/www.artofliving.org/files/styles/unity_carousel_inner/public/sun-salutation-for-beginners-2_0.jpg?itok=eaDs0jzW Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Just as I said, no hands-and-knees pose in the Sun Salutation. (And yes, I've practiced plenty of yoga asanas, including the Sun Salutation.) Neither you nor Bhairitu seem to understand that repeating a mistake over and over doesn't somehow make it not a mistake. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : If you were a decent and honest person you would admit you were wrong about the Sun Salutation. Just admit that you are not a yogi and have never practiced any yoga asanas. Here's a little primer for you: https://youtu.be/6IUyY9Dyr5w https://youtu.be/6IUyY9Dyr5w ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : If you were a decent human being, you'd thank me for going to the trouble of setting you straight rather than dump on me for correcting you. Here's another little primer for you, this one from the ADL: Alt Right: A Primer about the New White Supremacy http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrorism/c/alt-right-a-primer-about-the.html http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrorism/c/alt-right-a-primer-about-the.html Alt Right: A Primer about the New White Supremacy http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrorism/c/alt-right-a-primer-about-the.html Alt right is short for alternative right, a vague term that actually encompasses a range of people on the extreme right who reject mainstream conservatism in favor ... View on www.adl.org http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrorism/c/alt-right-a-primer-about-the.html Preview by Yahoo