
It is a wonder
how a simple stretch
deepens breath,
and an elegantly held pose
grows to touch the
whole of me.
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
~ Danna Faulds. Taken from “From Root to Bloom”
This is a wonderful time to open, stretch, breathe and melt, like sugar stirred into tea. 😊
Thanks to Danna Faulds for this inspiration.
Yoga is all these gifts and more. Beautiful. 🙂
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I hope you are having an upward facing uplifting day Karen! Thank you for sharing the goodness 💛
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Great! I like Yoga very much. Bye. Kamila
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Thank you Kamila 💛 Me too!
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Looking at that image, I hear things cracking 🙂 Nice job on this
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Smiling … I hear you Dan 😉
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Excellent! I could use a few stretches this morning. I’m laughing at Dan’s comment. 🙂
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I expect you could hear him from where you are too! You both made me chuckle this morning. I’m off to teach and get a few of those creaks out for myself and others!
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Like honey in that tea. 💖
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Yum. Thank you Van 💕
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Beautiful and true!
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Thank you 💛
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Nice…beautifully put. ❤
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Thank you Eliza. I love Danna Faulds work
💝
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sweet reminder to
get off this chair
& stretch out 🙂
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Enjoy the space David!
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Inspired!
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Lovely poem, Val, and the image that you chose to go with it is perfect. Happy Sunday 🙂
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Thank you D. 🙏
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Very beautiful poem! Love the image too. Happy Sunday,Val 🙂
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Thank you Helen. I hope our Sunday was a good one 💕
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Love Danna Faulds! And your blog, Val!
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Thanks so much Vicki for your kind words. May we all continue to connect and inspire 💛
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Val I miss my yoga, after having a melanoma and seven stitches in my back (thankful they found it in time). I have been told no yoga until my stitches come out next week. I am feeling flat and I guess it gives me pause as to how much the yoga has changed my daily life. The poem is beautiful, thanks for sharing it. Can’t wait to get back into stretching. The meditation comes better after moving and stretching.
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I hope you heal well Kath 💛
Yoga will always be there for us to nourish and replenish. Enjoy your coming back 🐥
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Thank you Val I am amazed at how important the breathing is, I never got it when I was young and tried to push my body to do all the hard stuff. Now I am in a class with a fabulous teacher who has taught me its all about the breath and its not a competition. You do what you can do and remember to be present in that moment. May I ask if you have any meditations for an active mind at night time?
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Thank you Kath for sharing here 💛
When my mind is active at night my go-to practice is a mantra meditation with my breath. I take conscious diaphragmatic breaths and say to myself “I inhale peace” “I exhale release”… After a while, as I relax and let go on the exhales, I allow the breath to be more natural and it becomes a gentle slow wave of “peace…release”.
I usually nod of to this.
Some people also like the sound of waves to soothe and release at bedtime.
xo
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Thank you Val I will give this a go, I was using the breath but did not have any thought to go with it.
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Beautiful inspiring post, thank you for sharing. Yoga is such a great journey that I am sometimes laking words to describe the consciousness and the feelings it reveals. Chat son xx.
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Thank you for your kind words. It’s lovely to meet others on a similar journey 🙏
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This is beautiful!
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Thank you so much Meghan 💛
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