An inspiring, insightful companion to yoga practice, for home or studio

Yoga Poems

Lines to Unfold By

LEZA LOWITZ
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANJA BORGSTROM

128 pp, 5 x 7", paper, 12 B&W illustrations,
ISBN-13: 978-1-933330-11-2, $9.95
 
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The 60 simple poems in this book are windows into the mind/body/spirit experiences that come about through yoga practice. Each poem is named for a posture or breath exercise, and is inspired by the physical properties of the pose or some aspect of breathing that led the poet to deeper understanding. Listening to these poems read aloud by a teacher, or contemplating them on one's own, will help yoga students better understand their own struggles and inspire them on the way to personal growth and transformation.

Writer and yoga teacher LEZA LOWITZ has received a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award and grants from the NEA, NEH, and California Arts Council. ANJA BORGSTROM is a fine artist and yoga teacher.

Kurmasana (TORTOISE)

Moving hard-backed through life
the enigma of a destination
never a cause for worry.
Mottled shell concealing
the being beneath,
thoughts buried like eggs in the sand
future unhatched
in the slow-moving sea
the tangled seaweed of a schedule
unknown.
Here, arms float on each side
parting the waves of resistance.
An ocean in my veins,
floating world in my watery skin
head looking out for voyage
heart looking in to Goddess
womb of earth that bore me
and cast me out
once and forever
into the soup.
LEZA LOWITZ
from Yoga Poems. (c) 1999. All rights reserved.

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