A Poem for Tree Pose
"...no matter what weather comes your way, you are capable of bending, twisting, flexing, falling, and still staying connected to it all." -- from Tree Pose, by Corie Feiner
When I was studying to become a health coach at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, I had the honor of hearing Julia Butterfly Hill speak. Do you know about her? She lived in a 1000 year-old redwood tree for 738 days to bring awareness to how were were decimating our last remaining ancient forests.
I was enthralled as I listened to her speak about how one time, in the midst of a strong storm with 70 mph winds, she clung for her life on a branch that was being whipped around in the wind. She prayed as she felt Luna (the name she called the tree) thrash about, but still stay rooted in the ground — and this
was her greatest lesson, she said —
to stay grounded even if everything else
in this wild weathered life
is getting blown around by what feels like a never ending storm.