Shipwrecked & Comatose

                                                                                     Here is something interesting I noticed about yoga classes.  Whenever the class is instructed to do the quadruped spinal flexion-spinal extension exercise, the instructor always refers to it as Cat-Cow (or Cat-Dog).  Something occurred to me recently.  Whenever I do the exercise,  I am always told to inhale when arching my back (Cow or Dog depending on the instructor) and then exhale when rounding my back (the Cat pose).  So in other words, the Cow (or dog) comes before the Cat.  So why is the pose call Cat-Cow?  Shouldn't it be called Cow-Cat?                ...

When I was a teen, I had this fantasy about eating breakfast on a porch.   I couldn't tell you why I wanted to eat breakfast on a porch so badly.  It was simply something I felt I wanted to do.  I was convinced a porch was the perfect place to eat breakfast.  Looking back now I understand the appeal.  Many people enjoy dining al fresco.  A porch provides the opportunity to dine outside, and still be sheltered from some of the elements.  Eating on the porch provides the sensory experience of dining in the open air, but also provides the comfort and protection of home. We greet the day from an open, but somewhat secure, environment.  Breakfast on the porch also suggests a sense of calmness and leisure.  You have to take the time to carry your breakfast outside.  If you are sitting outdoors, you don't want to be rushed.  Eating on the porch isn't the same as wolfing down your breakfast before rushing out the door, or eating at you...