Surya Namaskar: real-time advanced yoga pose recognition and correction for smart healthcare

Abstract: Nowadays, yoga has gained worldwide attention because of increasing levels of stress in the modern way of life, and there are many ways or resources to learn yoga. The word yoga means a deep connection between the mind and body. Today there is substantial Medical and scientific evidence to show that the very fundamentals of the activity of our brain, our chemistry even our genetic content can be changed by practicing different systems of yoga. Suryanamaskar, also known as salute to the sun, is a yoga practice that combines eight different forms and 12 asanas(4 asana get repeated) devoted to the Hindu Sun God, Surya. Suryanamaskar offers a number of health benefits such as strengthening muscles and helping to control blood sugar levels. Here the Mediapipe Library is used to analyze Surya namaskar situations. Standing is detected in real time with advanced software, as one performs Surya namaskar in front of the camera. The class divider identifies the form as one of the following: Pranamasana, Hasta Padasana, Hasta Uttanasana, Ashwa - Sanchalan asana, Ashtanga Namaskar, Dandasana, or Bhujangasana and Svanasana. Deep learning-based techniques(CNN) are used to develop this model with model accuracy of 98.68 percent and an accuracy score of 0.75 to detect correct yoga (Surya Namaskar ) posture. With this method, the users can practice the desired pose and can check if the pose that the person is doing is correct or not. It will help in doing all the different poses of surya namaskar correctly and increase the efficiency of the yoga practitioner. This paper describes the whole framework which is to be implemented in the model.