Monthly Archives: September 2020

What is the shape of your hurt and the sound of the breath that moves through it? Where in your body does it vibrate? Sing? Pulse with its own heartbeat? Is it restrained and leakedwith a weak, fricative braking – oris there a silent, momentary collision of wills before the explosion? How do you sendContinue reading “WP September 27th, 2020: Refraining from Harsh Speech”

(Uttanasana) What in your life has folded back on itself? How did you first recognize your past come again? Which door has been flung open? What was the weather on the other side of the threshold?Did you pass through? Which “other shoe” has dropped? Who dropped itand where did it land?Will you – can youContinue reading “WP September 20th, 2020: Forward Fold”

Would you banish the dust specks from a ray of sunlight? Where would you send them? What names do you give the creatures that cling to your eyelashes? Have you ever heard them sing for you?A lullaby? A lament for your dead cells? What goes and what stays in the ecosystem of your skin?What doContinue reading “WP September 13th, 2020: Saucha (cleanliness)”

Where do you spread your wingsand reveal all of your beauty? Who cares? Who benefits without knowing?Whom might it frighten – and why?Do you care? What does shame taste like?What is the smell of abandon? Map your territory. When do you settle on a small patch of earth –alone and fertile? What are the resultsContinue reading “WP September 6th, 2020: Bird of Paradise”