A Birds Wings

I have long been inspired by birds wings in my art work.  When I first came to Edinburgh I worked on a piece called 'A Wing and a Prayer', an abstract drawing of a birds wing reflecting my feelings of coming to a new city and trying to find a place in it after finishing university.  It is the fragile intricate patterns of feathers in a wing which give birds wings their strength and lightness.  Birds ride on wind currents going with their changes and pressures to play and live.  It was these qualities which I was trying to find here and explore through drawing, and still am!
Recently I have found a quote by Rumi which has been inspiring my yoga practice also in the shape of a birds wings.
 " Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as bird wings."
Here is a five minute breathing practice to go with it:- 
Sit in kneeling and close your eyes.  Place your hands on your knees, palms facing upward and tune in to your breathing.  Open and close your hands in time with your effortless breath, keeping time and observing all the changes and movements in the breath.  On the out breath close your hands and on the in breath allow them to open again, making a continuous cycle which matches your breathing.   When you are ready gently open your eyes again on the in breath. 
Please have a try if you liked it and let me know what you think!