{"id":16196,"date":"2022-12-28T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T11:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/?p=16196"},"modified":"2022-12-28T11:40:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T11:40:04","slug":"why-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/2022\/12\/28\/why-108\/","title":{"rendered":"Why 108?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The fascinating magic of number 108<\/h1>\n<p>On the 22th of December 2022, which coincided with the winter solstice, I held a charity action in favour of <a title=\"Ever'y Cat\" href=\"https:\/\/everycat.be\/\"><strong>the NPO Ever&#8217;y Cat,<\/strong><\/a> which is a Brussels-based NPO whose volunteer staff catches stray cats and gives them a better life in 4 Brussels municipalities, specifically: 1140 Evere, 1030 Schaarbeek, 1130 Haren and 1000 Brussels.<br \/>\nYou can get a clear picture of exactly how they work on their webpage.<\/p>\n<p>The action itself consisted of consecutively performing 108 sun salutations. Therefore it was akin to a &#8220;yoga marathon&#8221;, as crooked as that sounds. The action could be followed via social media platform Facebook and also attended via Zoom.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Why108_02_1200_530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Why108_02_1200_530-1024x452.jpg\" alt=\"Picture showing 2 phases of sun salutation\" width=\"604\" height=\"267\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Why108_02_1200_530-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Why108_02_1200_530-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Why108_02_1200_530-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Why108_02_1200_530.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Why the sun salutation?<\/h2>\n<p>The sun salutation is pre-eminently a dynamic yoga exercise that puts a lot of energy in motion, energy that you can then spiritually direct towards a particular goal, in this case: the solidarity action with Ever&#8217;y Cat. The material precipitation of that energy is ultimately the money we collected, which is donated to the ASBL.<br \/>\n<strong>People also asked why exactly I did 108 sun salutations and not any other number.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What is the symbolic meaning of 108 ?<\/h2>\n<p>For a more detailed understanding and a concise summary of the symbolism and mystery of 108, I got clear information from <a title=\"Susan Hopkinson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nurturingtransformation.com\/?v=d3dcf429c679\">professional astrologer and yoga therapist <strong>Susan Hopkinson.<\/strong><\/a> And this is what it boils down to:<br \/>\nThe number 108 consists of three digits, each of which already has a special meaning in number science or numerology and in many esoteric philosophies of East and West:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the 1 represents the all or &#8220;completeness&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>the 0 represents nothingness or the absence of energy, matter or existence: the &#8220;void&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>and the 8 in turn represents infinity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you add 1 + 0 + 8 together, you arrive at the number 9.<br \/>\nNow, if you divide 108 by two, and then add the digits of the fraction again, you get 9 again.<br \/>\nSome examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>108\/2 = 54 and 5 + 4 = 9<\/li>\n<li>108\/4 = 27 and 2 + 7 = 9<\/li>\n<li>or: 108\/8 = 13.5 and 1 + 3 + 5 = 9<\/li>\n<li>etcetera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Writers devoted entire volumes to the number 108.<br \/>\n9 Is considered a mysterious number in numerology, and it is said to &#8220;contain all teachings&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Wherein lies the peculiarity of the number 9 ?<\/h2>\n<p>An example:<br \/>\nIf you add to 9 another digit, you obtain a new number.<br \/>\nNow, if you add all the digits of that new number again, you get back the original digit. As if the 9 is capable of performing a great disappearing act.<br \/>\nSome examples here too:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9 + 5 = 14 and 1 + 4 = 5<\/li>\n<li>9 + 8 = 17 and 1 + 7 = 8<\/li>\n<li>or : 9 + 1 = 10 and 1 + 0 = 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How much did the action bring in?<\/h2>\n<p>Believe it or not, <strong>the action for Ever&#8217;y Cat raised 216.00 euros.<\/strong> That = 2 x 108. So each sun salutation raised 2.00 euros!<\/p>\n<p>The money has been transferred in full to Ever&#8217;y Cat.<br \/>\nMany thanks to everyone who made a donation.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more about yoga and yoga classes in Schaerbeek:<\/h2>\n<p>Check out our yoga classes here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"yk-blue_btn\" title=\"Yoga classes\" href=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/yoga-classes\/\">View our full range of yoga classes<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Read more about plant-based nutrition and health:<\/h2>\n<p>Check out more articles about nutrition, health and plant-based foods:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"yk-green_btn\" title=\"Read more about plant-based food\" href=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/blog\/\">Read more about plant-based food<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fascinating magic of number 108 On the 22th of December 2022, which coincided with the winter solstice, I held a charity action in favour of the NPO Ever&#8217;y Cat, which is a Brussels-based NPO whose volunteer staff catches stray cats and gives them a better life in 4 Brussels municipalities, specifically: 1140 Evere, 1030 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/2022\/12\/28\/why-108\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why 108?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[126,125,75],"class_list":["post-16196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yoga","tag-126","tag-sun-salutation","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16202,"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16196\/revisions\/16202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}