Friday, April 29, 2016

Conversational Yoga with AC Brown



Conversational Yoga
"The Yogi teaches Laughing Yoga" she said with a smile....

"Careful it makes your belly hurt," he tried to joke
He was nudging her to share her many faces

Quiet face
Soft face

“The day here is soft,
grey with flecks of blue breaking free,
above green trees,…” he said

“Well…it’s ferociously windy here... and cold"
She replied
AC Brown & Laureen De Shazer
11/15/2015

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Phantoms Fall





Passed LA
Beyond SJ
Northeast of SF
There is this place

If you're lucky
You may see
A little Table Mountain
Tucked away from the tourist seas

Black cow
Lavender Lupine
Persistent Poppies
Pink clover

Wild spinach
Phantoms fall
Rock piles
Deep ravines

Meddling mosquito
Twisted oak
Counterfeit poison oak
Dead wood

Mossy walls
Volcanic erosions
Basalt cliffs
Salamander ponds

Falling deeper
As  the individual droplets 
Fall onto me
As the many, from the one 

That surrounds me
That supports me
That feeds me
and rises up through me

I am that

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Mothers Divine





From the depths below
From the weeds we've sown

Traversing mother's nature
Witnessing this show

Up her shielded coverings
To her watered valleys

Deep in her fertile soil
Openings from her yoni that grow

As offerings
As offsprings

Branching out beyond her
Discoveries in the soft sun's glow

Seagulls
Ravens
Flies buzzing close

Listening to the breezes
Listening to the cicadas whisperings

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Mocking Bird



Mocking Bird, singing your song
I heard you in darkness this morning at dawn

Your essence visited me before this day
But you echoed in a different way

I didn't know it was you
But now, I sincerely do

You have been there all along
Sharing your precious song

Over and over in my heart
I caught the verses in their parts

Wondering what you were
I started listening...
                                                                                                                     
Your melodies expanded
I started noticing...

In my mundane domestic tasks
You bring me pockets of ponderings and  peace that lasts

Chorusing into my joy
Guiding me back to my source

Your determination brought me straight to my moments
Giving me glimpses into my Nows

Mocking Bird, Early Bird
I know your sweetness today

Disguised as nature, is your way
of letting me know the depth you play

Waking with me, I hear your song
Repeating your mantra, it goes on and on

In my mind, dropping to my heart
This early morning or any other starts

Your sacred silence follows
Reminding  me of my empty hollows

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Church Bells


I hear church bells outside my house

The turtle doves cooing

The finch domesticating in the pine

The humming bird hovering in my fountain

I hear church bells ringing softly




Tuesday, January 5, 2016

If I Had My Way



If I had my way

If I had my way
I'd wouldn't wear a watch
I'd go barefoot in a garden 

Plant seeds that stir up change 
I'd crawl into a damp cave
I'd lose my purse
I'd climb a tree
Roll down a grassy hill
Go topless without a thrill
I throw out my hair dryer


If I had my way

I'd make sand angels on a dune 
I'd sleep until noon
I'd swim naked in a pool
I'd grow my hair

I'd have a cat, a rat, a rabbit and a turtle 
I wouldn't wear a bra
I'd unplug my commuter
I'd walk without a phone

I'd sing with my children

I'd love deeper, if I had my way 


Art by Carol McCullen

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

My Kundalini Woke Me


My kundalini woke me
Before anything was said

From my awareness rose the sweetness
While lying still in Bed

Wondering about the knocking 
Upon my Svadhishthana

Remembering the watery base resting
Surrounding these pelvic bones

When this communication swells
From deep within this space

A waterfall of surrender
Releases ancient haste

Because my heart invited her
To elevate her status

To expand the sensations
While walking up my ladder

To traverse through the heart center
To continue up my spine

To meet me at skull junction
The other base of mine

To shake and pour 
Into this, my soul

To merge and meld
During this silent time

My kundalini woke me
Before getting out of bed

My kundalini woke me
And this is what she said

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