st.brigit

this is the eve  of st.brigit 's feast day..
 ~ february 1 ~
she is a protector of peace and harmony.
hang a piece of cloth or ribbon on a shrub or tree
& she will bless it with her cloak as she walks the night
into her feast day!
every blessing allways ~

you and art ~ william stafford

your exact errors make a music

that nobody hears.

your straying feet find the great dance,

walking alone.

and you live on a world where stumbling

always leads home.

year after year fits over your face -

when there was youth, your talent

was youth;

later, you find your way by touch

where moss redeems the stone;

and you discover where music begins

before it makes any sound,

far in the mountains where canyons go

still as the always-falling, ever-new flakes of snow.

to teach this to your heart ~ heart sutra sit

red bird explains himself
               ~ mary oliver

yes, i was the brilliance floating over the snow
and i was the song in the summer leaves, but this was
only the first trick
i had hold of among my other mythologies,
for i also knew obedience: bringing sticks to the nest,
food to the young, kisses to my bride.

but don't stop there, stay with me: listen.

if i was the song that entered your heart
then i was the music of your heart, that you wanted and needed,
and thus wilderness bloomed there, with all its
followers: gardeners, lovers, people who weep
for the death of rivers.

and this was my true task, to be the
music of the body.  do you understand?  for truly the body needs
a song, a spirit, a soul.  and no less, to make this work,
the soul has need of a body,
and i am both of the earth and i am the inexplicable
beauty of heaven
where i fly so easily, so welcome, yes,
and this is why i have been sent, to teach this to your heart.

HEART SUTRA SIT
SUNDAY JANUARY 18
4-6 PM
by donation

full

all this is full. all that is full.
from fullness, fullness comes.
when fullness is taken from fullness,
fullness still remains.

           ~ invocation from isha upanishad

new year wisdom

in the tibetan tradition..

the day before the new year begins

one cleans the house..

the barn.. the desk..studio...purse..

cupboards are emptied of olde food, medicines ~

wooden spoons and cutting boards are oiled anew ~ 

papers are burned..
olde candles half burned are lit to their end..
silver polished..stacks re-stacked..
the clarity of home and hearth
are reflected
in the mirror of the mind ~

may it be just so!

so teach us to number our days,

that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom..

                              psalms 90:12

change is constant ~ no class 3 january

forgive the intrusion of confusion..
there is NO yoga class on
saturday, the 3rd of january 2015

regular schedule resumes
epiphany ~
tuesday,  january 6 8AM

empty

if you can empty your own boat
crossing the river of the world,
no one will oppose you,
no one will seek to harm you.
             ~ chuang tzu