108 Sun Salutations is a sacred practice that invites us to open ourselves to receive this light, that is why it is an empowering and transformative experience.
Benefits: Creates an internal heat that cleanses and detoxifies your body. Floods the nervous system with solar energy, balancing emotions. It is a surrendering practice to your breath, traveling through different inner and outer challenges. Allowing your inner intuition to guide you through the movement. Creates upward energy in the body known as Prana.
Why 108: There are many meanings in many traditions but in Yoga: 108 is the number that represents the wholeness of existence. 108 lines that converge the heart centre. In the Sanskrit alphabet: 54 female letters + 54 male letters. 108 Marma point in the body (Sacred places of the body).108 Nadis (energetic channels in the energy body - Pranayama Kosha)