In yoga, the two-sided symmetry is disruptive of the playfulness in my practice. As I flow, I think of nothing, other than the present posture, until I feel a desire to move into another posture, and then I do so, without second-guessing. With postures like forward fold, downward dog, or child’s pose, this is no problem, because these are all symmetrical postures. In other words, they are postures that are equal for both sides of my body. But when I enter into my warrior postures, which are necessarily focused on one side of my body or the other, then I am pulled from my playfulness, because now I must remember which side I have done, and which side still needs attention. In this moment, I wish that I were truly one, like a line. And not two, as I am, with two eyes and two arms and two feet. Being two, I must remember both, and cannot think only of myself.