At 9.55 on Mondays
I lay out my yoga mat.
Switch on my laptop
And Zoom into action.
It’s Pilates time

But first I lay out myself.
Shavasanah – corpse pose.
Close my eyes,
Relax, let go,
Feel my body resting on the floor,
Invite my twitchy muscles and my mind
To inhabit this single moment.
To offer up themselves without constraint
To gravity,
Mortality,

Eternity

(C) Danielle Jones (Teale) Dance, Collective IDentity, written by Julia Mansfield