Pressing Pause for Poetry: Danna Faulds

Danna Faulds is a poet and Kripalu yoga teacher and practitioner. She's written four yoga poetry books, and the following poem is from her book, From Root to Bloom, Yoga Poems and Other Writings. I love this poem because it is so short and simple (notice a theme on my blog?), but also because it contains so much truth about the power of yoga. I couldn't agree with her more when she explains how a simple stretch or movement can reach every inch of your body--and has the power to transform.

Enjoy (and happy Saturday!)!


Yoga's Reach

It is a wonder
how a simple stretch
deepens breath,
and an elegantly held pose
grows to touch the
whole of me.

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Like sugar stirred into tea,
the potency
of yoga spreads
from body into mind
and heart, revealing
an ocean of energy
that heals and opens,

holds me close
and sets me free
all in the same moment.


Namaste to that :)
Mary Catherine