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"For The Artist At The Start Of The Day", by John O'Donohue
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...

susanalabordeblaj
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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"Annunciation", by Marie Howe
My dear friend Brynna Hurwitz shared this poem with us yesterday, during my online afternoon class. Our mutual friend and teacher Liz...

susanalabordeblaj
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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"First Yoga Class", by Mary Oliver
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,...

susanalabordeblaj
Feb 11, 20241 min read
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"In Blackwater Woods", by Mary Oliver
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...

susanalabordeblaj
Dec 3, 20231 min read
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Will There Really Be A "Morning"? 101, by Emily Dickinson
Watching the light appearing behind the mountains during our recent stay at Purisima for the Mexico Viniyoga Retreat, I remembered this...

susanalabordeblaj
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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"One or Two Things", by Mary Oliver
This poem makes me think of two important concepts: Vairagya, which can be translated as relinquishing or dispassion, and impermanence. A...

susanalabordeblaj
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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"Three Things To Remember", by Mary Oliver
As long as you’re dancing, you can break the rules. Sometimes breaking the rules is just extending the rules. Sometimes there are no...

susanalabordeblaj
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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"The Other Kingdoms", by Mary Oliver
Just opened randomly her book "Devotions". Look what I found on page 93. The Other Kingdoms by Mary Oliver Consider the other kingdoms. ...

susanalabordeblaj
Oct 25, 20231 min read
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"The Uses of Sorrow", by Mary Oliver
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...

susanalabordeblaj
Sep 17, 20231 min read
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"Messenger", by Mary Oliver
So wonderful to read this poem today! Another gift from my Poetry Fairy, Toni Goodman. Messenger Mary Oliver My work is loving the world....

susanalabordeblaj
Sep 7, 20231 min read
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"Creating a Heart Space", by Toni Goodman
It is such an honor to have received this gift from Toni Goodman. She wrote it for me when I moved from Oregon to California, almost 4...

susanalabordeblaj
Jul 16, 20231 min read
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"Singularity", by Marie Howe
Poems arrive in the most interesting ways. This one came to me from a student, who couldn't sleep one night, and turned the radio on....

susanalabordeblaj
Apr 30, 20231 min read
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"Poem 133: The Summer Day", by Mary Oliver
A dear student mentioned this poem in class a few days ago (thank you for reminding us of this one, Eileen!): Poem 133: The Summer Day...

susanalabordeblaj
Mar 26, 20231 min read
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"Why Are Your Poems So Dark?", by Linda Pastan
Toni Goodman shared this poem with us in her Poetry Circle, honoring Linda Pastan, a few days after she died. Toni writes: "Linda Pastan,...

susanalabordeblaj
Feb 26, 20231 min read
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"I Live My Life In Widening Circles", by Rainer Maria Rilke
Lately, I have been reading a text by Albert Einstein in my classes, and he says the words "widening our circle of compassion", which...

susanalabordeblaj
Feb 19, 20231 min read
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"What Is The Body?", by Jelaluddin Rumi
An invisible bird flies over, but casts a quick shadow. What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of your love, that somehow contains the...

susanalabordeblaj
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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"Poem Of The One World", by Mary Oliver
My friend Toni Goodman shared this beautiful Mary Oliver poem with us. Thank you Toni, my poetry mentor! Poem of the One World Mary...

susanalabordeblaj
Aug 28, 20221 min read
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"You have endured...", Poem by Morgan Harper Nichols
We have a wonderful community of engaged people in my online yoga classes, and last Monday one of the students mentioned this poem in the...

susanalabordeblaj
Aug 4, 20221 min read
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"Heal At the Pace...", by Yung Pueblo
I recently bought the book Clarity & Connection, by Yung Pueblo, and the first thing that I have been doing in the morning is to open it...

susanalabordeblaj
Jan 14, 20221 min read
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"For Loneliness", by John O'Donohue
I bumped into this poem, by John O'Donohue, from his book "To Bless the Space Between Us" For Loneliness When the light lessens, Causing...

susanalabordeblaj
Mar 30, 20201 min read
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