The Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series

Every Ashtanga practice, no matter the series, begins with 5 repetitions of surya namaskara A.

Surya Namaskara A begins and ends with Samasthitiḥ. You’ll also come back to it throughout the standing series.

Raising the arms overhead begins the art of vinyasa, that is the body’s form being led and informed by the breath.

Now you get to move into all that space you created in ekam.

After moving inwards, we get a glimpse of what it feels like to start unraveling the spine.

The first of many “in between moments”. How we move from place to place matters.