coach's note:
do 108 SUN SALUTES TOMORROW NIGHT
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" Mahatma Ghandi
HP Yogi's can crank off rounds of either Series A or Series A-Modified as described in my TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION BOOK, pages; beginning on page 87. DO NOT HURT YOURSELF! REST when you need to rest! THIS IS HARD!!
The Global Mala Project (www.globalmala.org) seeks to unite the global yoga community and form a human "mala around the earth," as people practice yoga in cycles of 108.
Over 35 countries, hundreds of yoga studios and thousands of yoga practitioners will participate, raising funds and awareness for some of the most essential issues of our times such as global warming and youth aids.
Steve Ilg's HIGH PERFORMANCE Yoga is part of a worldwide yoga practice in which yoga communities across the world will simultaneously form a mala, or prayer, around the earth by performing various versions of 108 sun salutations.
If possible, coach ilg suggests a donation of $5.00 be Gifted to the nonprofits warchild.org and/or youthaids.org
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THE NUMBER 108
The number 108 carries spiritual, mathematical, and astronomical significance:
108 is the number of names for Shiva in Hindu philosophy.
108 is the number of Upanishads comprising Indian philosophy's Vedic texts (depending on how you count).
108 is used in Islam to refer to God.
108 is six times the number "18" which is a Jewish good luck number.
108 is the number of names for Buddha.
108 is the number of beads on a Catholic rosary.
108 is twice the number "54", which is the number of sounds in Sanskrit.
108 lines of energy are said to converge to form the heart chakra.
108 has numerological significance in that 1^1 x 2^2 x 3^3 = 1 x 4 x 27 = 108.
The diameter of the sun is approximately 108 times the diameter of the earth.
