Can You Mute Yourself During Corpse Pose

a poem about doing yoga at home

Can You Mute Yourself During Corpse Pose

Find your pelvis. Where did you last see it?
Externally rotate your anxiety until it points
at the ceiling. Maybe your face lifts, too.
Straighten both legs. Reverse warrior.
Slight back bend in trikonasana
like you’re paying someone
to wash your hair in the beauty parlor
sink. Vinyasa or skip it.
Reach for your right foot
with your left hand and look
through the window of your armpit
at everything you haven’t cleaned.
You can place your hands on blocks
or make a little pillow to cry into.
Eagle wrap the arms. Open the hip.
If you can get your foot on your tricep,
you can float into dragonfly
or flash back to your last pedicure.
If you’re not inverting, legs up the wall
is a great option for letting go
of your survival to-do list. Stay
for eight breaths and then we’ll all meet
in savasana so no one’s alone
in their final resting pose.

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