![]() ![]() Meaning: The son of Aditi – the cosmic divine Mother Sun Salutation Mantra: Om Aadityaaya Namaha Sun Salutation Pose: Ashwa Sanchalanasana (Equestrian pose) Meaning: The giver of light with infinite number of rays Sun Salutation Mantra: Om Mareechaye Namaha Sun Salutation Pose: Parvatasana (Mountain pose) Sun Salutation Mantra: Om Hiranyagarbhaaya Namaha Sun Salutation Pose: Bhujangasana (Cobra pose) Meaning: Giver of nourishment and fulfillment ![]() Sun Salutation Pose: Ashtanga Namaskara (Salute with eight parts or points) Meaning: Who is all-pervading, one who moves through the skyį. Sun Salutation Pose: Dandasana (Stick pose) Sun Salutation Mantra: Om Bhaanave NamahaĮ. Sun Salutation Pose : Ashwa Sanchalanasana (Equestrian pose) Meaning: Who is the dispeller of darkness and responsible for bringing activityĭ. Sun Salutation Pose : Hasta Padasana (Hand to foot pose) Sun Salutation Pose: Hastauttanasana (Raised arms pose)Ĭ. Sun Salutation Mantra: Om Mitraaya Namahaī. Sun Salutation Pose: Pranamasana (Prayer pose) ![]() Surya Namaskaram and mantras to chant, while doing the Sun Salutation sequence are as follows:Ī. He is worshipped in the early hours of dawn, especially on Hindu festivals such as Makar Sankranti, Ratha Saptami, Chhath, and Samba Dashami. One can find many temples, all over India, dedicated to the worship of Surya. Even today, people place the symbol of the Sun over shops because they think it would bring good fortune. Surya is believed to be a benevolent deity capable of healing sick people. With his third hand he encourages his worshipers whom he blesses with his fourth hand. Surya holds water lilies with two of his hands. Surya is depicted as a red man with three eyes and four arms, riding in a chariot drawn by seven mares. “Surya Namaskaram” is a special bowing method to express salutation to the Sun God (Surya Deva). It allows us to relax into our infinite self.In Astrology, the Sun, represents our conscious mind and in Hinduism, the Sun God worship considered very sacred. So imagine what chanting this mantra every day, just three times, can do! Day by day, accumulatively, it opens our receptivity, it nourishes our intuition, it offers us a moment’s respite from the endless dialogue of the lower minds. It brings us into a receptive state of consciousness, tuning us in to the intuitive messages from our body and mind. It links the finite ‘me’ with infinity.īy chanting ‘Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo’ at the start of our kundalini yoga practice, we invite our ego, our ‘lower mind’ to acquiesce, allowing our higher self, our intuition, our neutral mind and innate wisdom to take the wheel and guide us through our yoga and meditation. ![]() It connects us with the realm of Buddha/ Christ/ Guru Nanak consciousness. ‘Adi’ means ‘primal’ or ‘first’, and this mantra tunes us in to the wisdom of all those who have practised before us our teachers, our teachers’ teachers and the consciousness that holds them all. It was an extended version of how we open the space for our everyday kundalini yoga practice, and it was GLORIOUS! The first meditation we practiced at White Tantra in London last weekend was 31 minutes of chanting the Adi Mantra – Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo – sitting in easy pose with eyes closed and hands in prayer mudra. ![]()
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