Bone People

Bone People     Bone People   “E nga iwi o nga iwi” (O the people of the bones) Keri Hulme, “The Bone People” 1984   “proximity can create transformation”, Ocean Vuong.     Flat on our backs  we become aware of breath feeling the body parts that are touching the mat   Heel pelvis…

Meditation During Yoga 2

William’s reply to my first blog with this title inspired me to say a little more about my approach to Yoga and Meditation. This is a very personal point of view and probably diverges from strict Yoga teachings. Meditation too, for me, has to be almost tailor made to the individual, as Sister Ishpriya says,…

Meditation During Yoga

More Than Imagining I Try To Be When I imagine the lakeand the fields and the treesand the murderous foxesand dead hensand the proud fatallywounded cockereland the snowdrops hiddenunder the Bay TreeI swim in the dead dry lakea fish now on dry stonethe walls of the smalldead-end roadsurrounding me walkingno hedgerows just rockand nettle roots…