I balance on a narrow bridge
To the other side.
Any other side.
I secure the shaky planks.
On the lookout,
Always on the edge.
Always.
Of a generation.
Of my family.
Of my peers.
Ever choreographing
The exotic dance of progression.
Cusp. Edge. Threshold.
Brink. Verge.
I am there.
Stretching forward, reaching back.
Fortifying myself, someone else or some thing.
Hopeful that I can keep
Harmony in the gap.
Yoga Closing 2 12 20
Contemplating My Worthiness
I knock on the door of prosperity. She is there, a gracious divine being, opening the double doors wide, welcoming me to her beautiful home. I lean in and catch a glimpse. It is not large and ostentatious, but understated, warm and colorful. I am stiff with hesitation, pausing on the threshold, contemplating my worthiness. She silently validates and her easiness draws me in, as I attempt to shake off the last of my resistance.
Tricia Schwaba 2020
Ida Rolf
“The Einstein of modern bodywork, Ida Rolf, spoke of bodies being randomly organized… she underscored the almost totally unmet need for movement education in our society.”
Ben Benjamin MD
Deborah Adele on Surrender: Yoga Closing 2/10/2020
from her book The Yamas and Niyamas
The Great Work of Your Life
UNIVERSE
art source: wakeupworld.com
Under
Neath
I
Vibrate
Electrically
Revealing
Spirit
Energy
Namaste
Crown to the North
Walk the Earth with your head held high
Not laden down by days gone by
Feel the pull, the celestial connection
Bathe in truth and divine introspection
Be here now, point your crown to the north
Seek the violet, crystalline port.
Tricia Schwaba 2020
Crystalline
art source unknown
North
She walks towards it
At times an uncomfortable trek
It is imperative she continue
Not retreat to the confusion of the lush
She stays and becomes
Crystalline
Tricia Schwaba 2020
Om Namah Shivaya
Holy Ground, Yoga Closing Reading 2/3/2020
It will gestate, the light within
Evolve, expand, breathe out, breathe in
Eventually releasing the ties that bind
Revealing the jewel that that glows in kind
Shining bright through clouds and storms
The Earth embraces, the heavens it forms
The cool that transcends the heat the fuel
That keeps you going on into the blue.
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 way to begin
To witness blessings all around
A divine uncovering of holy ground
Tricaa Schwaba 2020
Curves of Compassion
Burst open heart of mine
I am ready
For all that is contained within
To come out
And spill onto the Earth
Nourishing the flow
And transform sharp angles
Into curves of compassion
And perfect particles of prana
Tricia Schwaba 2020
Langston Hughes
It Is
art source: Shiloh Sophia McCloud
Tell me again what I mean to you
Tell me you love my smile.
Tell me again why you fought for me
When I resisted through so many trials.
Tell me it will be okay and that
Fear will stop crushing these days.
Tell me you’re here and all is well
That I can rest in the calm of your bay.
Tell me what you are doing right now
Are you watching from far up above?
Tell me once and for all about life
Is it really all about love?
And she replies,
“It is.”
Tricia Schwaba 2020
The Laughing Buddha
Eric Butterworth Quote
“Your most important asset is the conscious control of your own life”
— Spiritual Economics
The Journey by Mary Oliver
source:anon
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All I feel is angst
But I know I can release it
Cause she’s blood & bones
Deciding is tough
Ending with a screaming child
For I grew up and she did not
Go with angels above
Hold me close to your heart
I love you despite my rage
Just tell me where I am now
Know that we are so different
Lest we believe we are of the same cloth
My heart is cool to you
Now I would like that to change
Out go the doubt and fear though
Pleasing to the ego
Queer as that may sound
Real is my attempt to clear
So I tell you here I am free
This tie has loosened
Up to heavens I throw my resistance
Very much into the shifting winds
Whilst I float free in the breeze
X ray my soul, lose all judgement
Yes to all that is, staying
Zen as I can be.
Tricia Schwaba, 2019
Source: Anon
Charitra Sree Senthill Kumar on Shaming
“People who shame others- body, skin color, intelligence, be it anything- are people who have not been able to live up to there own expectations. Don’t be mad at them. Pity them.”
Charitra Sree Senthill Kumar
