Surya Namaskar

Lifting my wings, being given breath,

        I salute the sun.

Returning that gift, I bow
       To salute the earth.

Hovering now, over its' firmness
        I feel it, belly to belly.

Swooping, first upward, then backward,
Lifting playfully, facing the earth,.again,
        I rejoice.

The patterns of evolution embedded in my cells
Move me in and out of poses,
Riding on my breath.

-Janet Hockfeld, 2004