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According to John Scott, you are Not supposed to

stay for 5 breaths in Downward Dog when doing vinyasa:

you just enter Down Dog with an exhalation, then jump

out of it with an inhalation. See pages 70-71 of

Scott's book "Ashtanga Yoga". It's only in the Sun

Salutes that you breath in & out 5 times when staying in

Downward-facing Dog.

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That's a good question. No one has ever told me

the specific reason for the 5 breaths in surya a&b

downdog. However, it seems to me that in my own practice,

the added time in these first 10 ardo mukhas is

necessary for extending into this posture. All my

connective tissue tends to travel/melt quite a distance in

this initial warm-up phase of the practice, and I

don't think the effect would be nearly as great if

there were no 5 breath hiatus between these vinyasa.

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Why 5 breaths in Downward Dog when doing the Sun

Salutes?<br><br>2 reasons come to my mind:<br><br>1. Downward Dog

is one of the most beneficial postures you can do in

hatha yoga.<br><br>2. In the Astanga Primary Series at

least (that's the only one I practise), Downward Dog as

an ASANA is not done anywhere in the sequence: it's

just a vinyasa link between the postures, which you

are not supposed to hold. That means the Sun Salutes

are the only place where you can stay in Down Dog for

a longer time.

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