Inner Body Bright
Humpty Dumpty was Inner Body Dull,
Humpty Dumpty was contracted, not full;
All the Queen Yogis, and All the
Yogi Knights,
Taught him to Breathe
Inner Body Bright.
When you feel you are about to crack, do this breath so you bounce right back.
Close your eyes and visualize two eggs in your ribcage; one on each side.
Name one egg Humpty, and the other one Dumpty.
Breathe equally into each oblong sphere, vertically and horizontally, spine held dear.
Expand all sides, softly open your eyes to face the world back on track.
Your Inner Body’s Bright…so don’t hold back.
As Earth Day approaches this year, I am struck by what it means to truly foster Peace on this planet. I remember as a child, learning about anti-nuclear protestors who chained themselves to fences and were forcibly removed and jailed. These brave souls became my heroines and heroes in the late 1970’s and 1980’s. I was moved to tears singing Dylan’s “Blowing in the Wind” and hearing stories of civil disobedience and the message of non-violent resistance. Later in the 1990’s, when I danced barefoot on my very first Earth Day, a lump would form in my throat when I celebrated each small victory (and the Gigantic Hearts) of environmental protestors who sacrificed so much to save a single tree and worked to preserve open space for our children’s children. Peace.
We all have a limited, contracted, outer surface. Yoga teaches us to dig deep into our center to know our true, authentic selves. Yoga Teacher Barbie was gifted to me on my birthday and I have chosen to Ground her and help her to expand her consciousness. All of my students are gifts; yet this is my first one who was born in Indonesia and had a non-existent childhood,. No wonder she has restricted knowledge.