DAILY Torpid heat closes Buddha’s eyes,
His immutability facing mine.
Our low force of gravity matching,
Inscrutable selves fleshed-out
In long grasses.
Only breath shuttles between
Back and forth prayers
Asking release,
Wishing wings, not weight
Not the dense, hopeless wasteland
Of unalterable law
Unanswered desire.
Rather, redemption
In wings of dragonfly/butterfly/moth.
The Red Hawk’s scream soaring
Above cadenced Cicadas.
Life rising and falling on the heat
In a fever to live
If only a single season.
This, this transmutes
Unalterable laws, unanswered desires.
Asana: Baddha Konasana/Cobbler’s Pose. Sit on the floor, drawing the feet closely into the groin, soles together, knees on, or toward floor. Lengthen spine, and gaze ahead, or close eyes. Hands can rest on knees, or come into any mudra desired.
Health Notes: This is a calming, restorative pose, wonderful for meditation, and Pranayama. It is also beneficial for relieving sciatica, and urinary disorders, as blood is stimulated to flow easily to kidneys, bladder, ovaries, and prostate. It helps prevent hernia, assists when there is irregular menses, and eases pain of childbirth, if practiced regularly beforehand. It also helps prevent varicose veins in a pregnancy.
Astrologly Notes: Leos, and/or those with strong Leo energy, have powerful physical hearts and therefore usually strong constitutions. It is the emotions of the heart that unbalance Leos. This energy is all too easily hurt by not feeling appreciated, or loved enough. Sitting in Baddha Konasana, taking time to appreciate oneself, to feel loved by the Universe in simply being, is an antidote to Leo dis-ease.
Ayurvedic Notes: Charaka, an ancient Indian physician and sage who codified Ayurveda principles and practices, wrote thousands of years ago: “One who wishes to protect the heart, circulatory system and vital essence should avoid, above all else, those causes leading to mental stress and instability….”
Sitting still in Pitta’s hot territory is always a wonderful way of bringing balance, whether you are Leo, of Pitta Dosha, or simply living a modern life.
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