First session It’s four a.m. and dark outside. The desert night is still. The moon is shining through the small window in my hut. I’ve been up for about an hour doing chak tsal, (ཕྱག་འཚལ་). Chak tsal is the Tibetan practice of forward folding, sliding out into a prone position, then reversing out of it back to standing. It’s similar to a Hindu push up or a sun salutation in yoga. I did more than three thousand of them yesterday and I’m guessing I’ll do about the same amount today. My body just remains sore without relief.