In observance of Thanksgiving here in the U.S., what is your own personal sweet little nugget of grace?
As in this, from Ashtangi, Yoga Gumbo:
Later, in Sirsasana, I managed to lift enough with my arms and shoulders so that there was absolutely no weight on my head. I would say my skull was about ½ inch off the ground. I had the weirdest sensation of gravity being reversed, as if I were hanging by my arms from the ceiling rather than pressing with my arms into the floor. I felt like I had superhero gravity-defying powers! I was Levitating Headstand Woman! I know that this is the “correct†way to do headstand in ashtanga, but I have had a love/hate relationship with this pose for the past few months – lots of fear surrounding Sirsasana for me – so this was truly a sweet little nugget of grace for me to savor.
Souls Skyward from Govinda Kai
taken at the San Francisco stop of the Ashtanga World Tour 2006