No More Same Old Silly Love Songs Neil Carpathios When the radio in my car broke I started to notice the trees. I began to stop...

Another gem from the beautiful book "Poetry of Presence". You can find this and more poems on Lynn Ungar's website lynnungar.com Thank...

Again from the beautiful book "Poetry of Presence". Smart Cookie by Richard Schiffman (after Wallace Stevens) The fortune that you seek...

Preparing my next workshop in Oregon, called "The Power of Presence", I began to read again poems from the incredible compilation "Poetry...

A dear student shared this poem in class. Thank you, Kris! My favorite part today is: "...be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the...

Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon...

A dear friend gave me the book "You Are Here. Poetry in The Natural World" as a gift, an incredible book edited and introduced by Ada...

Last weekend I taught an intensive workshop at my beloved Imagine Yoga Studio, my home studio in Oregon. I was amazed to feel the...

Sharing a poem in Spanish today, by Antonio Machado. Scroll down to read the English translation (unfortunately the unique musicality of...

Another powerful poem/blessing by John O'Donohue. For Courage When the light around lessens And your thoughts darken until Your body...

I have been reading part of a poem by John O'Donohue, in my yoga classes: May this be a morning of innocent beginning, When the gift...

My dear friend Brynna Hurwitz shared this poem with us yesterday, during my online afternoon class. Our mutual friend and teacher Liz...

I read this poem before, but just a few days ago, lying down in savasana, at the end of a beautiful yoga practice guided by Baxter Bell,...

I remembered part of this poem, by Mary Oliver, and shared it during my online yoga classes. Here is the full poem: In Blackwater Woods...

Watching the light appearing behind the mountains during our recent stay at Purisima for the Mexico Viniyoga Retreat, I remembered this...

This poem makes me think of two important concepts: Vairagya, which can be translated as relinquishing or dispassion, and impermanence. A...

As long as you’re dancing, you can break the rules. Sometimes breaking the rules is just extending the rules. Sometimes there are no...

Just opened randomly her book "Devotions". Look what I found on page 93. The Other Kingdoms by Mary Oliver Consider the other kingdoms. ...

A dear student reminded me of this poem a few days ago. The Uses of Sorrow by Mary Oliver Someone I loved once gave me a box full of...

So wonderful to read this poem today! Another gift from my Poetry Fairy, Toni Goodman. Messenger Mary Oliver My work is loving the world....