That's how many Sun Salutations, or Surya Namaskar A cycles, we went through last night at Fresh Yoga in New Haven.
It was really nice - a full house (40 or so), a nice studio. They had the floor taped up into 4 rows, which sort of explains Peg's "line up the mats" directives at times at WHY (it does make it easier to but bodies into the space).
I had no idea how I would do with 108 straight sun salutations - they were in 4 cycles of 27, with a brief rest in between - time for a mat adjustment, a quick sip of water, a swipe with the towel, as Peg read a short invocation. Then off again. We ended right around midnight, and did a sea of oms (9 chants, but it was pretty continuous once we all got going) to close as the clock ticked over. I was headed home by 12:05 and walked in the door around 12:50.
I did find it funny that the row of 4 guys in the front were pretty consistently 1/2 cycle ahead of everyone else. Just a sort of "isn't that interesting" moment. Without the visual cues of the leader (who was to their right, not line of sight) they oved to their own, slightly more vigorous rhythms.
I popped a couple of ibuprofens last night to calm down the body, but I'm up and at 'em this morning. Headed over to WHY for Barbara's usual holiday class - which I expect to be packed and deep. Friends are coming over this afternoon for early dinner (Zippy has been talking up a fish / leek soup for a while) and I'm gonna go see if I can rent something entertaining and amusing - Simpson's Movie perhaps.....
Happy 2008 everyone. Hope its a safe one, a more peaceful one, and a year of growth and enlightenment for all.
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