
We 'decide' to lift up our body -- there's no other option. Do we really 'make' decisions, or 'take' them? In this pose, you literally take yourself up into that decision and that's that. You can't get into this pose half-assed. Literally, your rear-end goes all the way up, or it doesn't move off the mat much at all. You can't get into this pose with hesitation or equivocation or while dreamy or spacy. Unlike other asanas, there is no gradual softening or release; none of this waiting for a part of the body to open. It's all or nothing. You decide to lift up, or you decide not to. You decide to stay in it longer. And longer. And longer. Or you decide to take yourself out of it.