Twists and Turns

Starting on my birthday, I had the anti-birthday treat: juice fasting rather than cake. However, this (or perhaps my belief that I am getting younger actually kicked-in in reality) initiated a week now of detoxification (except for the drunken escapades of last Friday). In yoga, twisting poses are greatly detoxifying. My discovery is that it goes both ways. Since my detox birthday, (I sound like an addict, which I am not) my twists in yoga have deepened exponentially. It is a beautiful thing to find new levels of challenge and understanding -- physically and spiritually. Perhaps the addictive quality of yoga is that you know, even when in the midst of a plateau, that if you stick with it long enough, your will find your plateau has risen to heightens previously unimagined. Moreover, opening of new opportunities in other areas of my life usually parallels the breaking of barriers in my asana practice. Namaste.