My First “Yes” – 10 Minutes in Prayer Pose
This morning, I spun my punishment wheel. I was still in bed, nude as usual. I sleep naked, partly out of habit, partly because the wheel includes a cold shower., Today, it landed on Prayer Pose . No hesitation. I got out of bed and onto the carpet. I knelt down, folded my body forward, chest to thighs, forehead to carpet. Arms stretched out ahead, palms flat. I didn’t execute it perfectly, my elbows were slightly bent, and my right hand fidgeted once or twice, but I stayed in it. I stayed still. The stretch in my back was immediate. Not painful, just constant. A reminder that I was holding something. That I wasn’t meant to be comfortable. I couldn’t see a timer, so I had no clue what minute I was in. I let my mind wander. Why am I doing this? What do I look like right now? That mower is loud. This is just like an MRI. The kind of thoughts that only come when you’re still, exposed, and alone. My knees weren’t together. I’m not that flexible yet. But I noticed. And I wondered i...