I’m on a sun salutation (or surya namaskar) theme lately. I came across these videos from Amber Karnes of Body Positive Yoga. I’ve previously highlighted alternatives and adaptations to sun salutations to avoid putting weight on your hands and arms. Amber offers three more variations each incorporating different tools to make it that little bit easier:

Seated sun salutations
Sun salutations with a chair
These aren’t seated but use the chair for the hands as alternative to bringing your hands all the way to the floor.
Sun salutations without coming to hands and knees
This variation uses two blocks for your hands.

Also see her blog post and video on Sun Salutation modifications for plus size bodies. This video breaks down the different parts of the sun salutation and offers a range of options for each of those parts.

More sun salutation variations to avoid or reduce weight on your upper body

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