A couple of years ago, my back was so out of whack that I needed help from friends and lovers to put on socks and shoes. And rolling over in bed or sneezing caused supernovas of pain to implode in my body. At some point, after seeing regular doctors, orthopedic doctors and physical therapists who all seemed stressed and clueless, and while waiting to have a MRI done, I was out in northern Germany, at the sea, co-teaching a yoga retreat (because freelancing yoga teachers usua