A Poem for Triangle Pose
"When we move our bodies into triangle pose we become a sacred shape – a birch leaf, a shamrock, a white trillium perfectly symmetrical and at peace, ." -- from Triangle Pose, by Corie Feiner
When I set out write, Triangle Pose, I took a detour down the research highway. Have you ever done that? Gotten lost in research?
There are some poems, novels and works of art that pour out of us spontaneously and are pretty much done. Then there are some that start with an idea… but no beginning. Nothing felt. More of a journal entry or an essay. But a poem… a poem has to live in the body, too.
And so I looked at photos of pointy leaves, flower petals, bridge trestles, glass buildings and domes, pyramids, sacred religious symbols, alchemist seals, our bodies, and of Triangle Pose, which honors the coming together of the mind, the body, and the breath.
My first draft of Triangle Pose started with this note:
A divine shape, triangles in sacred geometry are thought to symbolize balance and harmony. The three-sided shape can also be related to the body, mind, and spirit, and with an upward-facing point, it indicates raising consciousness.
When pointing downward, it has also been associat…