{"id":269,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:04:28","slug":"108-posture-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Posture Awareness 108"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>The number 108<br \/>\n(1+0+8=<a href=\"?p=12054\">9<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>The Key to a<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Coherent Cosmic Resonance<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2021%20pics\/number-1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><strong><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The number 108 shows up<br \/>\nin the Sun to Earth,<br \/>\nand Earth to Moon<br \/>\ndiameter and distance relationships.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: #ffd700; font-family: Verdana; 2px;\">Buddhism &amp; Hinduism speak of<br \/>\n108 workable chakras<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Posture awareness<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4LQBC0arik\" width=\"310\" height=\"155\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Opening the Chest<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Any asana that stretches the muscles of the rib cage and expands the area around the <a href=\"?p=292\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">heart<\/span><\/a> will have the same benefits. <a href=\"?p=787\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Chest openers<\/span><\/a> keep the breath strong and vital, ward off depression, and strengthen the <a href=\"?p=923\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">immune system<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Working the Joints<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Synovial_fluid\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">synovial fluid of the joints<\/span><\/a> does not get rejuvenated unless we physically move our joints. Simple wrist, ankle, and knee circles are as effective as anything.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><strong><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Yoga for Core Strength<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Most of the sitting and <a href=\"?p=787\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">standing yoga<\/span><\/a> poses and exercises build core strength, leading to better posture awareness. With a strong core and good abdominals, someone is more likely to sit and walk straight and tall. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Yoga <a href=\"?p=178\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">breathing techniques<\/span><\/a> teach you to lengthen and deepen your breath. This increases lung capacity, elicits a relaxation response, lowers levels of stress hormones, and ushers in feelings of well-being. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">They also relieve symptoms of anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. An increase in <a href=\"?p=307\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">awareness of your body<\/span><\/a>, reduces the chances of injury.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/yoga-shoulderstand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"200\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/yoga-headstand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"73\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><strong>108 Cases of &#8216;golden&#8217; Scripture Leaves:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12186\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-sutra-fully-wrapped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12184\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dragon_sutra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Tibetan <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"?p=1112\">Dragon<\/a><\/span> Sutra, also known as the Dragon Canon or Longzangjing, is a magnificent 17thC Tibetan Buddhist canon written in sparkling gold ink on deep indigo-dyed paper. It acted as a protector of the Qing Dynasty for about 130 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12185\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dragon-sutra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"188\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">The Tibetan language Canon cases<br \/>\nare in coherent resonance with harmonic<br \/>\nwaves coming from celestial objects,<br \/>\nthat will positively affect<br \/>\nthe observers of these canons, even today.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12209\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dragon-sutra-Manchu-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"164\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Sutra in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manchu_alphabet\">Manchu language<\/a>,<br \/>\nthe language of the <a href=\"?p=1020\">Qing dynasty<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">History and Creation<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Commission<\/span>: Ordered by Grand Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang during her reign as regent of her grandson, Emperor Kangxi.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Completion<\/span>: Finished in <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">1669<\/span> (the 8th year of Kangxi&#8217;s reign, then only 16 years old). It ended the regency of his Grandmother.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Location<\/span>: Housed as a national treasure at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. (stolen from the Beijing Palace Museum)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12189\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bookwrapping-mts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Physical and Artistic Design<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Scale<\/span>: Consists of <strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">108<\/span> <\/strong>cases holding over 50,000 individual scripture leaves, written by 170 lamas over a period of 2 years.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Materials<\/span>: Written in <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"https:\/\/tibetanlanguage.school\/learn\/standard-tibetan\/unit-1\/\">Tibetan script<\/a><\/span> using real gold ink on custom indigo paper.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Binding and Art<\/span>: <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LQOkUSeLauU\">Protected by jeweled, painted wooden boards<\/a><\/span> and wrapped in elaborate multi-layered silk and velvet dragon-motif fabrics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12187\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/170-lamas-writing-in-gold-dragon-2-yrs-sutra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Contents<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Divisions<\/span>: Contains 1,057 texts divided into six main categories: Tantra, Praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101, Ratnak\u016b\u1e6da, Avata\u1e43saka, miscellaneous S\u016btra, and Vinaya. Click <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/story\/AgWhkYFNRwlZKg?hl=zh-\">here<\/a> <\/span>for images.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Illustrations<\/span>: Features hundreds of <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dRHjWYO52bM\">finely painted colored images of Buddhas<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"?p=1038\">bodhisattvas<\/a><\/span>, and protective deities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12188\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/page-of-dr-sutra-bk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"?p=764\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number 108 (1+0+8=9) The Key to a Coherent Cosmic Resonance: The number 108 shows up in the Sun to Earth, and Earth to Moon diameter and distance relationships. 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