Inchworm

This reflection was inspired by my struggle with a particular pose in the Sun Salutation sequence in yoga.  I learned this name "Inchworm" for this posture and have been trying to focus on improving that step (not always successfully--it's still more frequently a flop than a posture).  However I think I am actually stretching, practicing, truly inching into it.

Inchworm 

     Slow, steady progress

     inch by inch

     know your direction intention

     Go slow but go

     Crawling is a humble path

     the way beautiful babies begin

     and humble creatures remain

     Slow, steady progress

     when learning perhaps not an inch

     maybe only half at a time

     learn how

     choose when and where

     go humbly,  faithfully

     inch by inch