How to Do the Surya Namaskar

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Start with the mountain pose.. Raise your arms in an upward salute (Urdhva Hastasana).. Move into a standing forward bend (Uttanasana).

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1

Start with the mountain pose.

Step 1

Start with the mountain pose.

2

Raise your arms in an upward salute (Urdhva Hastasana).

Step 2

Raise your arms in an upward salute (Urdhva Hastasana).

3

Move into a standing forward bend (Uttanasana).

Step 3

Move into a standing forward bend (Uttanasana).

4

Enter a half-standing forward bend (Ardha Uttanasana).

Step 4

Enter a half-standing forward bend (Ardha Uttanasana).

5

Exhale and return to the forward fold.

Step 5

Exhale and return to the forward fold.

6

Get into a plank pose.

Step 6

Get into a plank pose.

7

Lower yourself into a low pushup.

Step 7

Lower yourself into a low pushup.

8

Inhale and enter an upward dog pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana).

Step 8

Inhale and enter an upward dog pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana).

9

Get into a downward dog pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana).

Step 9

Get into a downward dog pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana).

10

Move back into the standing forward bend.

Step 10

Move back into the standing forward bend.

11

Inhale and move back into the upward salute.

Step 11

Inhale and move back into the upward salute.

12

Exhale and return to the mountain pose.

Step 12

Exhale and return to the mountain pose.

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