by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you...
by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
And for No Reason by Hafiz And For no reason I start skipping like a child. And For no reason I turn into a leaf That is carried so high I kiss the Sun’s mouth And dissolve And For no reason A thousand birds Choose my head for a conference table. Start passing...
by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
The Sun Never Says by Hafiz Even After All This time The Sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Imagine a Love Like that. It lights the Whole Sky.
by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
The Seed Market by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī Can you find another market like this? Where, with your one rose you can buy hundreds of rose gardens? Where, for one seed get a whole wilderness? For one weak breath, a divine wind? You’ve been fearful of being...
by Sherri Koehler | May 25, 2016 | Blog Posts, Practice, Yoga Philosophy
My spouse and I had the privilege of going on a short holiday to Los Angeles for the past few days. Despite the fun we had seeing dear friends and attending a fabulous concert at the Hollywood Bowl, we both seem to have picked up a pretty aggressive virus, probably on...
