John Friend’s poem to departing Anusara yoga teachers Darren Rhodes, Christina Sell & Elena Brower.

Waylon Lewis
Via on Nov 3, 2011

At the end of our interview, I asked John Friend for a simple haiku or Doha, an offering poem or song to his departing senior Anusara yoga teachers Elena Brower, Christina Sell and Darren Rhodes.

Here it is. ~ ed.

~

At the End

turn around and give thanks

for all the companions on the journey

Elders and Children

~

One Family,

with many diverse paths.

~ John Friend

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Waylon Lewis

Waylon Lewis, founder of elephant magazine, now elephantjournal.com & host of Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, is a 1st generation American Buddhist “Dharma Brat." Voted #1 in U.S. on twitter for #green two years running, Changemaker & Eco Ambassador by Treehugger, Green Hero by Discovery’s Planet Green, Best (!) Shameless Self-Promoter at Westword's Web Awards, Prominent Buddhist by Shambhala Sun, & 100 Most Influential People in Health & Fitness 2011 by "Greatist", Waylon is a mediocre climber, lazy yogi, 365-day bicycle commuter & best friend to Redford (his rescue hound). His aim: to bring the good news re: "the mindful life" beyond the choir & to all those who didn't know they gave a care. elephantjournal.com | facebook.com/elephantjournal | twitter.com/elephantjournal | facebook.com/waylonhlewis | twitter.com/waylonlewis | Google+ For more: publisherelephantjournalcom

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6 Responses to “John Friend’s poem to departing Anusara yoga teachers Darren Rhodes, Christina Sell & Elena Brower.”

  1. Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis: conversation with John Friend, founder of Anusara, re: senior yoga students Darren Rhodes, Christina Sell, Elena Brower—& lineage in America. | elephant journal says:
    November 3, 2011 at 00:48

    [...] Click here for John’s brief poem of blessing to Darren Rhodes, Christina Sell and Elena Brower… [...]

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  2. KateBartolotta says:
    November 3, 2011 at 09:00

    Beautiful! I wish more people would embrace that attitude towards each other's choices.

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    November 4, 2011 at 04:43

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  4. marykate f murray says:
    November 5, 2011 at 08:06

    beautiful, honest..real.and bold. Thank you!

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  5. My interview with John Friend regarding jfexposed accusations. | elephant journal says:
    February 8, 2012 at 19:09

    [...] 1. The situation is this: many of your senior teachers—Darren Rhodes, Christina Sell, Elena Brower, Amy Ippoliti, Laura Christensen, have resigned from Anusara over the past few months. We talked [...]

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