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Tweak says, "I love the White Party!"

Karin Shepherd | Tiamat (sheltering_sky) wrote in paxletalelogs,
@ 2011-09-05 20:44:00

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there's magic in the water that attracts all men
Who: Sean & Karin.
What: Two strangers enjoy a little downward facing dog on the beach. Mrowr.
Where: The beach!
When: 7:30 AM.
Warnings: None yet.

Karin's plan had been to be early. Not excruciatingly, painfully, socially awkwardly early, but only moderately so. Early enough to choose the best spot to see the sun slowly marching upward, to place her mat down in the sand closest to this new instructor. She had taken little enough time to get ready, leaving her apartment without a stitch of makeup, her hair loose around her face in a thick and wild mane, her clothes a hastily thrown on combination of fitted workout shorts and a loose white tank. But when she arrived she realized there were no other students, yet, her only companions on the beach a few lone joggers and screaming, wheeling birds. She narrowed her eyes, yoga mat rolled beneath her restless arm, and trudged out onto the beach all the same. Now that she was out here, a rare day off stretching beautifully out before her, there was no reason at all to turn back. Sean had to turn up sooner or later, and even if he did not, the day was breaking beautiful and bright, and she could find countless other ways to spend it.

"Well," she said, sighing at no-one in particular. "Better early than never?" She knelt down in white sand, hoping she had at least approximated the place they had been meant to meet. It looked like the place, and was within walking distance of their building; she had a good feeling about it all, but her inner voice had lied to her before. Leaning over the packed earth she stretched out a slender arm, sweeping away excess sand and a few stray pebbles, then moved to spread her mat out across the smoothed surface.

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sheltering_sky
2011-09-11 11:27 pm UTC (link)

Karin readily obeyed. In Vrksasana he swayed unsteadily for a moment, but recovered to find her center of balance quickly enough. It was a simpler thing as she looked at him, drawing from the strength he seemed to share; it seemed she could even sense a new surge of strength within him as he adopted this pose. It was a comfort of a sort, reassuring her that for now, at least, she was in the right hands. Still, after a time she found him an uncertain guidepoint, as he had said; she looked over his shoulder, gazing at the city's skyline at his back. She felt her fears ebb away, slow and steady as the tide, leaving only a new, intensely desirable tiredness in its wake. She breathed deeply, tasting the fresh air on her tongue as she did, the warm wind blowing away from them all the sounds and smells of the crowded city beyond.

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eternalearth
2011-09-12 09:01 pm UTC (link)

Once they balanced with both legs being lifted, Sean smiled and set his leg down, looking at Karin. "Now for a relaxation pose, Savasana, the reclining pose. You lie down on your back on your mat, spread your legs and spread your arms wide. Make sure your head is looking up, but your eyes are closed.Be aware of how still you are," Sean got into the pose, putting his legs close together and his arms over his head. "If you would rather have your legs together, do so, arms at your side, above your head, whatever feels best, but be aware of each and every breath, relaxing into the earth."

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sheltering_sky
2011-09-14 01:24 am UTC (link)

Karin felt no self consciousness in obeying, no shame in letting herself go. She lay back, feeling the warm embrace of the sand at her back, its heat pulsing, alive, through her thin yoga mat. She stretched her arms above her head, her spine bowing as she stretched, until the small of her back arched up from the ground. With her next exhalation she felt herself sink deeper still, her softly splayed legs and upraised arms feeling beautifully, deliciously heavy. In. Out. In. Out. She was aware, it seemed; more aware than ever before. One with the sky, with the sand, with the water beyond. Her next exhalation took every breath from her body, and with it, the last of her woes. She might have fallen asleep there; she might have died. She felt only tenuously tied to her body, ready to flee its grasp at any moment.

"Thank you," she breathed, not knowing to whom she ascribed that sentiment.

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eternalearth
2011-09-14 02:39 am UTC (link)

"You're quite welcome," Sean whispered, assuming the thank you was for him. Of course it occurred to him after he said it, that the thank you could've been to anyone or anything, or even just a generic thank you. Sean stood up and walked over to Karin, offering to help her up. "What do you say to breakfast?" She was quite gorgeous, and as he shook sand off of his yoga mat, rolling it in the air, he couldn't help but try. The worst she could do was shoot him down and call him a silly child.

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sheltering_sky
2011-09-14 11:49 pm UTC (link)

She breathed deeply, slowly, letting the question sink in. It came to her as if from a great distance, filtering through layers she did not wholly understand, strata within herself she had not known existed. When she spoke, it was like someone else spoke for her.

"Breakfast sounds great," she said, airily, dreamily. "As long as I don't have to decide where we go." Smiling, she rose from the mat, brushing grains of sand from her backside. She spent far more time on the mat itself, carefully rolling it up, her hands sliding soft over its length as she wound it tight. She looked to him, green eyes distant - seeing him, but not. "Ready?"

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eternalearth
2011-09-15 03:09 pm UTC (link)

"Actually I was going to offer to cook. I have some food I need to use up soon. Is that okay or would you rather go somewhere?" He didn't want to push too much, but he did have a dozen eggs that were going to go bad in the next few days and some vegetables that only had another day left in their lives. That was the negative thing about eating a lot of fresh products, it didn't last as long. He loved how absolutely at peace Karin appeared, it mirrored how he felt inside on a daily basis, and he loved being able to spread that nirvana to others.

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