A Sutra a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
What are these sutras
You speak so about?
Are they stitches like sutures
With some sort of clout?
Good question, my friend~
Why, yes, yes indeed,
These sutras are potent
In times of great need.
In times of great need,
And in times of great bliss,
These highly condensed words
Should not be dismissed.
The most essential core thread,
Of deep subtle meaning,
That runs through the fabric~
It supports out of gleanings.
Gleanings of insights,
And wisdom fused pearls~
From the direct experience
Of wise boys and girls.
Sutras express much
In so very few words.
With vast significance,
It’s not for the birds.
Sutras are formulas
To be memorized and studied.
To solve the perplexities~
Of minds getting muddied.
So chose your text wisely~
Yoga, Shiva, or Seuss,
Buddhist, Tao, Platform,
Tripitaka or Mother Goose.
Then write them in BOLD~
Where you’ll see them each day!
Melt into their magnificence
In every which way.
Yoga has become a great way for children of ALL abilities to become aware of their body, in line with their breath, and connected to the beautiful truth and peace within them. As an occupational therapist and devoted yogi, Allison Morgan of Zensational Kids (see 
Sedef Dion who teaches a Pre-Grounded class at Springs Yoga shared with me the story of a four year old girl who in the cutest way mistakenly called Savasana….Lasagna. This inspired me to write a Savasana visualization with a Lasagna theme that Amy and I recently used to connect with our Fernbank Elementary Yoga Club students. After we did our practice complete with the Lasagna Savasana, one of our students..the Principal’s seven year old daughter said…”that was so relaxing…this could help me fall asleep at night”. Since it was her birthday that day, we wanted to put together a recording that her parents could play for her as she lays her head down for a good night rest after a long day.
