YOGA IS

by MichaL Hall

(note: you read this saying “yoga is”

at the beginning of each line)

union: body, mind & spirit

shedding layer after layer

a way of life

being preset to the NOW

neither good or bad

remembering the baby breath (abdominal)

learning from great teachers: body,  mind & breath

finding strength within the stillness

duality:     sun/moon                                        stretch/release

doing/undoing                                                                inbreath/outbreath

yin/yang                                           standup/sitdown

movement/nonmovement

all in the breath (where is your breath?)

balance/focus/concentration

letting go

calming the mind

flowing wih the UNIVERSE

feeling the echo of the asana

growing taller as u grow older

an Eastern philosophy

hard work                                                        not hard work

not real; part           of   the   grand

illusion

not running away

for all warm bodies,     or   cool

ooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

transformation

noncompetetive

an internal art

integration

the whole

awareness

fun

sensing

different

a living mudra

for beginners only

to see with new eyes                                        e  v  e  r  y  t  i  m  e

everything                               &                            n  o  t  h  i  n  g

no judgment

listening with ears, eyes & heart

a practice to awaken the whole of our being

thinking u know yoga, only to discover “not knowing”

one & the same

movement thru the relative & absolute realms of possibility

wringing the physical world out of the physical body

releasing attachments          again  &   again

awareness of thought:          lost in thought:             no                  thought

the pendulum swinging into being from doing

coming  home

softening the hold

where am I?================I            am           here………………………….

noticing the rubyred slippers on your feet for the 1st time

to act as opposed to react

before lunch, before supper, before breakfast

creating the empty bowl

knowing that even the slightest shift affects the whole

recognizing the difference in order to make a difference

expressed in a sigh

seeing from the inside out

visible                s  o   m    e     t      i       m        e         s

a moving meditation

gratitude for the parts as whole

knowing that energy is only a breath away

remembering

backwards, twisted & upsidedown

YOGA is to be CONTINUED………………………………………………

MichaL Hall – 1997