Happy Yoga Monday!
Here’s some yoga wisdom from some of my favorite yoginis and a yoga-inspired poem from my OM soul and heart! Enjoy!
Yoga Wisdom from Some of My Favorite Yoginis:
“I did not come to yoga to stretch. I came to live.” Maya Breuer, African American yoga teacher and entrepreneur“
“Yoga is the uniting of consciousness in the heart.” Nischala Joy Devi, American yoga teacher and author
“Yoga serves as my catalyst, my core, that place I turn to when my world is spinning.” Kimberly Wilson, American yoga teacher, author, activist, entrepreneur, and designer
My Yoga Poem:
yoga and meditation in the morning (from That Which Awakens Me: A Creative Woman’s Poetic Memoir of Self-Discovery)
morning comes.
with it a host of thoughts begging for attention.
i take a deep breath and release them into open space.
they magically file themselves away in my cerebral
portfolio.
how sweet they are to make room for my meditation and yoga practice.
i wink and wave a quick goodbye.
they wink back and remind me they never ever say goodbye.
i return the wink with a grateful smile for having been granted a reprieve from
their chatter.
one thought escapes and attaches itself to my conscience.
she dances meringue style through my meditation.
i try to detach.
she dances harder.
i relax and allow her some space.
she quiets down.
i breathe in and out allowing my breath to travel out of my mouth.
she hears me breathing a series of audible “hahs” and joins me.
we merge and marry ourselves in the moment.
me and my thoughts exit stage left into a slow style salsa step.
our beat is harmony.
together we float into the morning silence making way for yoga to begin.
Ananda Leeke 