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VBG was interested to hear what responses I got on my question about urdhva dhanurasana yesterday. I told him what Tova thought and I told him what Hamish says — per Vanessa

Sanskrit Scholar, The British Director and I went on to have a chat about moving the hands versus moving the feet. I gave the walk-the-hands-in thing a go: definitely harder than walking the feet in. The word Tova used to describe it is perfect: “precise.” You have to be more precise when you walk in the hands. The British Director noted that she was surprised at how you have to adjust your weight into one arm in order to move the other. I was surprised, too. I mean, it’s a “duh!” realization, but nevertheless. It made me realize that I can move my feet (and consequently, my hips) without any thought — but the hands (and consequently, my shoulders) require much more, well, precision.

Maybe this is just one of those examples of how doing something other than what you are accustomed to doing brings a kind of mindfulness. You can’t just move unconsciously. Or, as I said to the The British Director, maybe it’s just nice to have something to think about while we’re suffering in urdhva dhanurasana.

As I was practicing urdhva dhanurasana this morning, VBG came over and sat on my mat and used his foot to puuuuuuush my chest to the wall. Whoa, just what I needed!

Woke up from a dream: My extended family was visiting me and The Cop. We lived in an apartment with long, matted shag rugs. For some reason, The Cop brought along his other wife. Who I never knew about. I was pretty unhappy. And then I went to present at a board meeting, where I was derided by the board, which was composed of very caustic gay men and very old-school feminists. The men cut down my presentation, and the women laughed when I told them I was flustered because I’d just discovered that my husband was a bigamist.

Geez.

“Forget this!” I thought, and got up a little early.

Practice was good. VBG was in a cheery mood; Sanskrit Scholar, The British Director and Returning Guy were there, as was a new fellow I’d never seen before. Returning Guy will be returning yet again — in March. In the interim, he’s off to India.