20th March 2024
06.00am

Practicing 108 Surya Namaskars (sun salutations) is a brilliant tonic; it's a physically tapasic practice meaning one which is saturated in discipline heat and devotion requiring lots of heart and patience. 

The Surya postures are traditionally performed as a ritual offering to the sun and more specifically the sun god Sūrya - the dispeller of darkness, the one who empowers knowledge and goodness. This ancient sequence is usually practiced a couple of times in the morning before the sunrise, finding gratitude and reverence for life quite frankly; all that the sun provides us.

Join me as we warm up together for a bright early Solstice morning to honour the return of the sun ! 
The Yoga sequence that we will repeat is made up of 10 or 12 Yoga postures which we will repeat 108 times - an auspicious number with the Hindu tradition. Our session will be broken down so that we practice two different variations of the sequence with short breaks between. There will be moments of music, silence and plenty of group energy to encourage you to persevere through the threshold of doubt. 
It will be a morning of complete reset - many practitioners have found it a deeply moving experience. 
When our practice transcends pleasure or pain maybe there is really something there for us, if we always push ourselves during our Yoga practice or always appease ourselves maybe a natural avoidance occurs and there's potential to lose connection to the heart of Yoga.