Friday, August 27, 2004
The solar plexus is a ball of nerves placed underneath your belly-button. If you put your hand on your tummy, you can feel a pulse beating steadily underneath- thud, thud thud. Faster, more insistent if you've been running about and are now lying down to breathe. Thud, thud, thud. As if your heart had taken a walk and was sitting on a bench, watching the red blood cells sail past. The solar plexus- what a name! gives you the permission to harbour stars under your skin!- is also called the naaf. Sometimes the naaf can be displaced. This gives you diahorrea and leg cramps, but can be fixed in a rather ingenious manner that involves a balled-up dupatta and a few contortions aided by a helper. I think that the solar plexus is the heart’s separated-at-birth twin, the kumbh-mela sibling who went away and never came back, but never forgot either and always sends a letter every Friday because it remembers and loves still. The solar plexus. Who knew what constellations your belly-button hid?Mina at 12:58 PM
