OPEN LOTUS by Jennieke Janaki

I wrote this poem to encourage the feeling of giving oneself completely and without fear…

By opening oneself as we women are intended to, we make sure that we flower, and thus express the highest potential of love and wisdom.

Only when we have the courage to open all the way, can we receive the full spectrum of the Truth. We as women have the innate capacity of surrender to become the vessel of Divine Will.

Photography by Lisa Saraswati Cawley

Open Lotus

My beautiful blossoming flower

Your colors magnificent

A delicate perfume

You are an exquisite artist

Your ability to shine is enlightening

When your petals open in the early morning

Still covered with fresh raindrops

Fragile and so vulnerable

I will take care of you

In your openness

Full of wisdom

Strong and fertile

I unite with my blossoming Soul

Be the pure Lotus flower

That I made you to be

I will shower you with all my Divine Virtues.

Photography by Lisa Saraswati Cawley

Jennieke Janaki was born in the Netherlands. She traveled the world as a model from 1984 - 1996. Jennieke took her first yoga class in 1989 in the Munich Sivananda Ashram. She recalls this experience as " a final homecoming". She founded Sharanam Yoga in 2006: an Integral Sivananda Yoga to balance, purify and heal. Its mission is "Healing through Surrender". She liked to write poems as a child and felt the urge to express her feelings again around 2005, which resulted in the publication of "Divine Sweetness". This poetry book is an expression of her seeking lasting love in the becoming One. In this book , Jennieke shares her intimate photographs, poems, and watercolor drawings, which she made during her travels as a model, yogini, and mother. Currently she lives happily with her two daughters, Cloe and Serena , in Miami Beach. Sharing her love for yoga , spiritual enlightenment through the classes she teaches with Adults and Kids. She truly feels that everyday is an opportunity to realize oneself and enjoy oneself on the path of finding the sanctuary within, where peace and joy are waiting to be experienced: “These Divine Virtues are our Birthright. Join me on the path to Happiness. Namaste, we are One.” You may visit her blog here, or connect with her on Facebook.

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