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I learned to pretend to be a cat my first day of yoga. I didn’t want to be ca…

I learned to pretend to be a cat my first day of yoga. I didn't want to be called a cow. So funny how my sweet little ego bristled when confronted with something that sounded to it like a pejorative! As though our identity couldn't be anything we willed it to be? He hurt so badly.
Today, I'm pretending to be a very good contortionist with an absolutely infinite amount of options. It's all make-believe, afterall.
Inside of this, I'm also vowing to make a mudra, a gesture that conveys an idea, as @davidgarriguesyoga calls such things.
The idea being conveyed through this gesture? With right effort, you can feel the infinite amount of connections hidden within the universe and they all come back to a single point.
Can you see it? (I see a big ol' cow in there, too! 😂)
Saturday, November 11, 2017 · 3:55 pm
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