Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon
The moon made the sky round
Then plummeted down
Through inky blackness,
Over streams of geese,
Shredding vaporous cloud.
She stopped
We rose,
Hand in hand,
Toward her standstill light.
Two shadows lifting off the hill,
Chagall’s night lovers,
Rising on dreams
Suspended in longing
From many moons attended
Waiting harvest
Coming this night.


Asana: Ardha Chandrasana/Half Moon Pose. Begin from the long low side stretch of Utthita Parsvakonasana/Extended side Angle Pose. As you lift up and out, over the R leg, balancing, with the R arm, parallel to that leg, feel yourself lifting into your dreams, opening your heart to the moon, to that feminine Self within that holds and nurtures your dream-space, no matter the disappointments.

Health Notes: When we lose our ability to dream, or to renew lost dreams, we lose our juice, and thus begins the slide away from life. Ardha Chandrasana, strengthens leg muscles and increases balance, and when we open to its fullness, perhaps, it helps us dream again.

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jbc10@comcast.net

I keep returning to this poem…it beckons my dreams from deep within…perhaps they will not be feared this time….perhaps they will be welcomed, fostered and realized. Thank you for your continued inspiration.

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Jan Scott

The website is awesome and much appreciation for including so many of us in a creative experience. What a pleasure it is for me to be a part of your yoga group. I’ve enjoyed receiving the daily breath from your very first emailing to the present. Being a part of your film shoot for your website was great fun. Thanks for all your caring and bringing a wonderful balance to my practice!

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