For those of you attending my yoga classes, know how much if love words and poetry and I often share them a little nugget of inspiration during or after the class.
When I am planning for my yoga classes I often get inspired by very simple or very small things. It can be something like a few words I read somewhere. It can be a song that I’ve been listening to or a conversation that I had.
And very often that sets me off to create a sequence and a playlist.
When this all comes together I will often look for a poem that suits the theme and enhances the experience of the movements.
Because there is something so powerful about words. If you repeat the words, it can become almost like a mantra to yourself, it can become a little seed that you plant, which will be your little reminder throughout your day.
This is one of those poems that has these beautiful words about being in the present moment. I believe that we all need a reminder of that once in a while.
So, give yourself a moment to pause. Take a few breaths and then read these beautiful words.
Read them with your full attention. Then let them resonate for a little bit.
Being Present
‘Breathe, relax and feel;
take time to slow down
the pace of life. Watch the
rise and fall of moods, the
birth and death of dreams.
Feelings and sensation seem
so real, yet they shift like
changing clouds, and flow
with the high tide out to sea
again. Allow it all to be, no
need to grasp or push away.
Present with each moment,
the whole of you, body, mind
and soul, opens to receive.’
• Danna Faulds •
