Why do 108 Sun Salutations on January 1st, the day after one of the biggest celebratory nights of the year? The challenge! Yes, of course! If you can last through 108 rounds of sweatied sun saluting following a night of partying to the wee hours, you can certainly take on anything life throws at you the entire year!

Besides, you know all those terrible things you did in 2010? Here’s your chance for penance before you repeat all those terrible things in 2011. Just kidding! But honestly, if you’ve ever participated in the yogi marathon of Surya Namaskars, you might agree it’s as close to a retributional act as they come, and for this particular yogadork, 108 rounds of anything the day after New Year’s merrymaking is like running a 25K after St Patrick’s Day, barefoot, on your hands. And I’m part Irish.

I entered Yoga High the site of my self-imposed tapas, with gloves off, sidled up next to my fellow yogi warriors closely packed in on either side. Clearly, I was not the only yogi with dogged determination. Everyone had their games faces on. We can do this. It’s the start of a new year. New opportunities! New challenges! 108 Sun Salutes can’t be that bad.

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