34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE

Sink into your mat like it’s quicksand.

34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE
Apr 01, 2008
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Natalie stifled a chortle. Here was this tranquil voice telling her to let her body sink into quicksand, being swallowed alive, without a fight. She tried to picture the mat as quicksand, containing her and forcing her body into complete immobility, but it seemed ludicrous. It was a mat, inside a room, inside a gym.

OF QUICKSAND MATS AND PEACEFUL MEDITAT…

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