This is the only case where 20 must be greater than 120. I mean 20 minutes of yoga everyday is way better than 2 hours of yoga once a week. Keeping 20 minutes aside to move the joints of the hips, knees, shoulders, ankles, spine makes a big difference for me. Until a year back, I would always go for intensity and the sweat. Now I realize I cannot keep 2 hours aside if I work full time and have  a meaningful yoga practice. Sometimes, I cannot even take one hour for yoga, either it is a goof up with the alarm clock or the day is really tight. I have noticed that I can always find 20 minutes.

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In the west, Surya namaskars are generally associated with building heat and sweat. If you want a sweaty class, just add in some Surya namaskars at the beginning, is what I was told. This probably was one of the reasons that I did not like Surya namaskars apart from the fact I could not do a Chaturanga before. I used to think, if I need to sweat, I could easily run up and down the hills of SF. This was quite unsettling as I always felt there was more to this.

Then I ended up at KYM, where one can find the real explanation to all things Yoga. One of my teachers at KYM mentioned that Surya namaskar is a complete exercise. (more…)