I am not a big fan of exercise. But make it spiritual exercise like Tibetan yoga or prostrations and suddenly I am all for it. I’ve recently started a Tibetan practice of 100,000 prostrations. I do it while reciting the Bodhisattva vow. I found that 12 prostrations in the morning as part of my daily practice is the number that works best for me, so it will take me around 23 years (I’ll be 63) to complete it 🙂 Hat off to Tibetans who do it in a couple of days while also doing full body prostrations.

Since every sentient being has Buddha Nature, bowing to any person can be thought of as bowing to the Buddha Nature in all of us.

In Tibetan, the word prostration is translated as chak tsal. Chak means to “sweep away” harmful actions and obscurations. Tsal means we receive the blessings of an enlightened body, speech and mind.