A Poem for Peaceful Warriors
"The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior
When I stand in Peaceful Warrior, I imagine this shape as my archetype for what is means to fight for peace.
To ground myself to the earth, to open my heart, to look towards the sky, to feel my aching body and my busy mind come together in harmony. To have equanimity as my shield. To let go, to grasp for more…. to dance.
I offer you this poem as a way to see this shape as more than a shape, but an invitation to practice possibility, healing, and hope.
Before reading this poem, I invite you to take a conscious breath and either step into or imagine yourself as a Peaceful Warrior.