New Downdog, A Drishti Yoga Haiku

I made a small shift
Moved my gaze two or three feet
It changed everything

Yearning, A Down Dog Yoga Haiku

Heels reach for the ground.
No matter how much they yearn,
they’ll never get there

Knee, A Yoga Haiku about Perspective

In down dog I look
and I see my mother’s knees
upside down and mine

My Dog is Down

My dog, she likes to do the yoga.

Giddy Yoga

When I first started doing yoga, I’d come back from class beaming: I did crow pose! I did handstand!

Fifteen years later I’m just as excited, but my achievements are a little more subtle. I get all excited when I figure out something like: if I pull my shoulder into the socket in warrior one, I can more easily square my hips, or if I come up into downward dog from child pose I won’t pinch my neck and shoulders.

I may not be on my way to circus yoga, but I’m just as giddy.