Day 7 - Greet the New Year - Standing and Floor session
Start the new year with a dynamic sun salutation. Let's get the body moving, the heart pumping, and start the new year on a high!
There are two versions of this session. This page contains the files related to a standing and floor session. If you prefer to use a chair, see Day 7 - Greet the New Year - Standing and Chair Session.
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Audio files
This session contains two audio files:
The first audio file guides you through one round of the sun salutation: half a round slow and meditative, the second half slightly quicker.
The second audio file is for those who are familiar with the poses. Key actions or poses are named to guide you through three quick rounds of the sun salutation.
Greet the New Year
Transcript for Greet the New Year (PDF 0.6MB)
Audio file for Greet the New Year (MP3 7.5MB)
Sun salutation rounds
Transcript for sun salutation rounds (PDF 0.5MB)
Audio file for sun salutation rounds (MP3 3.1MB)
Video
Summary of Poses
- Starting position: Mountain
- Positions 1 & 12: Prayer pose
- Positions 2 & 11: Upward salute
- Positions 3 & 10: Standing forward bend
- Positions 4 & 9: Low lunge
- Positions 5 & 8: Downward-facing dog
- Positions 6: Caterpillar
- Positions 7: Cobra
- Rest position: Shavasana
Poses, Modifications, and Alternative Poses (PDF 1.8MB)
Download session
Day 7 - Greet the New Year - Standing and Floor Poses files (ZIP 19.7 MB)