 Hello, and welcome to this very simple Sun Salutations practice here on Gnostic TV. I'm so, so happy that you clicked on this video. The Sun Salutations are a key element of the traditional yoga practice. In Sanskrit, this is said as Surya Namaskar. Many people in the Western world confuse the Sun Salutations. They believe that the Sun Salutations are a form of sun worship, but that is not true. The Sun is basically an emblem, a symbol, or a mascot for the pranic energy within the human body. The pranic energy, or the chi, is the life force within the human body, and Namaskar, or Namaste, is basically just a greeting. So Surya Namaskar basically translates into warming up the body, creating life force friction sweat in the body. In the traditional workings of yoga, we have Surya Namaskar A and Surya Namaskar B. In Surya Namaskar A, there are nine vinyasas. In Surya Namaskar B, there are 17 vinyasas. Vinyasa basically means a choreographed movement with breath, an on-purpose movement with breath. The inhalation is correlated directly to the pranic arising energy, the sun energy of the body, as the exhalation is correlated to the aponic or lowering energy in the body. We will do a video very soon on this series where we explain all of this in great detail, the energy that you're working with, the pranic, the aponic, the hatha energy that is working within the body that you are actually juggling within physical exercise. Now, as always, please, please, please be very careful, please speak to your doctor before you're doing this or any other exercise routine. In my opinion, the sun salutations are some of the greatest exercises that we can do. Sun salutations themselves can be their own workout, their own practice. However, I tend to use them if I'm not doing my Phalaunashtanga practice that day. I tend to use sun salutations as my warm-up. If I'm doing a bar class or a movement class, I always start with the sun salutations because there's such an incredible way to really, really warm the body up. But again, if you're new to exercise, this can be your just your own workout for this day. And again, be easy on yourself, watch your mind. When your mind gets frustrated, just observe it, acknowledge it and try to stay. Try to go a little bit further. If you have any questions about the sun salutations or any other topic in this series, please feel free to reach out to me at GnosticTVBrice at gmail.com. I hope you guys have a wonderful, wonderful practice. To watch this show and get access to all shows on the GnosticTV network, just click the link in the description below.