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Sun Salutation Pose (soor-yee-ah-nahma-skar) Surya-namaskar - The Sanskrit word surya means sun. Namaskar is the Hindi word for Namaste, from the root nam, to bow. Namaskar means salutation, salute, greeting or praise.
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A vinyasa involves weaving in a combination of standing, seated, backbends, inversions, balancing, and twisting poses into sun salutation poses which include a standing forward bend, upward dog, downward dog, and other poses.
The 'salutation pose' (namaskarasana) can be modified so that it is done sitting on the floor rather than in a deep squat. The same applies to 'chopping wood' (kashtha takshanasana) and 'abdominal stretch pose' (udarakarshanasana).
 See also: Stretch, Energy, Posture, Mudra, Power
  
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