Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutation the king of Yoga poses. The ancient yogis taught that the different parts of the body are governed by different devas or divine impulses of light the best yoga exercise or pose to energise these impulses.
The masters of the ancient forms of yoga kundalini yoga and Hatha both propounded that the Surya Namaskar is the most complete body workout.
Doing 12 sets of the Sun Salutation in a span of 15 minutes translates into doing 288 powerful yoga asanas.
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