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A Poem for Revolved Chair Pose
"But I tell you, as my heels press / to the earth for dear life that here, I am fierce, I am difficult, I am haughty /and immense. Call it what you…
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A Poem for Extended Child's Pose
"My sit bones kissing the soles of my feet, I reach my fingers until they touch the soft hair of some forgotten child still sitting silently in her…
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A Poem for Waterfall Pose
"I sigh my arms open into rocky trails / forged by seekers searching / for solace and water and wonder and rest. -- from Waterfall Pose Corie Feiner
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A Poem for Pyramid Pose
"So many false passages, so many tomb raiders, trip wires and booby traps, so much love and darkness on the way towards the light. " -- from Pyramid…
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A Poem for Nectar of the Moon Pose
"I feel the nectar of the moon pour down from the dark sky as if I could taste it, as if I could finally drink the milk of the mother I longed to have…
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A Poem for Blossoming Lotus Pose (Vikasita Kamalasana)
"It is hard enough to be born of mud / and to know your roots ain’t worth a damn, / that so many things you tried to do in life / just didn’t sprout. …
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A Poem for Tortoise Pose (Kurmasana)
"I reach my chest forward and slip my arms / beneath my legs until there is nothing else / to do, but close my eyes against the floor / and breathe…
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A Poem for Reclined Bound Angle Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana)
"...As I lay, / angled and bound, I dream of restoring / the way my hips were born to flutter / and breathe water through their skin."
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Wonder Woman Hips
"When I was five, I was Wonder Woman / in a tight red leotard, blue tutu, my mother’s / brass buckled belt, and pantyhose tied / into a crown..." …
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I descended into the Earth
and came out feeling transformed
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Can Poetry Have a Place in Our Yoga Practice?
Many of us read a poem before or after our yoga practice, but interweaving poetry inside of our yoga practices can bring presence and magic into our…
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