The Aliveness Within
My body aches
From too much sitting;
My neck longs
To stretch;
My mind groans
About more stillness
After 8 hours
Staring at a screen
I start to settle
As the soothing voice
Guides me
Through a slow
Languid
Body sweep,
Relaxing my brow
Unwinding my tongue
Down to the root,
Softening my shoulders–
Usually two boulders
Holding the weight of the world.
Molten liquid
Flows down my arms
And drips down
One finger
At a time
At the voice’s invitation
I smile into my heart—
The yellow rose of my being
Too often hiding
From the rocky seas
Of life’s inclemencies.
I feel the crest
Of my delight
Aflight
In my chest
The smile seeps down
Into my abdomen,
Loving devotion
Unfurling knotted emotion;
My breath kisses my belly
As muscles turn to jelly.
Hips undulate to the sway
Of my inner ocean
“Feel the space
And the aliveness
From the inside out”
Comes the invitation
Again and again
Beckoning
My deepest knowing
Into awakening
I feel the energy flowing
Without and within
Dissolving all illusion
Of separation
Boundaries of body
Melting into energy–
Vibrating,
Pulsing
I am shimmering
Air
The tingling flows
Down to my toes
And to the energetic roots
Connecting me
To my inner tree
Earthy energy shoots
Up my core
Filling every pore
With arboreal spore
My branches reach
To the sky
As I become awareness,
Aware of the witness;
I am the ocean beach
On a sunny day
I feel the essence
Of intimate presence–
Omnipresent,
Luminescent
Acceptance
Awareness meditating
On the perfection
Of being;
May I
And all beings
See our reflection
In the e y e
Of this seemingly fleeting
Moment