Cory Bryant

Savasana– Take Rest!

Savasana– Take Rest!

“each time we rest in śavāsana at the end of our practice is an opportunity to let go of some aspect of ourselves (hala hala – the poisons of the mind) and get up off the mat lighter and more prepared for that final stage — death — because whatever we don’t resolve, we take forward with us into the next cycle.”

#IAMNOTSOMESICKABOMINATION

#IAMNOTSOMESICKABOMINATION

When I was a little boy I wanted to play with the girls, not the boys. I preferred playing house to cars and kickball. In elementary school when we lined up to choose teams for basketball I was always picked last. My baseball coach screamed at me for closing my eyes when the ball came at me. I bit my fingernails so badly that when the other boys through me the ball, during passing drills at basketball practice, my fingers bled. Many days just the knowing that basketball practice was looming made me so anxious that I’d get sick and end up in the nurse’s office – and with any luck, sent home.

Jai India! Birdsong brings relief.....

Jai India! Birdsong brings relief.....

Birdsong by Rumi

Birdsong brings relief
to my longing
I'm just as ecstatic as they are,
but with nothing to say!
Please universal soul, practice
some song or something through me!

I’ve never really been able to “get into” poetry. I’ve tried. Many times, and with various motivations ranging from thinking that I “should” like it to hoping that I might feel something. And there have been a few occasions where it hit home. Like the time our dear friend Becky wrote a heartfelt poem and read it at our wedding. That was a special moment.