“i greet the god within you” (“Namasté”)

Pindasana in Sarvangasana (or embryo pose while inverted in shoulderstand pose).  (warning: pls do not execute unless part of an ashtanga yoga lesson beforehand)

   This pose decompresses the discs (for me, anyway) — for an overarched back that pinches the nerve roots. This pose goes the other way of the arch so it frees up the scrunched up rings of my spine. Here is the full pose (photo below from yogaartandscience. com): 

My lotus [that’s when you fold up the ankles to rest backward at the uppermost portion of your thigh) is not deep — my ankles hardly reach the thighs backward. Consequently, the circumference is not narrow, consequently, i cannot wrap my arms around the circumference (see photo of full pose).

 (and you know why my lotus is not deep … on account of rigid ankles — those having been used for running a lot longer than lotusing (and being injured from the running), so they’re not soft a’ awl (at all)].

    Plus, as the pose slowly relieves the million pinpricks in the lower spine, i drift away …  and do not notice the knotted shins    slowly wrapping themselves around the forehead.

   How does this pose feel (…  to me, anyway)?

    It feels like god found all the misplaced needles embedded in the middle of my lower back … then, pulled them out … all at the same time but ever so slowly that you don’t feel the presence of anything.

    The Sanskrit greeting “Namasté” is loosely translated as: “i greet the god within you”.  

    (This is sometimes revised to suit Catholic sentiments, into: “i welcome everything that is good in you”).

   i greet the god within this pose …

   and every holy creature that has taught me well.