paying attention

The time in between

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by Yaffa Maritz

While in my last yoga class, I made a special effort to follow the instructor’s directions.  I tried my best to perfect my poses, concentrating on “warrior one” and “warrior two”, moving from “hero pose” to “down facing dog”, braving the “crow pose” and gearing up for my final twist (The names of the  poses sound so funny out of  context).

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