II Hari Om II
Why is doing 108 Surya Namaskar's so important in a Yogi / Yogini's life ? I always kept wondering to myself till we decided to achieve this on our Yoga Therapy course.
It so happenned, the 3 of us, Crazyoginis, one fine night just decided to wake up earlier than the bell & start working our way towards 108 SNs. The ashram bell rings at 5 am, we decided to wake up at 4 & practise at 0430 am.
Yes, we did wake up & practised 54 SNs, as we had decided to take it slow & easy. We had one more partner Yogi, Ivan, who was the seniormost by age ( I wont reveal his age !) but the youngest at stamina :)
We took 45 minutes to complete 54 SNs with a 5 minute Shavasana in between. At the end it did feel extremely nice.The next night we decided to try & go closer to 108. With this Sankalpa the following morning, we started our practise of SNs and at 54 decided to go for another 54 SNs after taking a 5 minute Shavasana. We did this in approx 55 minutes feeling xtremely breathless and a leaky nose but still superb.
The next few mornings we had more Yogini's - T from Singapore, Neha from Dubai, Raakhee from UK, Leslie from Scotland ( I think am missing 1 more person, somebody pls help me). And Wow how the energy changed & charged ! We also named ourselves the 108 Gang.
We achieved 108 Surya Namaskar's in 45 minutes with a 5 minute shavasana, the next morning in 40 minutes & the following mornings in 35 & 30 minutes, of course the 5 minutes Shavasana was non-negotiable ! The practise had become so effortless, we actually thought of increasing the number to 150, but didnt.
On completion, it was a feeling of exhileration, openness & lightness of body & mind !! Our bodies felt sooo flexible after this. Not to forget the joy of pracitsing it together.. I personally think it was only achieved because of the energies of all of us together, there was no pressure to perform, nobody was judged, we were fully relaxed (though a very tiny bit of breathless & my leaky nose ) & we could quit anytime, of course non of us did. I was humbled with this experience.
So thanks to all my Yogini's & the only Yogi from the 108 Gang at the ashram for helping me achieve this personal milestone. It has a big significance in my yogic life. I seriously think all those who walk on the path of Yog should atleast once try & attempt this glory of 108 SNs !
Om
On returning to the city life, have been able to do this only once but want to make it a regular pracitse. Hope my crazyoginis parters help me to get back to this...
II Om Shanti II
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