When Margaret Welch shows us that she can no longer fully extend her left knee and Meg O’Shea says she has parasites, Beth mouths, Did she just say parasites? I nod because unfortunately I am familiar with sensitive ideopathic gastrointestinal conditions, herbs, diets, speculations, tests and misery, but also I wonder how this is relevant. Beth just shakes her head. We’re doing as we’re told, taking careful notes on the conditions of our classmates, (thirty-six women and five men) as they catalogue health histories aloud so we’ll know how to modify yoga poses for one another. Because this is advanced teacher training. Jennifer Winter ticks off on her fingers: “Two lumbar herniations, inflammation in the cartilage around my heart, two plates and thirteen screws in my jaw and a right foot sprain.”

 

Band: Shilpa Ray Song: Shilpa Rays Got A Heart Full Of Dirt

Band: Victor Rathnayake Song: Hopalu Wana Petha

Band: Big Ups Song: Body Parts

Band: Big Ups Song: Goes Black