Evening yoga

Vacation goals. One of mine was to take individual yoga lessons. My intention at the beginning was "not to have a seizure" afterward. Two sessions: intention realized! My third session is tonight. My intention will include something "more positive." Yay!

Now I have learned

Some

About evening yoga practice.

I’m sure I will not use

The correct language.

This is not my area

Of expertise.

I have learned enough

That I may well continue

When I arrive home.

In my own way

I will do the stretches:

The starfish

The baby cobra

The cobra.

Being me

I will probably make up

A few names

And laugh.

Inch by inch

My husband and I work out twice a week.  We often see the same people at the fitness center. It is often easier to note someone else*s progress than notice our own.  Sometimes I want to stand in the middle of the fitness center and cheer on particular people, like this man who is progressing by inches. Inspiration comes from so many places.

The man inches out the elevator door,

His walker creeps in front of him.

This morning

He wears a red baseball cap

On his head.

On Tuesday he set a goal

To keep his feet straight.

This morning his left foot

Is considerably straighter.

He is proud and walks his pride

In inches,

Straight inches.

This morning he walks

The circumference

Of the gym,

The other men play basketball

In the middle.

This morning he celebrates

His left foot.

He encourages the right

to move straighter

Inch by inch.