4:07a.m. Under the covers. Flashlight for light. Handwriting definitely going to look unreadably shaky tomorrow.
Slowed Motion
Slowed motion
Gives you time to feel,
Time to observe
Instead of reeling round with verve
And upset nervous systems
Setting up a curve
That lead to nemesis.
Slowed motion is a key
To subtle brilliancy and insights
On dark nights
When flights of fancy
Fake and take…
Stomach squeezed, stomach breathed;
Jiggled hips, wriggled toes;
Who knows what? Perhaps the nose;
Elbows pressed: in, out, back, down,
Leading collarbone to fast become
A flattened beauty, which in turn
Moves shoulders, both, the one
For-, backward, in- external.
Hands supporting or at rest,
Pushing so that biceps harden.
And if you are working best,
Triceps also get their job done.
Nature’s principles in push and pulls.
Burned calories, earned benefits.
Stretches, creases, pulls, releases
Worked on in their opposites.
Managed slowly, consciously,
The slowed down works to our advantage,
For the language of the mind
Likes one thing undistracted, done,
And that, alone.
Opposites attract
And that’s a fact!
Slowed Motion 3.31.2020 Circling Round Yoga II; Circling Round Experience; Arlene Nover Corwin
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