Surya Namaskar constitutes 12 powerful yoga postures. It is an ancient technique of paying respects to the sun and is best done early in the morning. it is a form of expressing gratitude to the Sun which is the source of all life on earth. Sun Salutations move the body in all directions, it helps to clear the energy pathways. It is a gracefully linked sequence of poses and each movement touches at least one of the chakras. It helps to invigorate the body while creating space.
With each posture, a particular mantra is chanted. like
"om military Namah, om ravye namah, om suryay namah" and so on..
which are different names of the sun god.
The postures are a right blend of warm-ups and asanas