Our reading is from Danna Faulds from her book Go In and In: poems from the heart of yoga, and is a reminder of the essence of the practice - not just the moving of the body into shapes, but a reconnection with Who/What we are...
The Soul of Yoga
What is the soul of yoga? Follow your heart into the centre of the pose, and find
in the midst of detail and precision, in breath, alignment, balance, bliss, fear and sadness -
at the very core of all this is love.
Touch upon your truest nature even once
and the experience of what you really are sears the psyche like the surface of the sun.
The soul of yoga, the gift within the pose is the moment of communion,
resting in pure essence, the awakening as if from sleep to the face of unmistakable divinity;
the ineffable wonder and living reality of spirit - oh, yes - the soul of yoga is love.
Wishing you all nourishment, rest, joy, courage, and compassion over the holiday season, and looking forward to reconnecting in 2024. Classes will recommence the week of January 8thon the same schedule.