On the way home from work, I pass the runners doing their post-work thing by the creek trail. I watch the ponytails swing and the sweat drip. It looks delicious. But I try not to long for this. I can’t. Not with a broken toe.
It is Monday night, and YaYa is off doing some volunteering at a local charity. He won’t be home for hours. It would be the perfect opportunity to attend the hot vinyasa for it is my favorite yoga class. Ah, but I CAN’T.
I can’t do much these days. But there are some things that I CAN do. I can now do child’s pose, get into a shortened downward facing dog, stand on my head, and do many of the arm balances that I love. It’s something; it’s just not enough to be able to attend a class. My pace is slow and my practice abbreviated.
Yet, I do my best to give thanks for what I can do and let go of the disappointment of all that I am missing.
My mission towards grasshopper pose began after seeing the foundation of the pose in one of the photos I’d taken of the Vinyasa class. It seemed so clear to me on how to get there, I gave it go. From chair pose, I lifted my right leg and placed it across the top of my left leg (figure four), put my hands together in anjali mudra (prayer) and made the connection with the sole of my foot and my right upper arm. I was there. The foundation was set.