I did it. I finished my 108 sun salutations. It went pretty well, I think. I'd say it took me less than an hour. I only did Surya Namaskar A, but I did mix it up between jumping and stepping back to plank. I also switched off between cobra and upward facing dog. And then I did have to drop my knees to do bow instead of a full chatturanga from time to time.
After 20 sun salutations...I was still feeling pretty good. Full chatturangas and jumps all the way. I was warm enough to lose my sweatshirt.
By 30 sun salutations...I was starting to feel like it wasn't going to be quite so easy to finish them all. I had to switch to stepping back to plank and forward to stand up again.
By 50 sun salutations...I was over the stepping. It seemed like I kept accidentally dragging one foot or the other along the mat. Annoying! I felt more energetic and went back to just jumping. It didn't seem like that was taking much more effort. I did however give up on doing full chatturangas. I did lots of bows with a few chatturangas mixed in.
I also did a lot more cobra than upward facing dog.
By 75 sun salutations...I started feeling pretty good again. It felt really smooth. Bow to cobra felt like exactly what I needed to do, like the most natural movement I could be doing right then.
And from 90 to 108...it just felt good. I was shakey. I was tired. But I was happy. I finished strong with full, fluid chatturangas to upward facing dogs. I could see the sun out the window; 108 sun salutations were the perfect way to greet the sun on the longest day of the year.
And today...I can sure feel it. My arms, my hamstrings...woohoo, they remember the solstice celebration!
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still can not believe you did 108 - I would be dying at 50....but now I may have to see what my breaking point is.
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