Lisa Walford Pranayama

Take care of yourself! On Wed, Oct 2, 2024, 5:55 PM Robbi Nester <rkne...@gmail.com> wrote:

In yesterday's class we oriented the practice of pranayama up for meditation, and concluded the

Written by Brazilian poet Mario de Andrade (1893 - 1945), I've Counted the Years reminds me of

Throughout history humankind has asked this perennial question. Recently, I sat with a friend, upon

We live in dynamic times, it seems as if the foundations of our country, and even the land we call

Hello friends.. The first Monday of every month I will be teaching a Master Class on the Center for

Fairy tales and nursery rhymes often carry deep symbolic meaning in their simple verse. When I first

Joy Harjo is of the Creek Indian heritage and is a scholar of First Nation history. She was the US

HI everyone.... This Saturday I will join my esteemed colleagues (my goodness, we all began together

Take a chance with this poem, it is wonderful, pithy, may initially push some buttons, and culminates

Haiku (read last week) Deep within the stream the huge fish lie motionless facing the current. JW

I saw-experienced the total eclipse from Waco, Texas. I stood between the Sun, bright, so bright that

This poem had several of us wide eyed, so potent. Mahmoud Darwish (1941 - 2008) was a highly

The MAHABHARATA is one of two revered epic poems (the other being the Ramayana) written circa 400 BCE

A book I frequently refer to for the Wednesday Am pranayama poetry reading is Beat Not Beat, a

Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague the late eighteenth century. In his formative years, age nine,

Most of us consider our every day lives and living as adequate. We do good where we can, we attempt

Hello everyone! What to say, welcome 2024, happy 2024, intrepid 2024.. this is perhaps the first time

this poem in my holiday gift to all of you. Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet wrote in the

I will be substituting the 10:15 - 11:45 Iyengar class this Tuesday. If you have not yet taken a

These two poems use a familiar and time weathered metaphor, that of threads. The warp and weft of

Hi everyone... as fall devolves into winter and we settle into warming our hands and homes, I invite

Happy Equinox everyone! Falling leaves, failing negotiations, feeling the fear around the world. Yet,

Kabir was an Indian mystic poet who wrote ecstatic verses in the early 15th century. The imagery in

I will be substituting for Victoria Foulida on the livestream platform at 10:15. Hope to see some of

Hello everyone. I am delighted to welcome Victoria Fouladi to the CFY livestream schedule. T/TH 10:15

Derek Walcott lived in the Caribbean and was a Nobel Laureate recipient in 1973 for his poetry. I

July 4th is upon us. Many revel at the fireworks, a chance to host a party, barbecue, sparklers. When

A certain day became a presence to me, there it was, confronting me -- a sky, air, light a being. And

Happy mid-week everyone! This Saturday, 5:00 PM join me for a very special conversation with a few