as i sit and wait for the blood to slowly make it's way
down from my head,
i take a huge breath of relief.
for the first time since i read about it on
an on-line yoga page,
i was able to bend at the waist and let my
upper torso just hang there for 5 minutes
during my little yoga routine this evening.
it is a technique which helps alleviate all
of the muscles (particularly, those of the back)
that help us stand erect all day long.

for that brief moment, your back has a chance
to re-group and all of the connective tissue
(fascia) that keeps it together has a moment
to stretch and make more space for your often cramped
up muscles.

in that "moment of brevity", as my ex-co-worker, Drew, would call it,
i amazingly re-discovered focus.

in those five minutes of time, i sent my
good vibes to at least 10 people i love,
remembered a few of the things that i truly value,
and felt a sense of clarity that has evaded me
over the last few months.

it's such a blessing to have that experience
when most of my time is spent pondering the
gazillion lists of obligations and responsibilities
that i have to tackle on the daily...or
the unncertainty of my life's visions, etc. etc.


of course, it's not like my daily life is
filled with doom and gloom.
i suppose i've just been in a better place
than now.
then again, don't we always think that
no matter where we are in life?

as luck would have it,
my blood has finally made its way to the rest of me
and i can feel the weight of my body again,
especially that damn kink in my neck and
tension in my lower back.

nevertheless, it was worth the
5 minutes of stillness,
hanging there like a possum in a tree.
it's one of the few times lately
where the chaos that surrounds me
has no place in my world.

a gazillion amens to that.

til next time.