On solstices and equinoxes we do a 108 sun salutations in the yogic tradition…

On solstices and equinoxes we do a 108 sun salutations in the yogic tradition. During medaitation, when I'm silently spinning the beads on my mala, I have 108 beads before my guru bead.

But why? When one of my student's asked, I gave a few of the stock answers I knew off the top of my head (proportionate distance between the sun, most common denominators, etc).

Here's a good read.

http://www.hknet.org.nz/108meaning.html