clear light of the void
intertwining posts
eyes that know
the polish man
has eyes that Know
\
i made this with intention, says he
handing me the coffee cup
\
his eyes that know
hold me in the shape
\
sometimes i am ruled
by chaos, i say
\
i look into him
deeply, for he knows
\
“watch. do not become.
you are the center,”
2024-10-22 01:42:11 +0000 UTC View Postreach into your rib cage
“if you just put your hand through your ribcage and feel your heart….. there is a tenderness. it is sore and soft. and it hurts.
and you want to spill your heart and relate with the others. it is very raw also.
how much of the particular attempt to expose yourself has been repelled because you might discover something terrible? it takes immense courage to let that raw exposed organ be touched.”
2024-10-19 20:55:18 +0000 UTC View Postwho is there?
Dreaming, dreaming, sleeping, awakening
Rhythms of darkness and light.
Day and night, night and day, wondering...
... Who am I? Who AM I?
Who is morphing through this
Ever-shifting flow?
Beloved, wake up!
Dance in your true body before time, Shimmering energy without end.
— [Radiance Sutras] —
2024-10-17 15:45:22 +0000 UTC View Postshe, the blade
i cut my hair
with nail scissors
/
let the hip bones
come together
/
magnetically
or like scissors
/
focus
on the tailbone
/
the root
(the door)
/
focus
on anything
/
where you are
be all there 2024-10-11 17:52:34 +0000 UTC View Post
what else is there?
i am the moon
flowing swift
from the crown
*
i go away
i come
back
*
in this leaving
and coming
what else is there?
*
i am the sun
consumer
of the moon’s nectar
*
who am i?
2024-10-09 17:55:06 +0000 UTC View Postautumn again .
mirror
mirror
Friend
move slowly
to go deeper
2024-10-05 20:49:46 +0000 UTC View Postwelcome, october
everything about time
here in this space
was a gift from God
it came
at the perfect time
then it went
away and returned
just like a great lover
and now we part ways
welcome,
october
a teacher once said
just sit there
and love yourself
tha...
2024-10-01 10:40:45 +0000 UTC View Postwhat are heaven and hell?
“Heaven and hell - what are they?
You carry heaven and hell with you.
Your desire, anger, etc, produce these regions.
They are like dreams.”
2024-09-24 14:10:52 +0000 UTC View Postfull moon in pisces
sit there
and love yourself
one who can be trusted
with the mind
can be trusted
with the world
2024-09-18 19:31:25 +0000 UTC View Postlight of light
some not seen outtakes from the session i posted this morning. also want to share a quote that my yoga teacher read in class this morning, which penetrated me deeply. perhaps it will resonate with you, as well. if it does, please share in the comments…
*
“Do you love Me?" Alice asked.
"No, I don't love you!" replied the White Rabbit.
Alice frowned and clasped her hands together as she did whenever she felt hurt.
"See?" ...
2024-09-15 18:43:19 +0000 UTC View Postin the end
“In the end, a dandelion needs no reason to blossom, even though a thousand other flowers are already blooming. A child needs no rationale to sing, even though a thousand other songs have already been sung. I need no rationale to [create] other than to declare that I love . . . and wish to do so.”
—Ken Liu
2024-09-13 11:57:46 +0000 UTC View Postthank you to the waters
knowing
Knowing
rising
with the sun
to the mountains
in the mind vehicle
vehicle of the mind
or, the mind
breathe down
into the hips
be receptive
to God’s grace
2024-09-10 15:21:32 +0000 UTC View Post
in the garden
parivrtta surya yantrasana: “molding the body into a tool of guidance” .. self portraits .. goodbye, august,
2024-08-25 23:05:01 +0000 UTC View Postsurrender
this series of images
reminds me of surrender
surrender? what is that?
to you? it is so simple
and so tricky. it is
the exhale, the pain,
the bliss, the being
‘now that i’m free
to be myself
who am i?’
i allow a friend
to practice tying
me with ropes
i breathe deeply 2024-08-24 18:23:16 +0000 UTC View Post
i might need
to free
myself
again
and again
hear now
here now
2024-08-16 12:17:28 +0000 UTC View Postpeacock, mayurasana
i remember this posture wouldn’t unlock. one teacher told me that it correlates to “the lightness of one’s past”. i felt ashamed and thought my past must be pretty heavy. one day, later on, the asana emerged, under the guidance of another Teacher. i floated and gasped. this time there were no stories. she actually said it doesn’t matter. now it is one of my favorites. it was a narrative that was made up about the past. and i believed it. maybe that’s why i felt so heavy. chicken o...
2024-08-15 11:24:14 +0000 UTC View Postmomenta
the ones that didn’t make it to instagram. these are special.
2024-08-13 01:18:54 +0000 UTC View Post
‘ceremony at dawn’
the chorus of cicadas
the emerald insect corpse
the gaping flora
and yearning vines
climbing towards light
/
a slender, dark-
haired girl — burning
mugwort on the porch
/
she lays down
on robins-egg-blue
wood; warming womb
with herbs
/
listening
mirror, flame, self, altar
what a gift
to have the space
to go inside
/
radical
audacious
play
/
to rest
to rest
/
thank you
2024-07-28 20:14:32 +0000 UTC View Postgroundless ground
who are you
in this moment?
i have no idea
there is no ground
/
there is ground —
the pelvic floor
there is no ground
You, a feather
/
there is ground
the body and blood
there is no ground
you are falling, falling
/
there is ground
practice, lift yourself up
there is no ground
what a relief!
/
there is ground
it is the Mother
groundless ground ...
2024-07-26 15:55:24 +0000 UTC View Post
in bliss; see? no time
in the middle
of the mountain
I am
*
in the belly
the cave
the womb
*
terrible
Mother
who births
*
everything
There
nothing
*
Grandmother
a midwife
to this
*
ancient darkness
I labor
now i moan
*
now I am
nearly consumed
not quite
*
i growl
i pray
to Jesus
*
We give birth
to our shad...
2024-07-25 15:16:51 +0000 UTC View Postfull moon - guru purnima
home
in the body
home
in the body
home inside
/
even if it is
dark, very dark
that is good
do not turn away
/
what fear
has been conquered?
can fear be
conquered?
/
perhaps
transmuted
(is fear love?)
contracted bliss
/
over the years,
how have you changed?
nothing is the same
as when we began
/
now this breath
now th...
2024-07-20 13:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post