Gina is passionate about guiding you on this powerful journey! She feels that a yoga mala of 108 Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutations) is a powerful moving prayer to initiate activism and water seeds of benevolence for others. A Yoga Mala can awaken vitality and courage within you. It gives you the opportunity to see how powerful you can be when you dedicate yourself and your efforts to others!
The number's significance is open to interpretation, but 108 has long been considered a sacred number in Hinduism and yoga.
Traditionally, malas, or garlands of prayer beads, come as a string of 108 beads (plus one for the "guru bead," around which the other 108 beads turn like the planets around the sun). A mala is used for counting as you repeat a mantra - much like the Catholic rosary.
Renowned mathematicians of Vedic culture viewed 108 as a number of the wholeness of existence. This number also connects the Sun, Moon, and Earth: The average distance of the Sun and the Moon to Earth is 108 times their respective diameters. Such phenomena have given rise to many examples of ritual significance.
According to yogic tradition, there are 108 pithas, or sacred sites, throughout India. And there are also 108 Upanishads and 108 marma points, or sacred places of the body. ÐShiva Rea
Lokha Samastaha Sukhino Bhavantu
May all beings experience the blessing of great happiness and may we somehow be a part of that happiness!
Global Mala Project
