Upavistha Konasana--Revolved Seated Angle Posture
At the reptile house I watched
with curiosity a two-headed
black snake, one head straining
to the left, the other straight,
a strategy that failed.
In this pose, each leg
stretches its own way,
parsing space like calipers,
and yet the spine, braided through
with thorns, becomes a stem
to hold all wayward parts
in check. I bow forward, pale
bloom bending in a breeze,
to honor each in turn.
2 comments:
Hmm. Like this series, Robbi. A good idea.
Thanks Marly. There are 15 asanas in the series. If I can write them all, I may publish them myself; I think the yoga people I know would buy enough to cover the costs, and perhaps more. If there were profits, I would give them to Mr. Iyengar's charity project. He's the guru who made up the series and created the kind of yoga I do. He trained my teachers' teachers.
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