I am a feather.
I am a seed in wind,
A wing on a bee,
The legs on a spider.
I am the pause when I exhale
And the space when I inhale.
I have the hope of a child
And the heart of a mother.
I am a rose petal on the earth.
I grow with the seasons.
I bend like a willow.
With my toes
And curl into the dirt.
I land on my knees
And bow.
My heart reaches up
But my eyes look down.
I cannot name what I see.
I cannot hold what I touch.
I cannot capture my need.
I am a full time yoga teacher, trained at City Fitness in Washington, DC, and Willow Street Yoga Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. I have been writing poetry since I was 9 years old. Poetry is my first love and yoga continues to feed my heart. I write because I love it. I teach because I love it. I tell my students all the time: do it because you can. That works for me. I believe in creating opportunity. I believe in helping my self and others. I think faith is the most important gift of life, because when we lose everything else we still have that in our heart. I believe the natural state of being is happiness, or bliss, or Ananda. Life is a celebration. Poetry and yoga help me celebrate. My blog and website: Edie Yoga.
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Editor: Kate Bartolotta
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