Prone Cobra

detail of painting

Here is another Yoga pose. This time it's Cobra, which is a good pose to relieve your back if you spend long hours hunched over paintings like I do.

The Model, Wenona, began skydiving at age 16 but at age 17 during her 259th jump she broke her sacrum(lower back), pelvis, and had a compound ankle dislocation that crushed her fibula. She returned to jumping 6 months later with a leg brace. a metal plate and screws support where her fibula was crushed. She credits Yoga for her speedy rehabilitation.

Wenona Prone Cobra, Oil on Bristol 11" x 14"