parsvottanasana

You can see here what I'm up against. On a supple person, the hands in parsvottanasana would be up between the shoulder blades. The closeup detail gives evidence of stiffness so severe it's practically, well, poignant. This looks like a twisted version of a religious icon from my childhood: Praying Hands. I've said it before: at this site the raw material of transcendence will be a recalcitrant body. The Apostle Paul writes of "the body of this death." I hear you, bro.