Sadhana (exercises)

seiki taisou (SS)

salah (PS)

Surya namas-kara (DY)

Potala (ST)

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1.

palms on thighs

1.

         

2.

hands on eyen

2.

takbir tahrimah: hands at ears

       

3.

hands together at belly

3.

qiyam: hands together at belly

1.

palms together "Mitra"

1.

palms together

4.

hands together above head

   

2.

hands above head "Ravi"

   
       

3.

"Surya"

   

5.

right arm extended laterally, look at its hand

   

4.

right leg extended backward, look up "Bhanu"

   

6.

left ditto

           

7.

right hand down

           

8.

left ditto

           

9.

face upward, arms behind

           

10.

arms behind

           

11.

legs apart, arms behind

           

12.

soles & palms on ground

4.

ruku<: soles on ground, palms on knees

5.

soles & palms on ground "Kha-ga"

2.

soles

13.

fingers downward, face downward

5.

qawmah: fingers downward, face downward

       

14.

fingers downward laterally

6.

sajdah: toes, palms, and forehead to floor

6.

toes, palms, and chin to floor "Pus.an"

   

15.

right arm forward

           

16.

left ditto

           

17.

face upward, fists on thighs

7.

lift head, hands on thighs

7.

bhuja-anga: face upward "Hiran.ya-garbha" "gold embryo"

23:3.

stacked gold coins;

   

8.

         
   

9.

recite "Opening" (chapter of Qur>an)

   

23:6.

stretch (open) wings

18.

face to left, fists on thighs

           

19.

face down, fists on thighs

10.

face down, hands on knees

       

20.

arms to the right

11.

         

21.

ditto left

12.

         

22.

twist torso to left

13.

     

3.

shake body

23.

centre the torso

14.

         

24.

outstretch left arm

15.

         

25.

perform twists

16.

turn head right & left

   

4.

rotate right & left

26.

raise arms & legs

17a.

raise hands

       

27.

raise arms & legs laterally

           

28.

extend arms laterally

       

5.

hands outwards, h. br.

29.

extend arms laterally, bend torso forward

   

8.

parvata "mountain" (PY)

6.

"stone": hands laterally

       

9.

 

7.

 

30.

step alternate feet onto stool (one foot at a time)

   

10.

eka-pada "one foot" (U)

8.

alternate, h. br.

31.

face body various directions, with hands together behind head

       

9.

interlock hands

32.

knock alternate heels on floor

       

17.

shake legs

33.

right arm forward, raise right foot

   

11.

hasta-pada "hand foot" (U)

   

34.

lean torso forward, right arm behind back, left arm extended laterally

           
   

17b.

say one's du<a (wit of one's own creativity)

12.

Bhas-kara "language-creation"

   

[sensei is performed with eyen closed]

SS = Bradford Keeney: Ikuko Osumi, Sensei. Ringing Rocks Pr, 1999.

PS = Jinnah Ali: The Performance of Salaah. Trinidad. pp. 43-53

DY = http://web.archive.org/web/20050309031747/http://www.dancingyogi.com/suryanamaskar.htm

U = http://www.urday.in/surya.htm (scroll)

PY = http://proliberty.com/pranayoga/SuryaNamaskar.html

ST = Ian A. Baker: The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple. Thames & Hudson, 2000. pp. 63-64

the 6 bija mantra-s for 6 postures of Surya namas-kara: "And then repeat the six mantra-s again for the next six poses."

1st & 7th

hram

2nd & 8th

hrim

3rd & 9th

hrum

4th & 10th

hraim

5th & 11th

hraum

6th & 12th

hras

http://www.chrysalisyog.homestead.com/surya.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Namaskara

{this repetition of the 6 to total 12 is reminiscent of the Yuma 6-month cycle}