I got to spend the weekend with this precious Soul, I so enjoyed her presence.

A few months ago in my one yoga classes, we started our practice off with a little meditation sitting in Seiza (a traditional Japanese sitting style). She was based on this posture and as I was meditating, I knew I wanted to try capture this beautiful gesture in my clay.

Her half wing is from a baby seal bone that I found on the rocks back in Hermanus, a small coastal village in Cape Town which has now been gold leafed and I’m completely smitten with this little detail.

To sit Seiza is to show the utmost respect and it also helps clear the mind and keep focus.

It is by no means an easy posture and it can be painful as we get used to it.