A Poem for Four Limbed Staff Pose (Chaturanga Dandasana)

"I tell myself to hold it, hold it for just one more moment— almost belly flopping to the floor, almost lifting myself towards the sky, almost giving up, almost giving in..." -- Corie Feiner

Artwork by Lovetta Reyes-Cairo

Pay attention to the gap - the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space between words in a conversation, between the notes of a piano or flute, or the gap between the in-breath and the out-breath.

- Eckhart Tolle

My poem “Four Limbed Staff Pose”

honors being in that space

between one thought and another,

one breath and another,

one pose and another.

It is about how it takes effort

and patience

and commitment

to hold the discomfort

of holding on

just a little bit longer

to trembling

to shaking

to what seems like emptiness—

but if we give into this space

there is a moment of strength

and quiet in which we can find

our deepest selves and the mystery

of what holds the stars together

and our lives together —

that space of almost—

that space in between.