Celebrate the sun with us and welcome summer time! Join Amarah instructors Renee and Christina for 108 Sun Salutations! Breaks will be provided.

Performing 108 sun salutations for the summer solstice is a tradition rooted in both yoga and spiritual practices, with several reasons and layers of meaning behind this choice:

1. Sacred Number 108: In many Eastern philosophies and spiritual traditions, the number 108 is considered sacred and auspicious. This number appears in various contexts, such as the 108 beads on a mala (prayer beads) in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, used for counting mantras or breaths. There are 108 Upanishads (sacred texts) in Hindu philosophy. In astrology, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is approximately 108 times the Sun's diameter, and similarly, the distance between the Earth and the Moon is roughly 108 times the Moon's diameter. 

2. Symbolic Significance: The number 108 can symbolize completeness or wholeness. It…