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Summary: Close the salute when saluting the sun in yoga. Learn how to close the salute in Surya Namaskara, a sequence of Hatha yoga asanas, in this free video on fitness and meditation.
Ceci Lester studied with certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher Wayne Krassner and with Kundalini Yoga instructor Amrit Levinson of Vitality Wellness. She practiced body work as a LMT since...read more
"We actually finish the salute in the same way that we started. You are just coming back the same that you finish any sense salute. So you could come back really strong or you can come back really soft. However hard you worked in that sun salute. How many things you put in is going to really, you know say how you are going to come back. So the last position we did was down dog. So I am going to let her come back as if she was really really had worked hard and she needed to take a little break. So what she would do is for down dog. She would come to her knees. Step the right foot all the way between the hands. If we would had been working on the right side that would be an inhale. Stepping the left foot forward an exhale. She would come back all the way up to standing. Inhale and exhale back to zero. Now if you were still at the beginning and still feeling really strong you would come back really strong."
eHow Article: Sun Salutation Yoga: Closing the Salute