Here's another purpose: health.

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I lean towards a no-medicine approach. I think it puts me in control.

Also, in general, as regards how-to type information, I think descriptions of how someone did something are the most effective vehicle.

So, this morning, after I got up and did a few things, I felt sort of, well, icky. Actually, there was a tightness around my heart.

This reminded me to do some yoga. I felt impatient, though. After a moment's consideration, I decided to do just a little.

I did just a little, and very easy: half triangles. My whole routine lasted about two minutes. I just did the forward triangle, half way, in each direction.

I did concentrate on being meditative, and doing the movements and possitions elegantly and completely.

To do the pose elegantly, I just thought about what elegance feels like, and asked for assistance from Apolo.

Doing the pose completely means bringing the parts of the body towards alignment with the ultimate expression of the pose. In this case, arms are extended cleanly in each direction, legs are straight as arrows, hips and chest face precisely forward in a smooth plane, and head is turned to look squarely at the palm of the trailing hand. (There must be a yoga reference where you can look up the details of Triangle, I would think.)


Also, my feeling about yoga is that you assume the pose, then breathe ... not, I would say, "deeply" ... because that depends ... but "deliberately." In fact, in a sense, the nature of the breath should be "normal." The idea is to breath. The in and out breath interacts with the pose to create the therapeutic effect, deep in the body.

And, indeed, I felt greatly refreshed, after my little bit of exercise.