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The purrfect pose

By ⋅ September 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The prac­tice of the Surya Namaskar touches all aspects : body, mind and soul. I par­tic­u­larly like this exer­cise as it’s a great way to stretch parts of the body which nor­mally don’t get much action. :-p

Some visu­als that show the steps.

So appar­ently, we use only 35 to 40% of mus­cles in daily activ­i­ties. The rest of the mus­cles remain inac­tive. The Surya Namaskar is a phys­i­cal exer­cise where almost 95% to 97% of your mus­cles are switched on to active mode.

Some ben­e­fits:
– Elim­i­nates unpleas­ant smells from the body.
– Lends grace and ease of move­ments to the body.
– Revives and main­tains the spirit of youth­ful­ness.
– Broad­ens chest and beau­ti­fies arms.
– Makes the spine and waist flex­i­ble.
– Pro­duces health, strength, effi­ciency and longevity.

Need any­more rea­sons to start your daily dose?

And if you’re won­der­ing how cats main­tain their feline grace, here’s an exam­ple of Kit Kit doing her bit of the namaskar!

The surya namaskar

Discussion

5 Responses to “The purrfect pose”

  1. I com­pletely agree with u!! I’ve been doing yoga for 1.5yrs and I’ve derived IMMENSE ben­e­fits thru it!!

    The best part is suryanam­skars can be used for dif­fer­ent purposes.Doing it slow and hold­ing each pose for long builds flexibility/strength whereas doing it fast is a good car­dio work­out. Doing 108 builds the stamina :)

    Posted by Pratima | September 27, 2009, 3:00 pm

  2. Hi Kit-Kit
    You rock!

    Posted by Lubna | September 27, 2009, 3:39 pm

  3. Kit kit has grown cute. last time I’d seen her photo was about an year ago I guess.

    Posted by Shrinidhi Hande | September 27, 2009, 3:48 pm

  4. Kit kit is damn cute :) And i never thought of this aspect of cat stretches :D

    Posted by Aathira | September 27, 2009, 8:32 pm

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    Posted by Nikhil | October 2, 2009, 3:07 pm

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