gentle and efficient. i had certainly never stretched that way before.
with “elephant palms,” she leaned over and placed the weight of her palms as she moved up and down my back. eventually, i was sitting cross-legged while she pulled my arms behind my body to help me open my chest. throughout the entire exercise, she always seemed to have a hand touching me, to, in her words, keep the connection. it was, in a way, her way of saying, relax.
she ended the session with a short prayer, which reminded me that the practice is not all about the body. she charged $100 for the 90-minute session, reminding me that that 