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A Consistent Routine is Best, Except When It’s Not (Flexibility of Self Is…)

23 Apr
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Why “Except”

perseverance, and persistence, are vital to our very survival -

it’s sometimes hard to recall, as darwin is reported to have said, “adaptability” is the key

and, for me, adaptability, isn’t possible, without flexibility of mind and spirit

yoga, of course, is notoriously known for flexibility of body ;-)

meant to induce and promote flexibility of spirit, and…

back to darwin, “adaptability to change”

How Key?

how key is the ability to adapt to change?

well, considering that many feel change is the only constant -

and that the theory of relativity is said to rest on a fixed standard, the speed of light -

and change is thus comparable to the speed of light in regard to our experience of what is constant -

then the ability to adapt to change is essential…

ie, pretty darn key ;-)

So What’s the Point?

for me, it’s to look then at all the ways flexibility to change, adaptability, can occur in people…us!

since my previous post had to do with playfulness and seniors and fitness exercise, for me right now, i would say that the ability to recognize (awareness) and respond to (exercise) routine, with creative playful adaptability, is probably one of the most important things i personally need to re-learn from childhood, and re-apply as an adult

vary my routine with intensity

vary my routine with time

vary my routine with movement variation

vary my exercise and creative and mundane routines with minute variances -

like tiny dabs of paint speckling the greater canvas, or word on word building a joined feeling and thought -

and give myself compassionate credit for trying and accomplishing what i do each day…

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Final Thoughts

Adan Lermaspring has stepped aside today, for the week they say, to let winter vent a bit before hibernating in the warmth

even mother nature know to adapt the seasons within the seasons, or risk freezing the continuity of life…

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Teaching Seniors is Like Teaching the (almost) Whole Population

19 Apr
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Why “Almost”

the most straightforward answer to that i currently know, is simply the difference between bones still growing and mature bones

other important differences exist of course, such as emotional maturity, experience, hormonal factors, but for purposes of exercise fitness or wellness, that’s what comes most to mind

according to afaa, the still developing bones of children and adolescents, differ on the type and amount of stress they can experience safely, from those of a person whose bones have reached their mature sizes and shapes

granted, the elderly (in particular) are prone to diminished bone density, but are not typically concerned with continued bone-length growth

but i’m getting side-tracked

my point is simply this is why i would consider the teaching of seniors, almost like teaching the whole population

seniors embody everything all the bone-matured age groups can have; plus, a few people would say, more than a number of features more prevalent in those that are old(er) ;-)

though i contend there’s some nice things ’bout getting old(er) ;-)

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What Seniors (sometimes) Forget to Keep From Being Young

ironically, i believe, what can be included from those who are younger, into exercise routines for seniors, is our originally innate love for play ;-)

silversneakers even includes the word “fun” into their idea of exercise -

Get fit, have fun, make friends!”

smiling, laughter, and being happy, are often, as one of my favorite sites indicates, something one must work for, yet receive as a by-product

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“Curvy Voices”

an excellent free ebook that just came out, as is available in pdf format, on anna guest-jelley’s curvyyoga site

thirty-six interesting  (including my small input ;-) ) articles on accepting oneself as a means to becoming more of what you want to be are included

as anna posts on her recent feedback page about the book,

“this book is about so much more than the physical practice of asana”

and

“It’s really about coming home to ourselves”

there’s a lot of compassion, caring, and expertise available on this site

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Final Thoughts

Adan Lermagetting fit and staying fit are more closely aligned than most people think i believe -

i know that was true for me ;-)

my manner of getting fit, especially as i’ve gotten old(er) is much more doable, and sustainable, the more closely it is aligned with how i want to stay fit

sheila and i try to teach this in our classes -

and fitness knowledge, as i conclude in “10 sports lessons i can smile at now” is critical

fortunately, the abundance of access to and information about fitness, and wellness, is as available as one is willing to search for and obtain

the Y where sheila and i are currently teaching classes, has many varied programs available

i should of course, that they are not affiliated or endorsing my site, this is just my stuff ;-)

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as most people who’ve read my posts know, i feel awareness is yoga’s greatest gift to me -

and this awareness then, of the need for playfulness, is something i can very much credit my practice of yoga for ;-)

take care everyone, blessings ;-)

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The Indie Spotlight : “10 Sports Lessons I Can Smile at Now”

17 Apr
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my collection of sports poems “10 Sports Lessons I Can Smile at Now” is being featured by “the indie spotlight” whose motto is :

The Indie Spotlight – Where the Independent Author Shines

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The Indie Spotlight

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

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

sports is year round -

and so this lightly humorous look back at my layman’s fun and trials at playing at sports, “10 Sports Lessons I Can Smile at Now” takes a look at baseball, dance, skateboarding, yoga, running, and bicycling

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 of course potentially good pr

the questions are fairly comprehensive, but easy to follow, and my two previous submissions, one for “poems for lovers loving & being loved” and the other for “101 sports poems“ were presented in a way that showed my work to very nice light

i think it’s also fair to say, the questions helped me clarify, to myself, and my readers, some whys and whats about my creative process, particularly in regard to the book featured, more deeply than i’d realized i would

in the optional samples inclusion ending, i included chapter one, ”Turkey Bike Trot” ;-)

Heads Up on Submission Process Changes

also, and very importantly, the entire submission process and resultant “spotlight” on one’s work, is free – that always helps us new (to the world) writers and artists ;-)

however, due to a recent server crash, greg, one of the co-founders of the indie spotlight, gave a “state of indie spotlight address” saying (my own bolding) :

Ed and I have been truly grateful for all of the tremendous support you have given us, and are very happy to continue providing The Indie Spotlight as a medium to help let the world know about you and your work. But our popularity far exceeded our expectations, and prior to the server crash, we had a very large queue that was continuing to grow by the week. So now that we have this unfortunate opportunity to start over, we will be taking steps to keep the stockpile of submissions under control so that we can best serve you. So submissions are open now until the end of the month of April, and then we will try to have a more definitive submission period schedule set up, which we’ll post on the website.

so, from my view, a total recommendation of the indie spotlight’s services, but with a heads up regarding keeping an eye out for upcoming submission changes after april

i’ve come across work that, because of the in-depth presentation, i probably would not only not known about, but not known to care about

thanks so much, i hope you get to stop by at indie spotlight

sincerely,

adan

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Curvy Yoga’s Anna Guest-Jelley’s Free eBook : “Curvy Voices”

16 Apr
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a bit back, i had a post entitled, “so you wanna be in an ebook? an offer from curvy yoga’s anna guest-jelley” -

well the ebook is here! it’s free! and it’s available on anna’s site curvy yoga - Curvy Voices

read the excerpt below, and be sure and check out this important resource ;-)

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people from all areas and walks of life have contributed to this free resource

this is an excerpt from the curvy yoga page linked to above, posted by anna,

“When I began practicing yoga, I didn’t have a community.

“I primarily practiced on my own at home. And when I did venture out to class, I tried not to make much eye contact with people. I didn’t want to see the judgment I assumed would be in their eyes when they saw my curvy body getting on my mat

“That time in my life was really hard. There’s just no other way to say it. I had this little thought in the back of my mind that things could be different — that I didn’t always have to struggle with food. That I didn’t have to constantly be on a diet or hate myself…”

Anna goes on to explain how things developed for me, and says this,

“And this is why Curvy Voices was born. I wanted to share a book that would inspire all of us, especially those of us who may be new(er) to this journey. As I read through the 36 stories in this incredible book, I was struck time and again by the depth and breadth of their beauty.

“Our thoughtful and courageous writers cover topics from body lovin’ to childbirth, loss to illness, the thrill of yoga to the fear of stepping on the mat. The incredible quotes shared throughout this post are representative of the inspiring messages shared within these pages….”

today is anna’s birthday, so i suggest giving her, and yourself, the gift of this inspiring book ;-)

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Final Thoughts

Adan Lerma

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

my own article in Curvy Voices, is bit about my own awareness journey

and remembering, it really is a process ;-)

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dVersepoets Prompt Meeting the Bar : Live in the Moment Before I Sleep

29 Mar
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dVersepoets Prompt – dVerse Meeting the Bar

hosted by Victoria C. Slotto :

victoria presents one of my most favorite topics, the sense of being in the moment

she begins with a statement i myself feel fully :

“I am not a Buddhist, per se. Aspects of Buddhism, however, have inspired me for many years, in particular, mindfulness meditation….”

then showcases examples of being in the now - snippets of data awash in each of the five senses, followed by a poem by louise hastings illustrating the pull of the seasons in one woman’s now

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Mindfulness, Heart and Mind

victoria’s excellent intro brought to mind a couple of twangs of my own regarding mindfulness -

one, how often various proponents focus only on the heart and disparage the mind

my own feeling, which i express often here on my site ;-) is that ideally, a blending, almost a respect and compassion, between the two, would be even better

carol horton has one of my favorite articles, regarding right and left brain, which i think equally applies (and which she posted on her site a year to the date tomorrow!)

two, is my idea of how / where creativity takes place; but first, this background material, from victoria :

“the words we commit to paper or hard drive are born in the present moment. In order to create, we need to carve out a place and time of silence. We need to slow down and notice details, to block out distraction, and open up to inspiration. Silence, awareness, focus….”

a problem potentially occurs semantically when silence is interpreted as only being able to be when one is literally alone, with no disturbing sound around -

this problem potentially re-occurs in the final three words “silence, awareness, focus” -

Silence

silence, to me, has meant the silencing of both the mind and the heart

the human heart is wonderful, as is the human mind, and both have shown the capacity for infinite good, and evil – which might well be the definition of being human ;-)

the silencing of both, allows awareness, and with focus, i believe, creates the opening for each person’s best road of approach in that moment, either the mind or the heart, or, in those rare wonderful times, both the mind and the heart

anyway ;-) that’s my theory, and my experience

which, i recognize, doesn’t mean i’m not missing something

Accepting Individuality Within Oneness

but i must work with what i have, believe, and can accomplish

when i’ve sensed this most, are in momentous crowds, and the moments before sleep

weird huh? ;-)

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Live in the Moment Before I Sleep

the cotton sheets crinkle they’re

so crisp

cool

to my touch

sheila’s asleep ill for

a few days

her breathing’s rough

but her scent is

warm

the bed cool

beneath me as i

slip-pull

into

our bed

sleep is the moment

where one

lives

broadest in time

my slowing breath

a slow bellows

beckons

the past, my slightly hunched

shoulders ease, rest back

upon the soft cover

sighing

i was five then-now the

fever so high angels

swirled above me

aside my

parents praying beside

me

sheila stirs restless resting

uneasy

shhh shhh

my mother laid her hands across my

forehead my dad watching

with softened eyes

shhh shhh

i touch sheila to ease her

sleep-jerky fever

shh shh

the

breath is easier and

darkness comes

wrapped

in light streaked silk

and

morning

comes

after the long moment of night

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dVersepoets Prompt : Meeting the Bar: Filling in the Gaps – March Madness

15 Mar
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dVersepoets Prompt – Meeting the Bar: Filling in the Gaps

hosted by charles miller

my originating poem for this poem, is “march madness” written a few days ago

charles posits that (my bolding),

“More modern poets make up for this disjunction between life and poetry by filling their poems with more and more personal, historical, social, or other details. Many poems try to fill in the gaps left by the disjunction between the moment of poetry and real life by providing enough detail to let you know what gave rise to the poem. No doubt, we aren’t talking about causal events like a chemical producing a reaction but cause defined in terms of meaning, not always directly discernible by observers or instruments.”

he gives examples of “more” meaning using work from ts eliot and dante

of the latter, he says,

“You’ll notice that I haven’t used the term commentary for what Dante does in this work. This is because I don’t think he’s doing literary criticism or dissecting his work like a literary critic does. Instead, he’s trying to show us how all the pieces fit together….”

the prompt intro is a richly written piece of interest to most any poet, and the prompt itself is challenging yet intriguing

this then, is my poem about my previous poem about sports and team work and individualism, why i relished celebrating all that is something that’s sometimes thought of as “just playing sports” ;-)

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The Surround Sound Around My Last Poem

all the fighting in-
fighting and discourse
what is what isn’t
yoga
no brain all heart
all science no emotion
not asanas only meditation
can these yogi-folk not see
they’re arguing which team’ll
win march madness?
height, no speed, nope coaching
yea yea yea
the individual’s nothing the
team’s the diva and yet it’s
all one
yea yea
all one
yea
well
it is or it isn’t
this was my yoga reading world
recently
in the ethers ny times and tweetdom
yoga, slow and done consciously
is where i found my awareness
was hiding
waiting
for me to breathe
ahhhh, yes…
the rest
as dalai man says
is all extra
add ons
trim
and the world
at spring break once again
has an oil gas crisis
again
its
march
madness
‘cept that the latter has
rules
we agreed on
© 2012 adam light creations / adan lerma

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The Indie Spotlight : “101 Sports Poems”

12 Mar
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my collection of sports poems “101 Sports Poems” is being featured by “the indie spotlight” whose motto is :

The Indie Spotlight – Where the Independent Author Shines

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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

101 Sports Poems - The Poems

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

with baseball season upon us, “101 sports poems” seems the right pitch to make ;-)

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 of course potentially good pr

the questions are fairly comprehensive, but easy to follow, and my first submission, for “poems for lovers loving & being loved” was presented in a way that showed my work to very nice light

as in my first submission, i also featured two poems as samples for “101 sports poems”

lastly, but also very importantly, the entire submission process and resultant “spotlight” on one’s work, is free – that always helps us new (to the world) writers and artists ;-)

thanks so much, i hope you get to stop by, sincerely,

adan

namaste – con dios – god be with you

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Open Link Night ~ Week 33 – Recycling “Evolution of a Yoga Pose”

28 Feb
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Open Link Night, Week 33 ~ from dVersepoets, hosted by joy ann jones (hedgewitch) is a more than usually welcome prompt for me this week

i’d been debating, whether to, “jump in” with an article on the latest twist of yoga headlines, these from another scorcher from the nytimes, “yoga and sex scandals: no surprise here,” or to instead, do a poem via one of dversepoets’ many fine prompts

open link night, and the recycling of one of my yoga poems, “evolution of a pose,” gave me a chance to merge the two, save some time, and let me go out dinner with my wife for a beautiful sunset here in burlington vermont ;-)

Yoga and Sex

my intent, if i’d done a “pure” yoga article reviewing the hubbub, was to link to the more interesting and comprehensive folk, such as :

yogadork’s “William J Broad on John Friend Scandal: Yoga is a Sex Cult and We’re All Ignorant Minions” -

and carol horton’s “Back to Basics: Yoga as I know it, 101” -

and an article i first saw from nancy alder, and is also linked to by yogadork, “Christopher Wallis addresses “Factual Errors” in NY Times Article: Yoga and Sex Scandals

My Take

my own take is, depending on your view, either too simplistic, or too involved ;-) or maybe just right ;-)

for what it’s worth, this is where i stand regarding yoga

1) my understanding of yoga is, like most things in my life, except for a few constants, an evolving understanding – so i’m open to change, have changed (some), and expect i’ll have a few adjustments still along the way

2) my favorite (short) quote about yoga i’ve seen several times, and saw again today on the mindbodygreen site :

it’s from the dalai lama,

“There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.”

3) many of the ideas feelings and precepts in yoga, i learned and heard growing up, so yoga is not a sole depository of human wisdom

4) people argue constantly about something with a big “Y” yoga and a little “y” yoga; i default to dalai’s quote above if you need an authority, i’d still think it’s a needless debate if you don’t ;-)

5) getting rabid about sex not being part of yoga is as wrong as being rabid that it is

sex is part of and responsive to eating breathing sports art dance music literature gazing into your lovers eyes and eating a delicious meal, oops, i’m back to eating, now that’s where there’s no real surprise ;-)

6) arguing about the history of yoga, in detail, is like pointless – we don’t even know if JFK was killed by a lone gunman, or in cahoots with others – generalities is the best we can do

i currently write a daily morning poem, and a later-in-the-day gratitude poem, and when i re-read them, i’m shocked at what i remembered vaguely, and what i didn’t remember in detail at all! – though i know whatever it is that happened, i absorbed

7) my physical and, by unavoidable natural connection, emotional mental health is enhanced by physical activity -

as my emotional and mental health enhances my physical health -

yoga does this, as does dance and music and writing and good company and, oh, yes, eating ;-) eating well anyways ;-)

there’s more, i’m sure, but it’s close to time for my wife and i to go eat, with a great coupon of course ;-) from living social - they don’t pay me to say that, i say it because i am grateful for a decent deal from a company i’ve had fair dealings with several times

just like the yoga ladies i mention above as reference probably don’t always agree with my take on things, but i admire them and what they offer for discourse and pondering

and that’s how i feel about yoga, it doesn’t agree with all of me -

i can’t do headstands, hold myself afloat with one hand, or twist the same both directions, but i admire what it does for me, in my breathing, in my stretching, in its (usual) compassion toward self and others, and its advocation of awareness

with that in mind, i offer you a poem that deeply fit me as it creatively came out, ala dalai’s words, of brain and heart – renamed only slightly to clarify it’s a “yoga” pose i’m writing about ;-)

my thanks to dVersepoets for offering a poet’s-option open mike prompt

it’s like offering an open-pose session of yoga -

the yoga of poetry ;-)

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Evolution of a Pose

As a tiny child

(I am told)

I

liked to lift

my chest

off

the floor

and peek about

and smile at those around me.

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As a quietly raucous teen

(i’ve been reminded)

i’d lift my chest

from the

hot

beach sands

that are galveston

to peer around

at my peers.

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As a young man intent

on learning asanas

i’d lift prone from

the mat

to

the third chakra

i knew must be in there

…somewhere.

A

cobra

i was, i was told.

Maybe, with smiling fangs?

i wondered…

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In the service

i’d lift my chest

with my breath as

i pressed my finger

on the trigger.

I was a

cobra

now

i thought.

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As a dad

i’d lift

my head

as my children

learned to lift their head

then their chest,

core muscles moving

them

to the crawling mobile stage -

and i recall

(i would tell them)

they’d lift their chest

off

the floor

and peek about

and smile..at all those around them.

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The cobra pose is but

a stage of skin

between

the playful peeking child

and the grateful mom and dad.

The pose

is the peeking child

within.

Nothing more.  And never nothing less.

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Poetics: Poetry & Philosophy, Poem Prompt via dVersepoets

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and the idea is… : original philosophical poetry

a “journey of thought”

subtitle inspired by comment from susie clevenger

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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.”

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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

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did i not exist before i believed

i thought i heard a sound

within my heart?

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am i said and thought

i felt i’d said

with

conviction

my marriage

of

my tested thought

and

survivor’s sentiment

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i am

therefore

am

i repeated

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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

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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…

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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

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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…

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do we really stop

when we are

buried

or

merely wake to choose

again

if to join the dance of tag

called

a priori…

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

play my heart’s edge ;-)

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

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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

© 2012 adam light creations / adan lerma

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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 ;-)

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Undercurrents, Poem Prompt Response via dVersepoets

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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

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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

© 2012 adam light creations / adan lerma

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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…

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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 ;-)

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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

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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?

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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

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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…

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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

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

and remembering, it really is a process ;-)

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

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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.

A Month of Mornings Vol 1The 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.

Everyday Gratitude Vol 1Then, 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.

Everyday Inspirations - PhotoPoems Vol 1About 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.

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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.

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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 ;-)

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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

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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…

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Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)

this is an 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

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Final Thoughts

Adan Lerma

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 ;-)

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Do Older People Decide Things More Slowly?

9 Jan
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Do Older People Decide Things More Slowly?

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do older people decide things more slowly?

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Intro

i came across this article, “Who are you calling slow? 70-year-olds can be trained to make accurate decisions as quickly as younger generations” -

and thought, this is another piece of a growing puzzle-image that says, aging doesn’t have to be as bad as most of us have been taught it has to be…

yes, we are aging -

from the moment we’re born -

though, of course, the growth curve when we’re young, certainly out-weighs most sense of aging, at least in the typical sense ;-)

but i think, that’s part of my point, in so many of my articles and posts and free ebook, aging is simply the natural process of changing, almost morphing, into maturation

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“Who are you calling slow? 70-year-olds can be trained to make accurate decisions as quickly as younger generations”

Slow Deciding Not Inherent

the basic premise in the article, i believe, is, older folk are not necessarily slower in making decisions, but have learned to weigh more variable before making a decision…

makes sense ;-)

the article also says, “They [ seniors ] can have reactions as fast as 25-year-olds, a study reveals”

this, then, is a great article pointing out an extremely important piece of information, not only for people already seniors, but anyone planning on aging ;-)

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Fear of Making a Mistake

embedded in this idea, of weigh the variables in a decision more deliberately, i think, is also a learned fear of making a mistake, especially a big mistake

a harmful mistake -

experience does teach us many things, usually ;-)

so, it seems, on my part, that this caution, and weighing of factors to make a decision, may be warranted at times…

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Caution

but what is interesting is, because this well-honored caution may be being applied “too” broadly in our daily activities, we older folk may be taking longer than we “need” to decide “some” things

so, while it is wonderful, and terribly important, to realize, recognize, and accept, that we, as seniors, can and must make some decisions more quickly -

i do believe the factor not mentioned or addressed in the article is: some things maybe should be given more time and attention before deciding

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Deciding Too Quickly Isn’t Always a Virtue

there are many instances where quick action, quick decisions, are not only useful, but also practical – some vital and some mundane : helping someone in dire need, or what type of drink to have with lunch -

yet, the notion, that some things should be given the time needed to be decided, but not given, is not addressed in the article -

and in all fairness, isn’t addressed, in most discussions about slow decision-making, especially by us seniors ourselves

what about being honked by the car behind us when the light is red, we can turn right, but we’re making sure another car isn’t turning in our path? -

and we know that happens once a day at least!  we start to go out into the intersection, and someone darts out and crosses the path we would’ve taken…

what about being pushed by someone behind us in the grocery store when we’re looking for an item, and the person behind us thinks they know where they are heading and also thinks we’re going too slow down the aisle?

and why is it the judgement of what is too fast or too slow, is usually against the person whose speed is different from one’s own?

and going back to the quick decision about what drink to have at lunch, what about  the initial rushing itself, to gobble up food that’s convenient, and quick, but not good for us?

i certainly recall making some decisions rather quickly when i was younger (even last week!) that cost me…

and maybe there’s an embedded-ness in our culture, where we are subconsciously mimicking machines and technology that are really pre-set to operate at full speed and efficiency, without thinking, and shouldn’t even be emulated by the decision-making process?

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Balance

ultimately, i believe, a balance, and a juggling of judgment calls about what needs hurrying, and what doesn’t, is what’s needed, by all of us, young and old(er)

what this article, and the study it refers to does do though, is help remove the idea, especially among older people themselves, people like me, that my decisions will necessarily be slower now, as a factor of simply being physically older

that’s extremely encouraging to me ;-)

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More Reading

it was interesting, in seeing what other articles like this i might find, i found so many!

at the end of this post i’ve placed a number that seem worth seeing and reviewing

many seem to review the same material as this first article i’d found

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Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er)

nice thing ’bout getting old(er)” is an 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

Adan Lerma

keeping active is one of the best ways to keep oneself happy and fit

my activity of choice is yoga, but i also jazzercise with my wife, write poetry, do photography, and paint

i would only encourage you to explore and find those things that are fun for you ;-)

namaste´ – con dios – god be with you

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

3 Jan
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New Beginnings - dVersePoet Prompt : OpenLinkNight – Week 25, Did Someone Mention Charles Bukowski?

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

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Intro, Charles Bukowski, and Me

the guys and gals over at dversepoets have these open mike invitations, where one can create poems to particular prompts or themes

i’ve tried my hand with a few and like their essay-prefaced prompt calls

this particular invite is an open link night, so anything goes (i think) ;-)

brian, who helps run (runs?) the site, wrote the post-new-year new year’s post, and included a quote from charles bukowski

so i took my cue from that inclusion and did my best hispanic-american young-senior mostly-mild-life impression of who, if you’ve read anything of bukowski’s, was probably closer to what my initial immigrant ancestors’ lives were like, rough ready persistent and, eventually,  would’ve been eminently readable

and for those who do know charles bukowski’s readings, no this is nowhere near, close to, or pretending-ly as “authentic-rough” as he was ;-)

this is just me playing him on the internet -

on a blog ;-)

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brian leaves a much better “taste” of bukowski on his site ;-) with his poem

enjoy!

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Homage to Charles Bukowski

On the Third Day of a New Year

I sat on the glass

of opportunity

til it cracked.

I didn’t want

a glass of it

to spill & stain

my chest.

I don’t want to

sip & think fine

thoughts.

I wanna

guzzle the mouth of

steins set like barrels.

Those aren’t opportunities.

That’s life.

Now buy me a drink.

© 2012 adam light creations / adan lerma

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Yoga

so much emphasis in yoga is on oneness, i sometimes forget that inclusiveness must not only recognize variety and diversity, but celebrate it

though, in all honesty, i only forget, i feel, for moments ;-)

the teeming-ness of life in our what-seems so homogenous increasingly-global lives, is an easy reminder…

try getting all your friends or family, or your social-media circle of friends to “really” agree on something, you’ll see what i mean (as if you don’t know this already!)

diversity, i believe, in our oneness, is part of what drove charles bukowski

he couldn’t live otherwise than how he was -

yet, it seems to me, he not so much wanted “in” - as felt he already was in -

and why didn’t other people see that ;-)

that’s the way i think we are today in our world today -

we’re already one, but don’t always believe it…

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Final Thoughts

happy  new new-year’s day-3 everyone!

soon we’ll be one week in, and no going back ;-)

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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dVersepoets Prompt : New Beginnings – Bookmarks in a Larger Book

1 Jan
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New Beginnings – Bookmarks in a Larger Book : Original Inspirational Poetry for New Years Day.  Also linked in response to dVersepoets.com site’s new year’s post, “poetics – endings & beginnings”

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new beginnings – bookmarks in a larger book : original inspirational poetry

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Intro

happy new year everyone!

the idea of the poems is, yes, new years is a new beginning, but also has continuity

there seemed, all of a sudden, so many ways i could express this, but they each led to differing modes of image-expression and line-usage, and i had to make a choice

kinda like at new years ;-)

here’s wishing all the best to all of us!

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New Beginnings – Bookmarks in a Larger Book

love

when i get things right

the first time

no

retries or second third guessing

gestated full-winged, sharp-eyed, tuned

to the world – ready for flight

allowing me to move on

new years day

is like that

no retries or second guessing

it’s a new year’s new day

even in

mid sentence mid

kiss

mid breathe

it’s new

we’ve made it official

the corner page has been curled and pressed, marked

the ereader’s red bookmark has been selected

the gifted favored bookmark found special

among other choices left unchosen

makes it most official

within the flow of the fuller life, the larger book

this page in our stories, is a new beginning

done right, the first time, the first day

i’ve begun anew

officially

i can love that

© 2011 adam light creations / adan lerma

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Joe Konrath, Resolutions for Writers 2006-2012

whether you’re interested in writing, or the sudden evolution into ebooks with ereaders the last few years, this is fascinating reading from a writer’s writer

“Every December I do a post about resolutions for writers, and every year I add more of them” begins this years new years resolution post from joe konrath

joe is a self-described genre fiction writer

the resolutions posted, from 2006 through the newest one for 2012, are as enthralling as a work of fiction, yet totally true “and” provide a blow-by-blow historical account of the changes in the publishing industry, from a writer’s pov

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dVersepoets New Year’s Post, “Poetics – Endings & EBeginnings”

thought i should be used to it by now, i continue to be amazed at the quality of essay prefacing the prompt for a particular theme created by a working poet from dversepoets

from the essay, by Mark Kerstetter

“Do you, at the end of the year, think about the past or the future?…Perhaps…the present moment is all that we ever have, and it is the poet’s province to memorialize this place: always here, and always unique…we walk forward with eyes in the backs of our heads….”

included in the essay is a beauty of a photo, a poem from conrad aiken, and a youtube audio with the vinyl cover of a young sinatra (as if frank was ever old ;-) )

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Yoga

so many times i forget, that all my turns and twists and new beginnings, no matter how disparate, end up linked chapters in the larger book that’s my life

everything i’ve done colors everything i think and feel, the mix and mixes mixing like air currents finding where their boundaries dissolve and blend merging into something new, for another while

i find that kinda comforting, though i thought, when first thinking this, i wouldn’t

that i’d resent the losing of the moment remembered -

my moments are still moments, i realize, they just keep connecting to other moments, making up the larger moment that’s the living of my life

i wonder, if that’s, sorta at least, how my one life, becomes one…

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Final Thoughts

happy new years everyone ;-)

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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Playfulness in an Ageless Christmas – Original Inspirational Poetry

25 Dec
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Playfulness in an Ageless Christmas – Original Inspirational Poetry.  Also linked to dVersepoet’s dVerse Christmas poem under the tree posting.


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playfulness in an ageless christmas – original inspirational poetry

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Intro

it’s hard to imagine christmas without a vision of a child…

and it’s almost impossible for me to see a child without seeing its playfulness -

and i cannot believe that i, myself, looking back on my own memories of myself, and seeing all the new children bounding now about, that i no longer have that playfulness within me, even if somewhat changed ;-)

i’ve begun to think that, it is the “perceived” loss of our own playfulness, that leads to the two paths of thought i’ve written about, below the poem : celebrity worship, and the younger/older is-wiser side-road

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Playfulness in an Ageless Christmas

when we were children

sparkles lit upon

all we’d

see

our supple bones

soft-headed fast-growing

gave a playfulness to our lives

bouncing! eager -

from

toy to toy - joy to joy!

life’s promise

radiated

fragrant teas and herbs from

within our hearts

our minds at one with what we felt

and now..that we are older

and our winters have

sometimes

forgotten how long the springs

remain so fertile within us

our bones

now hard-headed slow-growing

less supple

yet

stronger…

give a calmness..to our play

we know

we will smile again and taste

the simple fun of finding

there is always

someone

new

being born

bearing bones of cartilage

and eager to find the feeling of finding

fun

with someone just like us.

© 2011 adam light creations / adan lerma

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Ben Stein

a friend of ours in san antonio, who we met when we lived in galveston, sent me an email ecstatic about something ben stein had said…

i couldn’t find the email, which i’m sure i’ve labeled and stored somewhere safe ;-) but a google search found me numerous references to his christmas thoughts

there were several, all good, but evidently it was one he said a few years ago on the cbs sunday morning show, that our friend in san antonio sent us

one of my favorite lines in that piece is,

“where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren’t allowed to worship God as we understand Him?”

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only thing i’d disagree with him on, is, “I guess that’s a sign that I’m getting old…” -

something some of my fellow old(er) friends are too quick to agree with at times, i think

and, in context, is actually kinda funny when ben stein said it, but…

it’s obvious, from the idealism i grew up with in the 60s, and the idealism we see now in the “occupied” camps around the world, (and disregarding the merits of the idealism in each instance) that celebrity worship, in financial circles as much as in the entertainment world, is not something repellent to the older crowd alone…

playfulness, in the sense of give and take, might here be useful for all of us

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Yoga

and to be fair, celebrity worship is equally rampant within the yogic community

not too surprising, since yoga, despite claims to the contrary, is still a human attempt to attempt the impossible but necessary -

to make sense of our selves and the world we live in -

…whether 5000 years ago, during british imperialism, or in a modern yoga studio complete with organic mats, certified music, imported incense, and buy-local water and snacks

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Final Thoughts

this “thinking” then that a view is held or not held because we are older, or because we aren’t older, is simply the same view chasing itself across our years -

it is a celebrity worship of our own years alone…

time is playing with us, teasing us

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thus, as in this poem, the child is born aching for reciprocal play from those older than itself, and those of us now older, yearn with gratitude of remembrance and welcome, at the sight of (most) little ones ;-)

the spirit of christmas is ageless -

a timeless, giving spirit -

carrying its playfulness to us….

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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Happy Baby Pose (Ananda Balasana) – Original Yoga Poetry

23 Dec
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Happy Baby Pose (Ananda Balasana) – Original Yoga Poetry.  Linked to prompt from dVersepoets


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Intro

the dVersepoets has provided another of their continuing series of prompts, this time on “contrast”

as usual, the poet providing the prompt, this time, victoria c. slotto, provides an interesting essay, with numerous visual and written examples of the use and presentation of contrasts

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The Prompt

almost immediately, though the essay from dversepoets mentions art and texture, things i personally relish, an image from a poem i was working on came to mind – “happy baby pose

the contrasts i felt thinking of this image, involved the incredible softness of a baby, their delicate expressions -

and yet the immense strength and growth of bones and muscles happening at the same time, which allows us to first crawl, then walk

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Yoga

the lecture sheila and i attend at the university of vermont recently, actually spoke to the necessity of a child developing its core muscles, to even being able to crawl, much less walk

and here we are, as adults, in fitness and yoga classes, needing to be reminded, made aware of, and recapture, the sense of strength and stability we gained when we first developed those core muscles -

when we were happy babies ;-)

namaste´- con dios – god be with you

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Happy Baby Pose – Ananda Balasana 

happy baby pose

is a pose of contrasts

strength

in playfulness

legs curled, hands securely clasped

on searching feet

airborne

the relaxed back resting

on first mother, earth

the core

felt, and tightened, made aware

ready

for movement when feet and hands

roll

the back to the sky and the heart back

to the earth

it is time to crawl

explore

such a happy baby…

© 2011 adam light creations / adan lerma

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Press Release – Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved

21 Dec
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Press Release : “Poems for Lovers Loving & Being Loved” from Felipe Adan Lerma; A self-published press release announcing a collection of over 6 dozen original poems about love.


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YOGA-ADAN PRESS RELEASES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 21, 2011, Burlington, Vermont

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Heart Beats * Love Is… * Young Love

The Vaults Within Our Heart * Friends Like Sisters

A Non-Occasion Occasion * My Valentine Cliche´* Anniversary

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Over six dozen original poems about love.

Poems for Love Loving & Being Loved, Cover Image

New eBook, "Poems for Love Loving & Being Loved"

Friends, Lovers, Family.

Poetry from husband and wife Sheila and Adan Lerma, who sold their poems for nearly a decade in the 90s at malls and art shows as personalized sayings.

New poetry work is also included.

Celebrated are the many types of relationships people have, with four categories of love-sharing poems :

* love poems for lovers
* friendship poems
* poems for special relationship occasions
* and other loves – family, pets

Poems range from humorous to serious to very tongue-in-cheek.

Humorous work ranges from “My Truck” (other loves) to “My Evil Twin” (friendship).

Serious pieces include “Friends Like Sisters” (friendship) to “She Is…” and “Heart Beats” (love).

Occasion love poetry is included for weddings, anniversaries, and Valentines.

Seventy-Five original love poems – each written either by Sheila or Adan Lerma.

Adan explains, “Sheila and I started writing poems at art shows with relationship poems.  It was what we were most attracted to do.  And it was what most people ended up liking.”

All available titles are updated frequently on Yoga-Adan’s eBook Page.

Links to press releases relating to each title are maintained.

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Current vendor outlets include Google Books and Amazon Books.

Adan’s Amazon Author’s Page also provides information on titles at Amazon Books.

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

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

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Summary

75 original love poetry works by Sheila and Adan Lerma.  Love is explored in themes of love, friendship, occasions, and other loves.  Other poetry collections include poetry for sports, teachers, and nurses.

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