108 sun salutations for summer solstice

During the summer solstice, yogis worldwide practice 108 sun salutations. Summer solstice is the longest day of the year and therefore a time of honoring the earth and the sun’s blessing of warmth and light 🔥

What’s the plan?

We take our mats to the Euromastpark to use the last two hours of sun on the longest day of the year for our 108 sun salutations.

As the summer solstice marks the start of a new season too, it is also a beautiful moment to start something new or let go of something you no longer need. We, therefore, start the session by setting an intention and room to share this intention with the others.

But why 108?

📿 108 refers to spiritual completion. That’s why malas have 108 beads, mantras are often repeated 108 times, and pranayama exercises are often repeated in 108 cycles. Repeating the sun salutation 108 times therefore represents a journey from our material self toward our highest spiritual self.

🌿 According to Ayurveda, we have 108 marma points in our body. Marma points are ‘doors’ through where prana enters the physical body. The seven chakras are examples of significant marma points.

🪷 It is said, that if you’re so calm that you can only breathe 108 times a day, you’ll achieve enlightenment (good luck with that one!).

Am I fit enough?

If 108 sun salutations sound intimidating to you, don’t worry! We start with a solid warmup. We slowly build up the sun salutations, offering modifications to assure this practice is suitable for everybody. The session is divided into 4 sets of 27 sun salutations with a short rest in between 🌿

We end the session with a cup of tea and a view over the setting sun 🍵

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