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dVersepoets FormForAll – Writing Visual Prompt, “Winter and Spring Form For All”

yoga-adan — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:45:36 +0000

“And The Idea Is…” : Original Places poetry, linked in response to dVersepoets.com site’s prompt post, “FormForAll – Writing Visual.”

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

winter and spring form for all : original places poetry

if the words endure, they do so because they link the links -

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The Prompt, “FormForAll – Writing Visual“ from dVersepoets

gay reiser cannon, hosts dversepoets’ prompt, “formforall – writing visual” and gets into quite some detail about form in poetry via an article by a poet called blue flute, “comparing Japanese and Chinese poetic forms and discussing how these can be adapted into English….”

she posts some of his work, including this excerpt,

“While the written form and rhythm is certainly important, equally important is the visual nature of the poetry and lack of abstract language when compared to Western poetic tradition….”

a history of japan’s written language, as influenced by china is part of this exceptional essay

haiku and tanka are discussed, with some interesting samples included

the prompt itself reads,

“Not worrying about the written form too much, try to write a poem using mainly tangible images to convey your thoughts, using as little abstract vocabulary as possible.”

it’s nice to have some sway, some polite compassion for creativity, and i thank dversepoets for that

with the changing of the seasons well under way down south, and appearing sooner, even if in fits, up here in the northeast, the following came to mind

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Winter and Spring Form For All

sea foam in clouds
trailers with windows
flowers awaiting spring
*
bird topped billboards
snowflakes whispering past
razor edged ice
*
rabbits squirrels chipmunks
wrapping tapping tails
billboard birds watching
*
tourists students pets
melted snows surprise
restaurants open early
*
northern spring time
smudgy reflecting mirror
91º austin texas
*
bagels beer baseball
bar-b-q
weather stretched daylight
*
spring stretches the continent
like lyrics licking lines out on
paper
*
form is found in held outlines
the eye rolls round the edges
feeling the fullness
tasting the buoyancy
*
winter is a line
stretched from boston to san diego
spring is an intensity
pulling hair
from san francisco to charlotte
*
form finds itself felt and filled with
expectations
winter boots scarves mitts
mind their place by the door
north
*
in fits form fans embers into motion
swimming hole trunks teeter
on hooks by the screen door
south
*
“how ya’ll today?”
hot? no, not yet, ustedes?
“cold…no, no way, you, really?”
not s’long as the meals aren’t cold, lol
*
2000 miles is
further
than we thought

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as the essay on dversepoets indicates, forms evolve…

the image language of china gets merged and individualized in its usage and adaptation to the sounds people spoke in japan -

it’s no surprise the same happens here, and inversely there, i would assume

and even dialog, i realized as i was finishing my poem, being the sound itself that language came to imprint as a record on a surface, whether as an idea, an image, an abstraction, or a sound of a voice we recognize, even more so dialog i think, when done well, conveys all of that…

g’nite everyone

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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dVersepoets OpenLinkNight – Week 32 : What Would Walt Whittle

yoga-adan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:49:17 +0000

“And The Idea Is…” : Original inspirational poetry, linked in response to dVersepoets.com site’s prompt post, “OpenLinkNight ~ Week 32.”

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

what would walt whittle : original inspirational poetry

if the words endure, they do so because they link the links -

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The Prompt, “OpenLinkNight ~ Week 32“ from dVersepoets

natasha head, hosting dversepoets’ openlinknight has some wonderful commentary about why those who write, well, write -

it’s inspiring to read, as a writer or a reader…

she mentions writers who write “daring to post their hearts” -

she writes of how “Through this community, and on through the ether of cyberspace, brave spirits venture forth, hear my words, and encourage me to keep at it….” -

and she quotes walt whitman’s words, “To have great poets…there must be great audiences” then proceeds to tell us we are that great audience, and how much it means to her…

it is, as i’ve mentioned, inspiring…

i don’t know what the title of this work will be, it’s topic, or tone, but, here goes

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What Would Walt Whittle

tired

in the way the wind wears stones down

naturally

confident

in the way a bird rests upon thin limbs

whistles, and knows there’s food

for the spotting

angry

that i get so angry

sometimes

glad

i know this is

refreshed

when i breathe reminders of the good

things i can feel, the colors i can see, the

touch of my wife’s hand tapping

my thin remaining hair in

place

i feel i’m always finding rocks

i like to turn over, just to see

what crawled under

always finding croppings in the wide open

spaces

i can use for photo-poems, art, word

prompts

there’s so much land

we love crawl-walking over

bike paths, trails, patches of clearing

roadsides and byways with rails

cause they know we know

we’re gonna walk them

anyways

i found my poem’s title tilling time with words

i must’ve absorbed the poem prompt

and grew a new beard of thought

from pondering walt’s wise

words about my

audience

are there really still holiday lights in trees

downtown a week past valentines?

i like that lopey optimism

that assumes there’s

folk who’ll fawn

over every tree

lit like

firefly nests

walt whitman lives

where living’s lived

whether paper ether music or cries of voices

the living…is always felt…

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g’nite everyone

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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Poetics: Poetry & Philosophy, Poem Prompt via dVersepoets (yoga-adan.com)
Prose Poem – Poetic Objects, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets (yoga-adan.com)
Undercurrents, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets (yoga-adan.com)
Wild Music – Original Arts & Love Poetry (yoga-adan.com)
I Heard You Sing – Poetry for Lovers (yoga-adan.com)
Playfulness in an Ageless Christmas – Original Inspirational Poetry (yoga-adan.com)
dVersePoet Prompt : OpenLinkNight – Week 25, Did Someone Mention Charles Bukowski? (yoga-adan.com)
Happy Baby Pose (Ananda Balasana) – Original Yoga Poetry (yoga-adan.com)

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Everyday Inspirations, Photo-Poems Vol 2 – Free Five Days Only

yoga-adan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:00:09 +0000

“Everyday Inspirations Vol 2“ by Felipe Adan Lerma. Free Five Days Only. Through Friday February 24, 2012.

Second volume in Adan’s photo-poems series of ebooks.

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

Everyday Inspirations Vol 2, Photo-Poems

Available Exclusively

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FREE Five Days, Monday February 20 – Friday February 24, 2012

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Images and Words

these small volumes, combining words and images, are among my favorite

i get to express ideas of inspiration and gratitude, from pictures i myself have taken, of scenes i find around me, here and near-by in burlington vermont

sometimes the photos i find i take, are of the very ordinary in our lives, a flower or rock or shadow, something that’s there around me, either all year, or for long stretches of time

other moments, though of a place or scene that i can access any day, appears differently that day – snow or sun or simply an angle i normally don’t notice

these are all moments that mean something to me – in that moment

from that sensed moment, i search for, or allow, the words that fit, to come to me, so i many express them with that image

when it works really well, it has great power, no matter what the image, and no matter the number of words actually used

Digital Technique

as i often mention, i like to compose my picture as much as possible in the viewfinder of the camera

the boundaries of the frame of the picture are like the frames i made and used to frame posters and paintings and prints for many decades when i had both frame shops and worked in my home

beyond that, i try to keep or capture the essence of what i saw when i took the picture, on the digitized final image in this ebook

most of the time, not much more than some minor cropping, color saturation, or even simple dodge or burn swipes, is all i need

occasionally, some stamping, or layer opacity work is needed

exposure levels are fun to work with to find the original moment of visual inspiration

and with all the above, i’ll often use the fade tool to any percentage fade that fits capturing the original feeling of the shot

Creative Digital Work

to satisfy my own creative urge, closer to what i like to do in oil painting, i’ll be beginning a new series that takes an image i like, and just plain plays with it, seeing what i’ll see

i’ll be looking for, in the new very digitally adjusted image, the same felt response i look to feel when i initially compose a picture in the frame of my camera’s viewfinder

but this time, from the re-created enhanced image itself, rather than the originating scene in nature

thus, from this new image, more detached from the original actual scene than those in my Everyday Inspirational series, i search to find the same verbal inspiration to fit the image, but from this more abstracted autonomous image, this new collection of colors and forms, of lines and movements

it should be as interesting to do, and see the results

Vol 3 of Everyday Inspirations, Photo-Poems

to have my various series more aligned with the time they represent, my photo-poem series, “Everyday Inspirations” needs to release closer to the beginning of the month

vol 3 of the series then, will be released as soon as it is ready, after the five-day free period for vol 2 is over

for those folk who especially enjoy having both the written and visual together, i hope this will provide for a nice consecutive offering

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Yoga

yoga is about union, and much has been written about what kind of union, what degree of union, how durational a union, almost anything one can think of and feel something about

that’s pretty understandable, as the exploration by anyone of what the union of the universal with the individual might mean, is, well, apparently infinite -

at least for us supposedly combo-mortal-divine creatures

combining words and images is simply, for me, a merging of search-expression-avenues in the larger exploration

not so simply, is the often surprising results i find myself coming up with

the nice thing is, we all do this to some degree already -

and is something we can all do, and enjoy…

namaste – con dios – god be with you

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One Week Yoga-Adan Feb 12 – Feb 18, 2012

yoga-adan — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:13:41 +0000

Pictured, free eBook, “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

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One Week on Yoga-Adan

Feb 12 – Feb 18, 2012

Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved – a Valentine’s Day Gift

Everyday Gratitude Vol 2 – Free Five Days Only

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Poetics: Poetry & Philosophy, Poem Prompt via dVersepoets

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Week of – Feb 05 – Feb 11, 2012

The Indie Spotlight : “Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved” – for Valentines & Everyday

Press Release : Early Valentines, Five Free Days – “12 Stages of Loving” thru Friday, February 10, 2012

Prose Poem – Poetic Objects, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets

Week of – Jan 29 – Feb 04, 2012

Undercurrents, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets

Press Release – Free Five Days Only – A Month of Mornings Vol 2

Week of – Jan 22 – Jan 028, 2012

So You Wanna Be In An eBook? An Offer From Curvy Yoga’s Anna Guest-Jelley

Press Release —— Three New Original Mini eBook Series : A Month of Mornings ** Everyday Gratitude ** Everyday Inspiration – PhotoPoems

Week of – Jan 15 – Jan 21, 2012

Yoga Injuries – An Article Recap Pointer, via YogaDork

Free eBook Download “Everyday Inspirations – PhotoPoems Vol 1″ – New Exclusive on Amazon Books Fri-Tue January 20-24, 2012

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Everyday Gratitude Vol 2 – Free Five Days Only

yoga-adan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:00:16 +0000

“Everyday Gratitude Vol 2“ by Felipe Adan Lerma.

Second volume in Adan’s most downloaded series to-date.

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

Everyday Gratitude Vol 2

Available Exclusively

Amazon Books

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Most Downloaded Series To-Date, “Everyday Gratitude”

my most downloaded series to-date is “everyday gratitude”

it’s about finding the sometimes not so little, but much more often, the small things in everyday life, to be grateful for

i don’t know what that will be until the day is nearly done

each day is different -

one day might show itself easily, quickly, while another may need describing, thinking about, to see what the moment of gratitude may be

The Three Series

the three series i am currently working on each month, are meant to be able to be experienced as a sort of sequence, yet nevertheless enjoyed separately for themselves

each month, i try to release a new volume, though, since these are not “planned” in the conventional manner, i can’t guarantee a set number of volumes, or release times

my sincerest desire is to go as long as is practical and enjoyable, and that, i hope, is for quite a while still

A Month of Mornings

month of mornings is also of the everyday, but of everyday wakings

each morning, i attempt to say the mundane things that i wake to, to be aware of, to carry into the waking day

these eventually evolve and lead into the day from where the everyday gratitudes arise

Everyday Inspirations

everyday inspirations was begun as the third entry, with the first volume appearing late into the month

but i feel the images are happening within a time frame that needs to have this series first, then the month of mornings, and then the gratitude series -

ten images and one poem for each image, make up this series, and thus are considered photo-poems rather than photography or poetry, though both are of course involved

so, if i am able to choose and format the images in time, and create the separate new verses for each image, i would like to move this series to the first of each month

what this means is, if i can do it properly, is to release volume two of “everyday inspirations” the week after the release of “everyday gratitude vol 2″ then the week after that, release “everyday inspirations vol 3″ -

that would set the pattern up more organically i believe

“everyday inspirations,” because it is also part photography, is the only series right now that has a change of cover from volume to volume

this is a sneak-peek at the cover for “everyday inspirations photo-poems vol 2″ :

if all goes well, this should be available from amazon starting the monday of next week, february 20th

a bit of interesting other info, the first three volumes will have only vermont imagery – being i’m an honorary-vermont visiting-texan (self-anointed ;-) ) this seems appropriate

New Releases

to sign up for notifications from wordpress whenever i have a new posting, the sign-up is at the top right column of each page; wordpress automates this and actually sends out the notices, rather than i myself sending you an email

an rss feed is also available, which is handy if you use something like google reader

new release material will be brand new work, such as the series work, and compilations of earlier work

plus who knows, a fourth new series might show up this year

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Yoga

as one can see, i truly do have much to be grateful for…

and creativity in general, is, i believe, a specific way of sharing with others -

contradictions and all

namaste – con dios – god be with you

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Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved – a Valentine’s Day Gift

yoga-adan — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:15:07 +0000

“Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved” by Felipe Adan Lerma. A Valentines Day ebook choice.

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

Available at :

Amazon Books ** Barnes & Noble ** Google Books ** Smashwords

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“poems for lovers loving & being loved” is available at all the online outlets above

Information & Samples

“Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved”

Intro

below are several places with additional information about “poems for lovers loving & being loved” – including in-depth information, press release, and samples

featured by the indie spotlight recently, this in an in-depth question/answer format in regard to not only the contents of this ebook, but also it’s making and purpose

two sample poems are included in this feature, “heart beats” and “my evil twin” – the latter being one of my more favorite humorous poems (for friendship) from the 90s

the former, “heart beats,” is also featured as one of my earliest posts, for valentine’s day last year! close to when i started yoga-adan

More Samples, On Yoga-Adan

other samples from this large collection of love poems, for lovers and friends and family, are on my site, including “wild music” and “i heard you sing” – both new

“undercurrents,” which was written just a few weeks ago, isn’t in the ebook collection; it’s written in response to a prompt from dversepoets, a poet site, and involves kitty cats, but is still a love poem you might enjoy

another category of love in “poems for lovers loving & being loved” is for occasions, and “a wedding blessing,” also published early in the beginnings of yoga-adan, is included

Press Release

a recent press release for “poems for lovers loving & being loved” is also available

separately, “12 stages of loving” has also been released, as a sense of how we are all lovers, at all ages of our lives, examined in a small separate ebook of prose-poetry

Related

and related by intent, is my small ebook series, “Everyday Gratitude” – my most downloaded series to-date, with Vol 2, releasing free for five days, beginning wednesday february 15th

these are all perfect small gifts for valentines, and any time one is thinking of how love is in our lives
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New Sample

below, i’ve posted “grandma” as an example of “other loves” in this extended ebook, “poems for lovers loving & being loved” about love

this will be this poem’s first appearance on yoga-adan

Grandma

Grandmas go way back.

So far I can hardly see

my own shadow.

I’d like to think she lived

in a real deep cool green forest,

probably was friends with

all the animals I’d seen

in the movies as I’d grown up.

Maybe she lived on a high mountain

where the snows always melted

right on time with the first flowers.

She just had a kinda magic,

a sweet magic about her.

And it seems her eyes were always

twinkling, amused by me, saying, yes,

yes I could do that little project

that little idea. That yes, I can

do it, and it would come out

alright…and that,

that’s my grandma.

Summary

all in all, over six dozen poems are included in “poems for lovers loving & being loved”

it is available through amazon books, barnes & noble, google books, and smashwords

though these poems are targeted for valentine’s day, they are also an excellent gift for mother’s day, birthdays, and christmas

i hope you enjoy them, and let your friends know about them too

sincerely,

adan

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Yoga

i think my ending “yoga” segment in my writings is now replacing my previous featured “final thoughts” section

yoga is about oneness and awareness of the various ways we experience that oneness

oneness is said to be infinite, and i believe the nuances we each bring to our lives and to those around us, is, by definition, also infinite

thus love, in its reach, it variety of expression, and its enduringness, is equally infinite

i have to add, that these are my beliefs, i don’t know them to be true beyond a shadow of a doubt, or in a scientifically proven way, but are what i sincerely believe at this time…

actually probably have believed, for a very long time

namaste – con dios – god be with you

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Poetics: Poetry & Philosophy, Poem Prompt via dVersepoets

yoga-adan — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:15:01 +0000

“And The Idea Is…” : Original philosophical poetry, linked in response to dVersepoets.com site’s prompt post, “Poetics: Poetry and Philosophy.”

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

and the idea is… : original philosophical poetry

a “journey of thought”

subtitle inspired by comment from susie clevenger

if the words endure, they do so because they link the links -

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The Prompt, “Poetics: Poetry & Philosophy,” from dVersepoets

charles miller, the host for this particular prompt at dversepoets, writes, in my view, a super interesting essay-intro into the how and why of poetry and philosophy

included, are these two tidbits,

“Since Plato, poets have used philosophy for both inspiration as well as a greater and deeper awareness of reality. From Lucretius (Democritus) and Dante (Aquinas) to Borges (Schopenhauer), Stevens (Bergson), and Eliot (Hegel), poets have sought and found inspiration in the rational explanation of reality provided by philosophy.”

and

“Poets express the reality of the world in its emotional grip of the soul; thought in the form of an ecstatic awareness of ourselves in the world, so to speak.”

so i in turn wrote the rambler fun poem below

and feel i’ve paraphrased the last sentence into, “thought in the form of an ecstatic awareness of ourselves within ourselves within ‘a’ world, and so must speak….”

couldn’t have said it without charles’ essay prompt!

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And The Idea Is…

a priori

of course

is the route that

begins

yet ends

with questions

did i not exist before i believed

i thought i heard a sound

within my heart?

i am i said and thought

i felt i’d said

with

conviction

my marriage

my tested thought

and

survivor’s sentiment

i am

therefore

i am

i repeated

will life have lifted me from clay and dirt

and recycled litter, merely to place me

back on the heap to be another’s

treasure, myself now junk

do we raise a consciousness in ourselves and thus

all others

and thus all things

and then back into the universe

the expanding big bang cosmos coming

out to play among the dark with self made stars

and spirals that smile when called by their maiden

name, galaxy…

just to one day unseen it’s too far we’re too small

re-contract into the primal black hole of a new

unscheduled big bang breathe

are we but a breathe in time’s wheezy ways

of wishing walls were wet with tiny

spring time buds that birds

in bands break into the

seeds we think are

thoughts

but feel

are more…

do we really stop

when we are

buried

merely wake to choose

again

if to join the dance of tag

called

a priori…

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Yoga

these are the fun stuff to do when i don’t really know, play the possibilities…

play my heart’s edge

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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Other Yoga-Adan Links You Might Like

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Happy Baby Pose (Ananda Balasana) – Original Yoga Poetry (yoga-adan.com)
Prose Poem – Poetic Objects, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets (yoga-adan.com)
Wild Music – Original Arts & Love Poetry (yoga-adan.com)
I Heard You Sing – Poetry for Lovers (yoga-adan.com)
Playfulness in an Ageless Christmas – Original Inspirational Poetry (yoga-adan.com)
Undercurrents, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets (yoga-adan.com)
Poetics: Poetry and Philosophy (dversepoets.com)
Press Release – - Three New Original Mini eBook Series : A Month of Mornings ** Everyday Gratitude ** Everyday Inspiration – PhotoPoems (yoga-adan.com)

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One Week Yoga-Adan Feb 05 – Feb 11, 2012

yoga-adan — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:30 +0000

Pictured, free eBook, “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

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One Week on Yoga-Adan

Feb 05 – Feb 11, 2012

The Indie Spotlight : “Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved” – for Valentines & Everyday

Press Release : Early Valentines, Five Free Days – “12 Stages of Loving” thru Friday, February 10, 2012

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Prose Poem – Poetic Objects, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets

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Week Of – Jan 29 – feb 04, 2012

Undercurrents, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets

Press Release – Free Five Days Only – A Month of Mornings Vol 2

Week Of – Jan 22 – jan 028, 2012

So You Wanna Be In An eBook? An Offer From Curvy Yoga’s Anna Guest-Jelley

Press Release —— Three New Original Mini eBook Series : A Month of Mornings ** Everyday Gratitude ** Everyday Inspiration – PhotoPoems

Week Of – Jan 15 – jan 021, 2012

Yoga Injuries – An Article Recap Pointer, via YogaDork

Free eBook Download “Everyday Inspirations – PhotoPoems Vol 1″ – New Exclusive on Amazon Books Fri-Tue January 20-24, 2012

Week Of – Jan 08 – jan 014, 2012

Free eBook Download, An Experiment – Decision! : “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

dVersePoet Prompt : OpenLinkNight – Week 25, Did Someone Mention Charles Bukowski?

Initial Results Review : First Free eBook & Exclusive on Amazon Books, A Month of Mornings Vol 1

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The Indie Spotlight : “Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved” – for Valentines & Everyday

yoga-adan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:56 +0000

The Indie Spotlight Feature : “Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved” by Felipe Adan Lerma. A Valentines Day ebook choice.

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

Available at :

Amazon Books ** Barnes & Noble ** Google Books ** Smashwords

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my collection of love poems “poems for lovers loving & being loved” is being featured by “the indie spotlight” whose motto is :

The Indie Spotlight – Where the Independent Author Shines

what the indie spotlight offers, is a chance to have one’s independent self-published work more widely presented, especially to the growing number of people with ereaders, such as the kindle and nook among others

a variety of in-depth questions were presented to help the reader know the writer and the work presented a bit better

i figured with valentines day coming up, “poems for lovers loving & being loved,” among more than a dozen i’ve epublished so far, was the perfect choice

indie spotlight’s submission page provides a downloadable questionnaire, and that can be submitted to one of the founders, gregory bernard banks, a published writer and graphic artist

if you are an “indie” writer, i’d highly recommend this opportunity; it is free, easy, makes one think about one’s work a little more broadly, and is potentially good pr

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Yoga

i think my ending “yoga” segment in my writings is replacing my previous “final thoughts” section

change is about adapting and enhancing, at least for us, people

even if the universe is random, which i lean toward doubting it is, maybe it’s our job, as people, to invest it with some purpose!

and if love is the driving force of our universe, as many believe, maybe our awareness of it, and infusion of that love, into our daily lives, is that purpose -

if nothing else, it sounds and feels good

namaste – con dios – god be with you

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Press Release : Early Valentines, Five Free Days – “12 Stages of Loving” thru Friday, February 10, 2012

yoga-adan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:15:43 +0000

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Early Valentines, Five Free Days “12 Stages of Loving” thru Friday, February 10, 2012

A stand alone non-series short work, celebrating how we love in our different ages of living and being, “12 Stages of Loving” is the perfect small extra gift for Valentines Day.

And as most of know, Valentines is every day! Why?

“Because we must love everyday to feel and know who we are,” explains Adan. It doesn’t hurt, he adds smiling, that his wife is a Valentine’s Day baby.

Written in an everyday prose-poem style, Adan starts from infancy, through childhood and the teen years, into adulthood and beyond

There’s a sense of the flavor, seen from the vantage point of now being a young senior, of experiencing love and loving, our whole lives.

Adan says, “The idea is that we are all lovers, always have been, and always will be – just in different ways at different times….”

This title is available free exclusively from Amazon Books, for five days. From Monday, February 6 thru Friday, February 10, 2012, the complete ebook is available for free downloading.

“If you like the work, or otherwise, please consider leaving a constructive review,” adds Adan.

Adan’s goal is to continue his creative work of many decades, and feedback that is meant to be helpful, has always been appreciated.

“12 Stages of Loving” is a new work created this year, and compliments a larger ebook, with work dating back to the early 90s. ”Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved” is composed of over six dozen original poems, and can be found at various outlets, including Amazon Books, Barnes & Noble, Google Books, and Smashwords.

All available titles are updated frequently on Yoga-Adan’s My eBooks Page. An rss feed is available, as is a newsletter.

In addition, Adan’s Amazon Author’s Page provides information on other titles at Amazon Books.

More information about Adan, including his studies and degrees, can be found on his website’s About page.

A history of Adan’s writings since the 70s is chronicled on his website.

Summary

Adan Lerma has also authored a series of ebooks using three related titles. Each title expresses part of a process expressing what we experience in our every day life. From awareness in “A Month of Mornings” to “Everyday Gratitudes” through “Everyday Inspirations” in photo-poems, Adan presents the simple yet inspiring of the every day of daily life. ”A Month of Mornings Vol 2″ continues this process.

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yoga dot adan at gmail dot com

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Prose Poem – Poetic Objects (My Beard), Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets

yoga-adan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:36 +0000

“The Object Is…” : Original poetry, linked in response to dVersepoets.com site’s prompt post, “The Object is Poetics.”

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the object is… : original poetry

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The Prompt, “The Object is Poetics,” from dVersepoets

prompt introduced by mark kerstetter

“This week’s task is to focus on an object in your environment, preferably an object from the natural world, to really examine it, to try and see it with utmost clarity, and to wait for the word, that first word or phrase that seems to capture, for you, the essence, in language, of that object. Then use that word or phrase to construct a poem that gives a voice to that thing.”

the article has several pen and ink like illustrations visualizing the idea

plus prose poetry examples are nicely provided, including excerpts and links for more by the french writer francis ponce

it’s very much like what i try to do in “parts” of my little series writings on waking and my daily gratitude musings

my own slant, thinking about this because of the prompt, is i see that idea, yes, i really like doing this sort of thing, finding the words to “voice” an object, but i also wish to then float that voice and see what else it calls from me, what connections of any kind, feelings, thoughts, memories -

sometimes there’s much, sometimes just a tidbit…

but that’s how everyday life is anyways

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The Object Is…

not shaving for a day or two too

long

isn’t in my best interests,

when i’m interested -

thick white hairs are rapidly

crowding their younger darker heirs

at times one thick bright stump out alone

along the olive skin waiting like crop rotation

nearby three thin wires each a differing shade of

unshaven, cluster inside a pore patiently paring bets

to see

who will survive -

tilling the hairs with thin steel blades

in the direction they tend to grow

means more hairs escape

the cut

but so does a skin beginning to burn

less pimpled now at sixty

more skimpy in

willingness

to heal

i’d think the bristly beard hairs

and

my prissy aging ancient skin

would compromise

they don’t, so

i do it for them

shave only when i have to, once

every few days, morphing me

from satin saint to prickly

pear bear man every

few days -

my man’s face is a seasons of its own

it seems

in just the time it takes to view a few looks

in the morning mirror

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Yoga

so much is said in yoga of the objects in our lives, including our thoughts and emotions, as being something to just let slide by, unvalued as “lasting” -

though it certainly wouldn’t be prudent to remain obsessed with a thought or feeling to the point of incapacity, i’ve never thought it was possible we would only be on this earth to simply endure being here…

it makes more sense to me that, whatever we can infuse with consciousness, much like the poetry prompt exercise from dversepoets, gains from our existence -

and we in turn, absorbing an objects own inherent essence, allows us to likewise be infused…

my guess is :

our connectedness is, and our awareness is becoming

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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One Week Yoga-Adan Jan 29 – Feb 04, 2012

yoga-adan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:15:28 +0000

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Undercurrents, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets

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Press Release – Free Five Days Only – A Month of Mornings Vol 2

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Week Of – Jan 22 – jan 028, 2012

So You Wanna Be In An eBook? An Offer From Curvy Yoga’s Anna Guest-Jelley

Press Release —— Three New Original Mini eBook Series : A Month of Mornings ** Everyday Gratitude ** Everyday Inspiration – PhotoPoems

Week Of – Jan 15 – jan 021, 2012

Yoga Injuries – An Article Recap Pointer, via YogaDork

Free eBook Download “Everyday Inspirations – PhotoPoems Vol 1″ – New Exclusive on Amazon Books Fri-Tue January 20-24, 2012

Week Of – Jan 08 – jan 014, 2012

Free eBook Download, An Experiment – Decision! : “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

dVersePoet Prompt : OpenLinkNight – Week 25, Did Someone Mention Charles Bukowski?

Initial Results Review : First Free eBook & Exclusive on Amazon Books, A Month of Mornings Vol 1

Week Of – Jan 01 – jan 07, 2012

Free eBook Download, An Experiment – Decision! : “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

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Press Release – Free Five Days Only – A Month of Mornings Vol 2

yoga-adan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:15:37 +0000

Press Release : “Press Release – Free For Five Days Only – ‘A Month of Mornings Vol 2‘” from Felipe Adan Lerma. Exclusive on Amazon Books.

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

Available at Amazon Books

A Month of Mornings, Vol 2

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January 30, 2012, Burlington, Vermont

Free Five Days Only – “A Month of Mornings Vol 2″ through Friday, February 3, 2012

The newest release in the “Month of Mornings” series, Vol 2, is now available.

For a limited time, through Friday, February 03, 2012, it is available as a free download exclusively through Amazon Books.

Daily musings as prose-poems, each day, on waking.

“Every day getting-goings we all go through. Meditations on waking really,” says Adan, explaining his interest in recording these short works.

“It isn’t just the big moments that tell us who we are as people. The continuity, the process of the every day we live through, can often be the beginning source of our challenges and our happiness.”

Adan Lerma has authored a series of ebooks using three related titles.

Each title expresses part of a process expressing what we experience in our every day life. From awareness in “A Month of Mornings” to “Everyday Gratitudes” through “Everyday Inspirations” in photo-poems, Adan presents the simple yet inspiring of the every day of daily life. ”A Month of Mornings Vol 2″ continues this process.

All available titles are updated frequently on Yoga-Adan’s My eBooks Page. An rss feed is available, as is a newsletter.

In addition, Adan’s Amazon Author’s Page provides information on other titles at Amazon Books.

More information about Adan, including his studies and degrees, can be found on his website’s About page.

A history of Adan’s writings since the 70s is chronicled on his website.

Summary

Adan Lerma has authored a series of ebooks using three related titles. Each title expresses part of a process expressing what we experience in our every day life. From awareness in “A Month of Mornings” to “Everyday Gratitudes” through “Everyday Inspirations” in photo-poems, Adan presents the simple yet inspiring of the every day of daily life. ”A Month of Mornings Vol 2″ continues this process.

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249 Words, 1 Image

Contact :

Adan Lerma

yoga dot adan at gmail dot com

Related Links :

Creativity & Yoga, Thoughts

Related Tags :

#ebook

#gratitude

#inspiration

#motivation

#poetry

#meditation

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Undercurrents, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets

yoga-adan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:27:05 +0000

Undercurrents : Original poetry, linked in response to dVersepoets.com site’s prompt post, “Undercurrents.”

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undercurrents : original love poetry

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The Prompt, “Undercurrents,” from dVersepoets

prompt introduced by karin gustafson

“For today’s prompt, I urge you to consider the different layers (or faces) of an experience, moment, relationship, person, object. You may wish to very directly write about these differing layers, or just to allow them to form your words from underneath.”

the intro is a fascinating descriptive account, including an excerpt from a work by Rainer Maria Rilke, of the forms and ideas of “undercurrents”

i highly recommend it

that said, i’m not sure what “undercurrents” really-exactly-to-me means

i have an idea, i think i often allude to its use within even my shorter pieces, like my morning series of “awakening” poems, but i’m not sure, exactly…

so, below, is my shot at it

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Undercurrents

kitty cats, are like people, so much

i told her, smiling, then looking away

they paw the ground pretending to be looking

at something, they seem captivated, by…something

i add, glancing at the edges of a limb of leaves near by

finding a lone flutter-leaf reflecting varying rays of light

my boy kitty, i told her, kept stepping closer to your girl kitty

i whispered, trailing away my voice, seeking a shadow to focus on,

by sniffing the worn wooden steps leading up to where she sat

watching him, i explained, shifting to sit beside her now,

when he got to where she sat, on the warm step set in sun, he

paused, sniffed the air, and sat beside her – can you believe that

i asked

he sure took his time, she said, smiling, then looking up toward a new

cloud

summer-crawling

back to sea

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Yoga

undercurrents exist everywhere, i believe

it’s what we’re always telling ourselves, in yoga, that we’re looking for

but i’m beginning to also believe, we’re what we’re looking for, and we’re the undercurrent, hidden from ourselves

certainly it seems our pets already seem to know these things about us

yoga is the process of becoming more aware, of what we’re already often aware of, and didn’t know it

like one of those paintings with images embedded in it, and we don’t know it, til someone says they’re there…

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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One Week Yoga-Adan Jan 22 – Jan 28, 2012

yoga-adan — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:15:42 +0000

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Yoga Injuries – An Article Recap Pointer, via YogaDork

Free eBook Download “Everyday Inspirations – PhotoPoems Vol 1″ – New Exclusive on Amazon Books Fri-Tue January 20-24, 2012

Week Of – Jan 08 – jan 014, 2012

Free eBook Download, An Experiment – Decision! : “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

dVersePoet Prompt : OpenLinkNight – Week 25, Did Someone Mention Charles Bukowski?

Initial Results Review : First Free eBook & Exclusive on Amazon Books, A Month of Mornings Vol 1

Week Of – Jan 01 – jan 07, 2012

Free eBook Download, An Experiment – Decision! : “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

dVersePoet Prompt : OpenLinkNight – Week 25, Did Someone Mention Charles Bukowski?

Initial Results Review : First Free eBook & Exclusive on Amazon Books, A Month of Mornings Vol 1

Week Of – dec 25 – dec 31, 2011

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So You Wanna Be In An eBook? An Offer From Curvy Yoga’s Anna Guest-Jelley

yoga-adan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:15:02 +0000

Pictured, free eBook, “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

Read below for a free new upcoming ebook you can contribute to, at Curvy Yoga!

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so you wanna be in an ebook? an offer from curvy yoga’s anna guest-jelley

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Intro

Opps, Again

this is the second time i’ve let a post go out before putting in my finished post

so for those who came to a template, or the removed-from-view page, my sincere apologies

not that i don’t have lots and lots of excuses, and even some explanations! but none are life threatening nor permanently disrupting, so, i’ll get back to the intended post

Curvy Yoga Intro

i came across anna’s call for articles for a new ebook a few weeks ago, and the deadline is now approaching : february 14th, valentines, and my wife’s birthday!

so even the deadline-details practically demand i share this info

anna guest-jelley has the well-regarded site, curvyyoga, and has been posting relevant important posts on yoga, self-image, and gentle self-acceptance for a good while

Curvy Yoga Site

anna’s site says, the curvy yoga site is “for people who want to live the lives they imagine, today. Who don’t want to wait until they’re flexible, skinny, have enough money, etc. to start treating themselves well…”

her site includes an impressive and welcome list of resources, such as video, podcasts, and written instructions for poses, including information on modifications

also included on her resource page, is a list of teachers for curvy bodies

so what does a curvy yoga look like?

take a look -

impressive huh?

afaa, in the studies my valentine-wife-baby and i both did, brought us issues to be aware of that sound simple enough, but that without pausing, i had just not thought of

a large mass is slower to get going, and gathers more power and speed once in motion, and therefore, needs awareness and caution regarding range of motion and in coming to rest or reversing directions

there are modifications available for movements that allow a more comfortable and productive reaching and lunging and bending

many of these modifications are also valid for almost anyone who is not in top shape, hasn’t warmed up properly, isn’t limber, has had an injury or illness, is elderly, or simply de-conditioned – i know i’ve been the latter more times than i wanna be again

and beyond the physical, there is of course so much more -

anna’s site addresses these also…

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The Invitation from Curvy Yoga

from anna’s site :

AN INVITATION

So here’s my proposal, and I really (really, really!) hope you’re in: I’m going to curate a book of curvy yogi stories from around the world, and I want you to be part of it! I will accept submissions for six weeks and then will put it together in a beautiful, downloadable, free(!) eBook to share far and wide.

there’s much more details on her page about the new ebook, and a way to contact curvy yoga if you have more questions

so, if you’ve been wanting to get in on the ebook revolution, have something to say (who doesn’t ), need to share, and wanna stay in the loop for a free ebook, you gotta consider this

as mentioned before, the deadline is valentines!

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Great Sample Article on Curvy Yoga Site

i should add that one of my favorite meaningful articles about yoga, is from anna’s site, from last summer, “Shame-Free Yoga: Yoga for Your Body“

i still think about this article, and part of anna’s response to my own comment at the time, the “inclusiveness” of the article

the issues that affect a curvy person are similar to that affecting anyone wanting to regain their health and self-esteem

yes, there are differences, distinctions, things that won’t apply -

yet the similarities, i believe, are worth being aware of…

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Conclusion

even from way back, as i would struggle from being fairly fit, to falling off the health-wagon, to working my way back again, sometimes with more mental and emotional weight than physical weight, i couldn’t understand why some people made fun of those who were actually out on the track or jogging trail, and now-a-days on the mat, trying

“most” of why, it seems, is lack of understanding -

this call for contributions for people to submit to what will be a free downloadable ebook, is a chance to not only share, but fill in and replace some of the normal mis-understanding and fear we all sometimes have, towards others, and ourselves…

Contribute to a Book About Curvy Yogis!

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Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)

“nice thing ’bout getting old(er)” is a free ebook, of over a dozen postings from my blog here, organized into information i’ve been learning about aging, fitness, yoga, and creativity…

it’s meant to be referred to, and read here and there, nibbled at -

although the poems can be read straight through

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Final Thoughts

awareness, my favorite gift from yoga so far, has been the key for me

and remembering, it really is a process

namaste´ – con dios – god be with you

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Press Release —— Three New Original Mini eBook Series : A Month of Mornings Everyday Gratitude Everyday Inspiration – PhotoPoems

yoga-adan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:15:47 +0000

Press Release : “Press Release – Three New Original Mini eBook Series : A Month of Mornings ** Everyday Gratitude ** Everyday Inspiration – PhotoPoems” from Felipe Adan Lerma. Exclusive on Amazon Books.

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January 25, 2012, Burlington, Vermont

Awareness – Gratitude – Inspiration

in Every Day Living

Adan Lerma has authored a series of ebooks using three related titles. Each title expresses part of a process expressing what we experience in our every day life.

The first series, “A Month of Mornings” conveys the awareness of waking each day, to the repeating and new events in daily life, and celebrating that. A cup of coffee. Heat in winter. Getting achy or sore, fit or raring to get started, day-to-day, each day.

Expressing his own amazement, Adan says, “It’s incredible how much we are aware of each day we wake. And how much more we become aware of, as we pay attention to those moments so early in our day.”

Adan says this series began as an experiment, to see what he would experience when he paid attention to just simply waking, each day. ”The experiment continues each day, each morning,” adds Adan.

Then, initially also meant as an experiment, and day-to-day companion, Adan began seeing if he could find a gratitude, one each day, no matter how simple or basic. From this Adan’s second ebook series grew and became “Everyday Gratitude.”

“My whole experiment worked out in ways I hadn’t expected. My morning awareness exercise supported and enhanced discovering, sometimes just accepting, those same small style of every day things that can mean so much,” explained Adan.

Each of these two series are projected to have a new volume available approximately every four to six weeks. Also each series will maintain its own distinctive same cover page, with only the volume number changed. The covers are both designed by Adan using his own original photography and art.

About a month into the creation of these two series, Adan says it dawned on him that he could combine two of his creative loves, verse and imagery.

“‘Everyday Inspiration – PhotoPoems’ is literally the result of my other two creative works. One emphasizes awareness, the other gratitude, and the result is often inspiration,” says Adan.

In this third series of ebooks, Adan presents ten original photographs he has taken in his wife’s home state of Vermont, joined with an original poem for each image.

Each photograph is of an every day scene by or near Adan’s home. As with his photos in his first photography ebook “Photography Plus, a Beginner’s View” the images are what Adan considers non-professional, yet, combined with a matching verse, expresses a simple day-to-day inspiration.

In this third series, Adan will offer a different cover for each release.

All available titles are updated frequently on Yoga-Adan’s My eBooks Page. An rss feed is available, as is a newsletter.

In addition, Adan’s Amazon Author’s Page provides information on other titles at Amazon Books.

More information about Adan, including his studies and degrees, can be found on his website’s About page.

A history of Adan’s writings since the 70s is chronicled on his website.

Summary

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577 Words, 3 Images

Contact :

Adan Lerma

yoga dot adan at gmail dot com

Related Links :

Creativity & Yoga, Thoughts

Related Tags :

#photo-poems

#gratitude

#inspiration

#motivation

#poetry

#photography

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One Week Yoga-Adan Jan 15 – Jan 21, 2012

yoga-adan — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:15:55 +0000

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yoga-adan — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:15:15 +0000

Free eBook Download, New Exclusive on Amazon Books, Fri-Tue January 20-24, 2012, of Adan Lerma’s new poetry eBook of “Everyday Inspirations – PhotoPoems Vol 1″

“a beginner’s view : the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…”

Available Exclusively on Amazon Books

“Everyday Inspirations – PhotoPoems”

Vol 1

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Intro

New, Limited Time FREE Offer

Friday January 20 – Tuesday January 24, 2012

images and words, if they make a kind of music, then the whole experience is a dance

now that’s a goal, huh?

Small Gratitudes Make the Larger Gratitude

i wrote this sub-title in my post for my second mini ebook series, “everyday gratitudes” and feel it still holds here -

that small gratitudes help make inspirations, of all sizes

there is a process, i believe, involved…

“A Month of Mornings” – “Everyday Gratitude” – “Everyday Inspirations”

i also wrote, in my previous post about my ebook series, “if the poems in ‘a month of mornings‘ are of awareness..the poems of ‘everyday gratitude’ are of a thankfulness of something found from that awareness…”

what results, for me, when i combine awareness and gratitude, with an image, is a special form of inspiration

these are unprofessional level photographs, good i think, but not “expert” -

the images are from those i take going out and about in my daily life

i may have opportunities to see more, but for now, this is good

i enjoy applying an awareness of being grateful, to an image i have found, and seeing what words that inspires in me -

it’s a process, and the process itself, even when frustrating, is inspiring…

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Shameless Requests

Reviews

if you are able and would like to, please leave a constructive review on the amazon listing page for “everyday inspirations – photopoems vol 1″

always be honest, and if you can say what or why you liked or even disliked the work, or a portion of it, please say so

the constructive part is important to me

Likes

amazon has a “liked” button at the top of each listing

“if” and only if you liked the selection after download, please consider clicking the “liked” button for me

thank you so much

Feedback

these particular feedbacks, i’m beginning to learn, regarding my listings on amazon, can be very helpful

i woke this morning knowing i needed to make these requests, so some smarter part of me inside knew this would be good to add to this posting

thanks again, i appreciate it!

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Yoga

Perspective-Fits

one of my most favorite beliefs, is that all these things i do, are only special in that they are unique from me -

and that anyone, any-one can do their own versions of words and images and word-images

the great comforting contradiction in yoga, and in most of the world’s philosophies i think, is how unique we each are, in our oneness…

if true, if really true, we each have unique perspectives we can share that still should align with some degree of understanding, compassion, and acceptance, with everyone else

some “fits” will be more comfortable than other fits, of course

Curvy Yoga

an article i saw this week, from anna guest-jelley, the lady who runs the site curvyyoga, in describing “what enough looks like” made we wonder, in a good way

she evolved and defined the answer as,

“enough is a moving target..when someone tells you what enough is, that’s the time to go inside and figure out what is actually true for you.”

i suggested, in the comments, that “enough” is akin to the yogic idea of “playing your edge“

and wondered if both the creative response of the artist creating a poem or picture, and the reader’s response to that creative result, is sorta like that -

for example, i image a part of my world with my camera, then verse that image with words, and finally share it with others -

essentially, i am saying, this is enough, for me -

i get this, this inspires me -

and it may you, too!

but isn’t that, then, the signal, the opportunity, the thing i’ve “really” shared? a spark of inspiration we give each other, to enable us to “go inside and figure out what is actually true for you” ?

doesn’t mean we won’t both say, oh yea! that’s beautiful, and we both love it -

i mean, i want that, to share something more than just myself feels…

but that doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t go inside yourself, and see what else you might find in you -

why not?

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Final Thoughts

the poems and pictures in this small book, are one of my most enjoyable discovery exercises

i love finding images i really like and i love finding the right words to fit those images

these photopoems are my visibly seen process of finding inspirations -

in my everyday…

namaste´ – con dios – god be with you

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Yoga Injuries – An Article Recap Pointer, via YogaDork

Pictured, free eBook, “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)”

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Yoga Injuries – An Article Recap Pointer, via YogaDork

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Intro

Pros & Cons

i won’t rehash all the various pros and cons of : what kinds of injuries can happen during yoga, why they might happen, when they might happen, if being injured during yoga means it is or isn’t yoga

but i will say i’m really glad people are talking and debating and thinking about it

i’ve had friends and students from texas to vermont, ok, well, from texas and vermont contact me or tell me they’ve been “in discussion” with their teacher or class about injuries during yoga

so i think that’s great!

The Article

what this article is for, is to point the reader to the best most comprehensive article listing i’ve come across so far

i’ve read “some” of these, and know “some” of the folk involved, digitally anyways

so yogadork in nyc does a pretty good online job of poking fun of yoga yet providing pretty dependable information to chew on

her article, appropriately named, after a series of like articles from her helped stir the pot the ny times lit a fire under (meaning this issue was always here, just needed heating up), is :

“Complete and Exhaustive Guide: Yoga Community Responds to NYT ‘How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body’”

from this article you can reach a very very wide gamut of opinions and thoughts

folk i’m familiar with and can recommend from my perspective, include jill miller and nancy alder

sites i’m familiar with i’d trust to listen to with an open ear include yoga journal, the kripalu center, recovering yogi, and yoga tune up (the latter also run by jill miller)

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Listening to Yourself for Guidance

Intro

easily the best and most reachable thing for any one of us to do regarding what to do or not do during yoga to prevent injuries and maximize our experience

ok, now, have said that…

i’m gonna say the following, with it meant mostly for seniors like myself, but also anyone of any age who finds things in what i’ll say that appeals to them – not “too” unlikely, we oldsters were youngsters once

The Problem With “Listening” to Ourselves

i know that i have “listened” to the wisdom in my body many a time in the past, and got hurt

I know that many people my age have the same lingering doubt about fully trusting themselves, i hear it often in class, over coffee, at the check-out line :

“i figured i could do blah-blah-blah, but i guess (hahaha) i really couldn’t (oohhh, that hurts)”

fully trusting the wisdom in our bodies presumes we know what and how to hear what’s being said, and translate it properly through over half a dozen decades of mis-steps, warnings from others, injuries, and just plain natural accidents

we know we don’t know what condition our condition is in, to paraphrase an old song from “the day” -

how strong or what weak points our spine has -

which joints have lost more mass than we’d realized -

how our muscles has slowed their response time -

how knowing we know more and yet don’t know enough means we’re gonna take longer making decisions which might mean not moving that mis-aligned knee back in place quick enough

there’s some of the above i didn’t even know i needed to know before i got my fitness certifications

Learning What to Listen For

so i’m not saying not to listen to oneself, one’s personal wisdom, the wisdom nature has ingrained in each of our bodies, or, that it’s not possible to have that kind of wisdom available to us

it is, it’s there, we do have it in us, from birth and before

i truly believe that

but it’s not a turnkey listening experience

we get a lot of static and variant messages as we grow up, as we raise our children, as we continue to age

the trick is to learn what to listen for

and for me, if i’m gonna listen to my body, i need more information about my body

how does it talk to me? when is it serious and when is it playing with me, teasing me to see if i’ve got some gumption?

how do i do this without breaking the message machine, my body?

the trick then becomes how to learn to know what to listen for

folks, things like the article above from yoga-dork, with avenues of offered wisdom, is one route

finding teachers that’ll answer questions in a way you trust that your experience then validates as right for you

doing your own research: reading, dvds, classes – there’s tons of stuff

i’ll tell you right now, i’m not a real dumb person, and i’m interested in my health, and like the idea of developing myself into a better person (that’s the spiritual part ) – and it’s been a tough go

i’m fortunate i have a wife who’s also interested in all this (actually she got me started on learning more through fitness workshops etc)

you can do it alone, but you don’t have to…

Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)

this is a free ebook i put together organizing some of the article i’ve written on this site about fitness, yoga, aging, and creativity

it’s meant to be a nibble-at-it, reference, enjoy-the-poems collection that hopefully leads you to other learnings, your own things to learn, about you

there’s no affiliate links in it, i won’t know you got it unless you tell me, and i don’t offer it on my website

it’s free at at least three online sites right now

Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)

this is a free ebook i put together organizing some of the article i’ve written on this site about fitness, yoga, aging, and creativity

it’s meant to be a nibble-at-it, reference, enjoy-the-poems collection that hopefully leads you to other learnings, your own things to learn, about you

there’s no affiliate links in it, i won’t know you got it unless you tell me, and i don’t offer it on my website

it’s free at at least three online sites right now, including amazon and google books

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Final Thoughts

i’m enjoying doing fitness and yoga classes with my wife, mostly for seniors -

but also for most anyone who’s de-conditioned, i know what that’s like

and we’ve surprised a few fairly fit classes we subbed at with what we brought to their fitness class they hadn’t expected, especially in terms of awareness and fitness information

i’m also enjoying doing my photography, and writing my poetry

find what you like to do to be and stay more fit

discover things you like to do

and you’ll be a long way toward listening to your own wisdom, from your body and your soul

namaste´ – con dios – god be with you

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Yoga Adan

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