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To be upside down is a very disconcerting, but also wonderful, experience. To see the world from all directions is a truly joyful thing - children do it all the time, but for some reason we reach a stage as adults where we stop turning upside down. To be the wrong way up is to experience freedom: the scene that we're familiar with changes before our eyes: the view that our gaze rests upon becomes odd, and we are reminded of our un-importance. When we stand on our feet and stretch high, our joints may creak, our arms ache, but we're of the earth. We're land-bound. Tied to the ground that birthed us. When we stand on our heads or bend and look through our legs the ties are loosened and we become air. Somehow, through some unknown magic, the ruling elements have shifted and our distinction changes. A simple downward dog can do the trick. Ease into it and with peace let your movement flow through your joints. Allow your link to the earth to lessen, allow your body to float up and up. We are all water, so let it stream through you: ease your muscles, turn them to liquid and let the stretch take you to a new place. Sometimes you just know what you're capable of, and if a downward dog isn't it, try this trick: lie on a rock, a ledge or a hummock and let your head fall back. Keep comfy and relax the muscles in your neck. Relax the muscles in your face and let your eyes gaze upon the landscape. It is easy to forget how connected we are, but we are creatures of this world and to look upon it with different eyes provides a new perfection. 
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