Paschimottanasana 6
(Pictured: BKS Iyengar)
By: Leza Lowitz
From: Yoga Poems: Lines to Unfold By
“If I learn the truth in the evening
I can die in the morning,
Confucius said.
But which evening?
Which morning?
Which truth?
If I die in the morning
will I be reborn
in the evening?
If the truth I learn turns out
to be a lie,
do I get to live anyway?
If the lie I learn
turns out to be the truth
and I am already dead
where does that leave me
tonight and tomorrow?
Nothing to do but surrender.
Whatever thought you just had…
the teacher says in the midst of
the pose,
…name it.”