Tree pose - Vrksasana is a pose that’s often taught to beginners and like many beginning poses, has many facets that are further revealed with practice. Practicing this pose sometimes brings up vivid memories. My recollections are tied to different times in my life and different places I’ve lived. Below I share a few of these memories and then discuss the physical aspects of the pose. When I was a young girl I would visit my grandmother who lived in a old section of Tel-Aviv. Her two room apartment was a part of what had originally been a large villa built during the time of the British mandate of Palestine. By the 1970’s the plastered walls were peeling…