Best Yoga Poems
the stillness of night
waiting with breathless silence
until the sunrise
From Empty Pages: The Poetry of Silence
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Yoga in Poem - A novel attempt 01/ Many
YOGA is a priceless gift given by great ancient Indian
saints for every human being through Vedas. I am
trying to bring one step each week before all my
known and unknown friends of Poetry Soup and for
other viewers for a glimpse of this treasure of India,
which in fact is a gift of Good Health
for the entire humanity.
Ravindra
Meditation Step 01
Meditation remains
The essence of healthy living
And the most precious
Gift given to humans
By the Almighty God.
We think and think
And puzzle our mind
With ideas and emotions
With worries and
Irrelevant thoughts.
This goes on in our minds
Ever since we find that
We have grown-up
To know and understand
And to behave with
The world.
But unfortunately
From that very time
We unknowingly start
Worrying also and
Sometimes
Not only during daytime
But even
When we are in sleep.
This never ending
Row of worries and worries only
Sometimes for reasons
And often without a season
Have become a habit
To lament
On what we have and
More on,
What we do not have.
This constant
Lamentation and pondering
Brings and form shape
A Free Gift for all of us
In the form of slow poisoning
Which we inhale and drink
Every day and every moment
When we breathe and talk
When we love or walk
When we behave and misbehave
When we are in a haste and
Even when
We lie on a cot
Or when we fight
Without a cause.
This constant thinking and
Worrying
Slowly destroy everything
Good and great in our heart
Given by the Almighty God.
But meditation and Yoga
Can restore
What we often unknowingly
Just throw away
By our day and night worrying
Which continues
When we go to sleep or
Are busy in accomplishing our tasks.
Meditation and Yoga
Can restore
What we often unknowingly
Have lost
By our worries
While sleeping and even while
Accomplishing our tasks
With a gift of better and healthy life.
Ravindra
Kanpur India 4rd /6th July 2013 To be continued ……
NOTE:
The series which I am starting today
is also a gift for all American
friends on their Great of Independence 4th July.
My Greetings for all of you.
With best wishes…Ravindra
Benefits of Meditation
can be seen and noted on the following webpage.
http://www.ineedmotivation.com/blog/2008/05/100-benefits-of-meditation/
Yoga is the union
Of body, mind, and soul -
Guarantees you lasting peace,
And freshens you up whole
When When Then Yoga
When
Your downward dog is barking and
Your cat pose is meowing and
Your tree pose is swaying and
Your cow pose is mooing and
Your cobra pose is striking and
Your sphinx pose is speaking and
When
Your child pose gets naughty and
Your warrior one gets shot and
Your warrior two goes down and
Your corpse pose stiffens.
Then
Your yoga journey ends.
NoelsArt
Comments: This poem is dedicated to me, the world’s stiffest yoga dude. Namaste. FEEDBACK WELCOME
Yoga is in half an hour, I've had my shower.
And dinner too, with wine.
Problem is last time I had yoga with wine,
after downward dog my head was a fog.
Not a good look, It could be mistook
for an unfit adult a little bit sozzled
at yoga class.
goat yoga
relaxes body and mind –
no kidding!
Do watch this clip on the BBC website!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-isle-of-man-44473950/goat-yoga-you-must-be-kidding
7/3/18
The fresh, melodic air felt cool against my skin,
kissing the tips of my fingers, the back of my neck, even the tiny spaces between my toes.
A whirling, blissful rush of chilled waves rushed around me.
I could breathe, and with each breath I tasted the succulent, promising flavor of hope, love, and serenity.
Yoga had me do the plow
Twist my spine I just said how
Reset my spine feet overhead
To calm myself inside instead
To be so calm when drama’s rise
A symptom of complete surprise
My temper better held in check
Yoga has my just respect
My Yoga headstand is the best
I see it as my simple test
So natural normal once and then
Have done before and will again.
Don Johnson 30-4-11
Yes Yoga is the exercise
makes you flexible true
i must make time if i'm half wise
fore my bones get black n blue
thank you Caroline we agree Yoga does instill
the calmness flexibility, so im less over the hill")
love
Don
A spiritual warrior,
I salute the sun;
breathe in its energy.
Light filling my whole body,
my whole being;
muscles stretch and oxygenate.
In the prone,
bellows breath massages organs;
brain drinks oxygen and revives.
Prone revitalization,
sustains another day;
I am one with Earth and sky;
a harmonic convergence sustains the
body, mind and soul.
Spirit in a material realm;
I commune with Heaven and Earth;
mortality is no barrier,
in the oneness.
Pleasingly Plump
Obese, bloated, overwrought with contrition
Lainey hung a chart of each yoga position
Couldn’t deal with stretching
Mice she’s still fetching
She defies my lectures on nutrition
Sukhasana – The Easy Pose Step 02
Posture -
Step of the Week
The easy posture to start with. Just sit on any flat comfortable ground (it should not be spongy ground or beds). Fold your legs at the knees that one foot rests inside your knee fold of your opposite leg and the other foot is on the ground beneath the knee ford of the opposite leg. This is the easiest pose to start practicing Yoga till you learn and practice to sit in the next right pose for Yogic breathing we would learn as Padmasana.
Sukhasana – The Easy Pose
In Praise of Sukhasana
When one sits
In this easy pose
To start practicing Yoga
The mild reconditioning
Of your nervous system
Starts to take you
In the realms of
Those shining stars
Which exists in
Tranquility and peace.
Gaining peace of mind
Remains the ultimate goal
Of every human being and
It began to show its
Beauty on your mind
And your heart
As soon as you start Yoga
To get filled with
The inner joy of peace
To feel the light of your God.
This simple posture would
Slowly eliminate
Your exhaustion and fatigue
Giving you
A highly needed relaxation and relief.
Even if you have strained yourself
By hard labor or games
You will feel
A soothing touch
In your mind and body
Which start creating its affects
As soon as you practice Yoga.
Your daily practice would slowly take you
In the realms of peace
And gradually Yoga would start
It’s functioning of rejuvenating
Your vital organs
For a better performance
Which are the key?
To happiness and
Your fitness and love for all.
Ravindra
Kanpur India 08 07 2013 ......... NEXT STEP NEXT WEEK
NOTE: This pose can be practiced any number of time in a day even after meals.
To see the pose of Sukhasana a URL is given below:
http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Photo%20of%20Sukhasana&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&source=hp&channel=np
Group of gals
Yeah we're pals!
She went to jail
Let's laugh about bail!
My child self shines through
As my inner self grew!
Lovely ladies laughs about that pilates
Bellyaches hurt at all that grates!
Now becomes funny thinking of honey
Jump up and down, it's sunny!
That celebrity from Laugh in does it well
Doctors orders as endorphins do so kindly swell!
Yoga, a Sanskrit word, an abstract noun meaning oneness
It points to the meeting of soul and the Absolute or Godhood
To attain this oneness one has to go through eight stages.
Five kinds of mental anguish associated with ignorance
Ego, attachment, hatred, and fear of death to be discarded
The way is to practice yoga and total renunciation.
Renunciation is to do away with all thoughts and desires
That arises out of direct perception or indirect knowledge
The practice to perfect renunciation is Ashtanga Yoga
There are eight stages of this Ashtanga Yoga of Patanjali
Yama-moral codes of behavior, Niyama- self-restraint
Asana-physical postures, Pranayam-breathe control.
Pratyahara-sense control, Dharana-concentration
Dhyana-meditation, Samadhi-absorb in thought-free trance.
To attain final *Samadhi, the Sage Patanjali advises God’s help.
If one overlooks the first two stages of Yama and Niyama
It is a wonderful exercise of the body and the mind
Hope for the heaven but at least you will reach the clouds
***********
Dr. Ram Mehta
Contest Epic by P.D.
6th place win in the contest
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**Yog kchhamam Vahamyaham- the Sanskrit phrase meaning I carry the Yoga safely
which is the sum-total of the Yog in Hindu Scriptures
The word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit for "plow," which is also the source for the
word "yoke" -- which joins the oxen and the plow. From the spiritual point of view, yoga
means "union with God."
*Complete absorption in thought-free trance
Y earning for spiritual insight and tranquility
O verall control of body, mind and soul
G athering my thoughts to a central point
A lignment my ultimate goal
27/04/2011
Contest: Yoga
10th Place
What sort of abstract performance art
Have I suddenly become a part?
It was not my intent to be bent
Beyond the limits of my body's content.
I'm not accustomed to being nose to nose
With my toes, my knees, or elbows
And I fear that everyone knows
No matter how hard I try
I cannot touch my ear to my thigh!
Just relax and breath deep. That's right; let it go
And act like I love it so people won't know
The agony to which I've resigned
In order to get my chakras aligned.