To Heal the World - Mat Meditation 2

For Charlotte Johnston, Yoga Instructor

Athens, Georgia

May 30, 2011

The world is too much with you now I see

the tension tracing pathways down your spine

and monkey chatter chasing through your mind,

but let them be, come stretch with me, now breathe.

And in the mindfulness of breath to break

through form if form constrains, to break

down form if form requires;

to let form conform

in nature’s way

to cleansing

breath just

breathe.

Through cadence of your breath begin to feel

the hush of peace that permeates a place

in the calm embrace of natural grace

your life’s a vast cathedral space made real.

Breathe

deep breath,

drawing breath

from the stillness

let yourself become

the lightest touch of grace

a piercing shaft of light through space

that brightens shadows cast across all paths.

While pressing worlds of pain will always be,

those spacious depths of breath will frame a life

for quiet mind to cleanse our world of strife.

For dreams to be, first stretch with me, now breathe.

see also Mat Meditation 1

To Heal the World - Mat Meditation 1

For Charlotte Johnston,  Yoga Instructor

Athens, Georgia

May 23, 2011

The world is more than we perceive,

in hidden ways, beyond our sight.

Relax now, let it go, just breathe.

Though oceans weep and biomes grieve

and groan beneath our growing might,

this world’s much more than we perceive.

We stretch our bodies to conceive

and kindle minds that yearn for right.

Relax now, let thought go, just breathe.

The sharpened mind is best ensheathed

in harmony, deflecting fight.

Such mind is more than we perceive.

Our healthy minds and bodies weave

a gracious soul that seeks pure light.

Release love, let it grow, just breathe.

This soul transcends what we believe,

to heal the world – its wild delight.

You are much more than you perceive:

Rejoice! Now let it go, just breathe.

see also Mat Meditation 2