Matsyasana

by Noreen Lace

Kathleen and Allison are yoga practitioners who more than respect their handsome middle-aged teacher; while it's true they have an idealistic crush on Jacob, they would never openly flirt with him as some of the other women have. He's rebuffed all of them. They admire him as a spiritual leader, and think he is beyond reproach. Yet, when Megan, Kathleen's eighteen year old daughter joins them, stuck in matsyasana, an uncomfortable back bend which leaves them looking at the world upside down, Kathleen notices something about their much admired spiritual Jacob spends much of the class time helping the younger women, including Megan! Not only that, but Jacob attempts continue his conversation with the young girl after class. Kathleen and Allison question the spirituality of their leader and the quality of their yoga practice. However, Megan proves to be smart beyond her years as she puts Jacob in his own uncomfortable position which may teach the teacher a difficult lesson.

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Published February 25, 2018

About the author

Originally from the Midwest, Noreen now lives in Southern California. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in national as well as international journals: The Chicago Tribune's Printers Row journal, The Oleander Review, Pilcrow and Dagger, and Vine Leaves Press, among others.

Her fiction and poetry exude the complexity of situations she's faced as well as the challenges she's overcome. They are rich in detail, diffused with empathy, and poetically written. Noreen Lace believes in the beauty of language to express the deepest, darkest parts of our beings.

West End and Life of Clouds, told in sparse prose and broken narrative, feature characters whose lives have been affected by elements outside their control with the protagonists struggling to find their own power.