“What did she call it now? Yoga!
Yes, that was it!”
“And
then?” asked Lucia.
“Well,
it appears you must have a teacher in Yoga or else you may injure
yourself. You have to breathe deeply and
say ‘Om’ –“
“Say
what?”
“Om.
I understand the ejaculation to be Om.
And there are very curious physical exercises; you have to hold your ear
with one hand and your toes with the other, and you may strain yourself unless
you do it properly. That was the general
gist of it.”
(from
Queen Lucia, by E.F. Benson)
5½*/10. The full review is here.
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