Tuesday poem - Yoga

Stretch and breathe

Inhale

Exhale

And relax into the move

Let the world's worries slide off your downward dog

As lift your tailbone

Start the Sun A with a beautiful flowing bend

Then move sinuously into half plank, down dog, up dog

Don't forget to breathe

In through the nose

And exhale through the mouth

Jump your feet forward

Stand up to chair

And wrap left under right for eagle

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Wait, what?

If you, like me, have been looking for some movement

Then a bit of yoga might seem like the best thing to do

It's gentle and flowing and calming and lovely

Until suddenly you're wrapped up like a pretzel

And the only reason you are holding your toes

Is because your children saw an opportunity to 'help'

Breathe in, breathe out

Try to let go of some of that other

It's never too late to bend and stretch

It must be doing something

Because I'll be back again tomorrow

Claire Buss is a multi-genre author and poet, completely addicted to cake. Find all her books on Amazon. Join the discussion in her Facebook group Buss's Book Stop.