Breathing fast and slow

Spanish moss and resurrection fern carpet an oak tree on Saint Catherine's Island, Georgia. By William D Bone - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35261473    And who will care, who will chide you if you wander away from wherever you are, to look for your soul?                         Mary Oliver,  excerpted from "Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?"                  Last January, I was driving to Long Beach for my ashtanga practice where I was fortunate to work with teachers Aimee Echo and Sati Ah. It was an indulgence, driving that distance for practice, and one that I would not be able to sustain for long. While it lasted, I soaked up every last routine: the silent walk from my car to the studio along the sidewalks of some of the oldest neighborhood streets in the city, an errant voyeur to the early morning routines of the various households; tailgate conversations with members of the Ashtanga