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“The goal is not to be looked at. But to see.”
Tricia Schwaba is Channeling the High Priestess
Anna Kendrick’s character in the movie A Simple Favor
“It’s like my mom used to say, God rest her soul, um, secrets are like margarine,
easy to spread, bad for the heart “
And She Soars
See the beauty as you move ahead
This journey of life will keep you fed
The relationship with you, yourself
The years gone by, the things you’ve felt.
Those unsteady steps from where you began
Now grounded, balanced, firm where you stand
You uncover the grace that resides within
Understanding that we all, continually begin
Again and again you’ll soar and you’ll glide
Enjoying this crazy mysterious ride.
Tricia Schwaba 2019
Yoga Closing Reflection December 27
Mysteries, Yes by Mary Oliver, closing yoga reflection December 27
Judy White/GardenPhotos.com
Today we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood.
How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of lambs.
How rivers and stones are forever in allegiance with gravity
while we ourselves dream of rising.
How two hands touch and the bonds will never be broken.
How people come from delight or the scars of damage, to the comfort of a poem.
Let me keep my distance, always, from
those who think they have the answers.
Let me keep company always with those
who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.
Ruby Bridges Quote
Ruby was the first child to de-segregate schools in 1960’s New Orleans.
“Ultimately we want to be a part of a movement that’s about measuring impact that the world will really change. My dream is we’ll have a world one day where we don’t just honor those who take money and make more money from it but we find those individuals who take our resources and convert it into changing the world in the positive ways and it’s only when we honor them and celebrate them and give them status that the world will really change.”
Ruby Bridges standing in front of a Norman Rockwell painting about the day she de-segregated New Orleans schools.
Cliffs of Moher
the winds they tore * the heavens did pour * but I had to explore *
shake up my core * knock on divinity’s door.
Holy Ground
See the beauty through the wrath
Feel the grace of the forgiving path
View the splendor as you walk
Each foot down no need to talk
Life, the gift, is felt within
Your inner sanctum a place to begin
To witness blessings all around
A divine uncovering of holy ground
Tricia Schwaba, 12/20/19
First Divine Spark
This piece came up so fast I wrote it on the paper and with the pen,
nearest me at the moment.
Sometimes poems are like that. I love the imperfect quality of the torn paper and
the urgency I felt to release these words right then & there, or they were gone.
Tricia Schwaba 3/17/2019
“Ego is to the true self, what a flashlight is to the spotlight.” John Bradshaw
Channeling the High Priestess; Be the Observer & Filter Through
You are the observer of, and the filter through which, divinity flows. Become acutely aware of your surroundings, what is displayed, how objects are placed, whose energy is within reach. These are all factors that will have huge effects on your ability to live moment to moment. If you feel stuck move through it, literally. Sink into the pains that ache, shake loose the parts that are tight, coral the pieces that are strewn about waiting for formation. Walk, dance, stretch, release. Be who you came here to be.
*The High Priestess is an entity that uses Tricia as a conduit for divine guidance. She’s lovely.
Wisdom from Martha Graham
Hunter S. Thompson
The Beauty That Is
Insecurity is mine and mine alone.
It taunts my confidence
Tears at my peace.
A hovering grenade of dissatisfaction
Eyeing the landscape of my soul.
I know of it’s poisonous root
Yet I give it it’s demanded respect
An abuser that I want to assuage
I am not sure where to find the strength
To bury it in it’s appropriate resting place
Cover it with Mother Earth
Water it with heavens’ rain
And transform it into the beauty that is
Love of Self.
Free Yourself
Just one question:
What are you going to do today to allow yourself to be freer than you were yesterday?
Reading from Yoga Class 12/2/19 Pema Chodron on Making Room For Growth
“In life we think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem. The real truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together for a time, then they fall back apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that.
Personal discovery and growth coming from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.
Suffering comes from wishing things were different. Misery is self inflicted, when we are expecting the “ideal” to overcome the “actual” or deeding things (or people, or places) to be different for us so we can then be happy.
Let the hard things in life break you. Let them effect you. Let them change you. Let the hard moments inform you. Let this pain be your teacher. The experiences of your life are trying to tell you something about yourself. Don’t cop out on that. Don’t run away and hide under your covers. Lean into it.
What is the lesson in this wind? What is the storm trying to tell you? What will you learn if you face it with courage? With full honesty and … lean into it.”
Pema Chodron
Mantra is a Mind Instrument
Take the Risk
The gestation is over.
Time to birth the creation.
Next month, not an option.
Now is the gift.
Dis-integrate doubt.
Outcome inconsequential.
The view; panoramic.
So take the risk.
It is the reason you are here.
Tricia Schwaba, 2019