Get to know your tree

A student once asked me how she could improve her balance poses particularly Vrksasana or Tree Pose. 

“I keep falling over,” she said. 

I asked her, “When you are in Vrksasana, what kind of tree are you? What are your branches like, your leaves? Do you provide shade for a weary pilgrim or a cow? How exactly do you sway when the monsoon winds pregnant with water droplets appear from the south?”

Get to know your tree and over time its roots will take hold. 

Get to know your yogasanas, slow yoga postures, with acceptance, understanding, and humor. Your breath and your imagination are your allies in this endeavor. 

There is no way to fail in slow yoga. Remember this! 

Peace and Love,

Slowly,

Abhay