A Poem for Side Plank Pose

"It is said that one must see the cracks in the ceiling before we can see the light and that nothing needs to change except for how we see our lives...." - from Side Plank Pose by Corie Feiner

On a cloudy November morning, I set down my mat next to my dining room table, made my way into plank pose and breathed. When I moved from plank to side plank, I took an extra moment to give into the feeling of lifting my hips, steadying myself, and then lifting my other arm towards the early morning sky.

I felt an expansiveness that was similar to the …