![]() ![]() I’ve been to India 15 times, and I go on a lot of pilgrimages, the practice of coming to a sacred spot or moving around a temple or its inner sanctum as you bring the whole body to the earth and rise again. ![]() “We know there are some Vedic ties in the current rituals of daily life in India, which include pranam (or prostration). The movements and mantras outlined in this 3,500-year-old Vedic tradition were rituals to be offered at sunrise and sunset. In particular, Namaskars were first described around 1500 BCE in the Rig Veda, the oldest collection of sacred Hindu scriptures, composed of more than one thousand hymns rich with metaphor, myth, and instruction. That means that movement meditation may have been practiced in this swath of land across northeast Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwest India around 3500 BCE, more than 5,500 years ago. ![]() The earliest archaeological evidence of yoga culture was depicted on seals of Harappan, one of the most ancient urban cultures on the Indian subcontinent. Prana Vinyasa Yoga teacher Shiva Rea brings back the transformative missing links through her six-week Master Class session, Evolution of Namaskar. But a few crucial pieces of the original custom never quite caught on in today’s mainstream practice. Talk about a throwback: Traditionalists trace the roots of modern Sun Salutations back to rituals called Namaskars performed more than 3,500 years ago. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! ![]()
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