So I joined Dr. Weil's e-group the other day in a fleeting moment of concern for my health, and now he sends me nice recipes and yoga postures to try. I just got the second yoga posture yesterday, and it was announced as the one of the most challenging. My first thought was that Dr. Weil was on crack, because the first pose he sent me, downward facing dog, is absolutely impossible. Seriously, my butt stuck in the air and I had no clue what the directions intended for me to do to get in the same shape as the girl in the picture. I may even have pulled something. So how am I, who hasn't even gotten to develop my skills by practising the first pose, suppose to be able to master the most challenging pose? However, it turns out that despite my inability to do the downward facing dog, I am able to do the most challenging, and I feel a deep sense of inner satisfaction, as though all my lifetimes of spiritual seeking have paid off, because I have been doing the pose my entire life. Clearly, I am going to be realized any day now. This is a sign.

The Corpse Pose: