Know how Surya Namaskar can make you free from mood swings:
Surya Namaskar means to bow down to the sun in the morning. Why
is this traditional sequence of postures practiced? The sun is the life source
for this planet. In everything that you eat, drink and breathe, there is an
element of the sun. Only if you learn how to better digest the sun, internalize
it, and make it a part of your system, do you truly benefit from this process.
Generally people understand Surya Namaskar as an exercise: it
strengthens your back, your muscles, etc. Yes, it definitely does do all that
and more, but that is not the objective. Surya Namaskar is essentially about
building a dimension within you where your physical cycles are in sync with the sun’s
cycles, which run about twelve-and-a-quarter years. So it not by accident but
by intent that it has been structured with twelve postures. If your system is
in a certain level of vibrancy and readiness, and in a good state of
receptivity, then naturally your cycle will be in sync with the solar cycle.
The solar system and for the individual person, being rooted in
cyclic nature is the firmness and steadiness of life. Now, it is left to
individual human beings either to remain trapped in the cyclical, which is the
basis of stable physical existence, or to use these cycles for physical
wellbeing – to ride them and go beyond the cyclical.
It is quite a complete workout for the physical system – a
comprehensive exercise form without any need for equipment
If you are very compulsive, you will see that situations,
experiences, thoughts and emotions will be cyclical. They keep coming back to
you once in six months or eighteen months, three years or six years. If you
just look back and see, you will notice this. If they come once in over twelve
years, that means your system is in a good state of receptivity and balance.
Surya Namaskar is an important process to enable that to happen. It is quite a
complete workout for the physical system – a comprehensive exercise form
without any need for equipment. Above all, it is an important tool that
empowers human beings to break free from the compulsive cycles and patterns of
their lives. Through practice if one attains a certain level of stability and
mastery over the system, one could then be introduced to a more powerful and
spiritually significant process called Surya Kriya.
