Figure Four Standing Twist | Parivrtta Eka Pada Utkatasana Yoga Illustration

Do you sanction your finger nails bare for hard work and your toe nails clean for ease, as I do? Or do you authorize painted, decorated or even elongated digits for twinkle and thrill? Standing Figure Four Twist illustration by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.

Parivrtta Eka Pada Uttanasana (Figure Four Standing Twist) | Yoga Illustration 
Namaste hands to heart center.

My friends brought me to the nail salon for a pedicure against my will! (I was the only one with a car) and I must say it is a delight to have red sparkle toes for 6am yoga. As a rule, I like my nails au naturel (or on occasion self manicured,) but, periodically, we must be open to branching out and discovering something fresh - whether the discovery be fleeting or long lasting.