I meditated upon the space between the inhalation and exhalation…
Through that contemplative time spent with
awareness of the pause in between my own breaths, this poem came to being.
Before & After
by Krista Katrovas
There is a pause
A space residing
Before and after
An inhale and
exhale.
Before the
opening and closing,
And all are
welcome.
The pause can be
found
Before and after
a kiss,
Before and after
Waking,
Before and after
Drifting off to
sleep.
Before the rise
into releve,
Before the bend
into plié.
It is within
these magical moments,
Within the pause,
Before and after
a pirouette,
Before falling,
and releasing,
Before and after
The flap of
butterfly wings
Before and after
its flight,
Its landing, and
return to flying.
Within that
mystical moment
Before the start
and finish are felt
Where movement
stops
Before starting
again,
Divinity speaks.
I listen within
those celebratory moments
Before stepping
again
Into the fox
trots of life,
Where slow, slow,
quick, quick
Is realized
Before returning
To the inevitable
slow again.
The awe of all
creation
Grows out
Of the sacred
pause.
Divinity speaks
there.
Spirit resides.
Listen, it's
where answers are born
Where poems push
through,
Where babies
enter,
Where we return
to
Krista Katrovas (E-RYT) has dedicated herself to the practice, study and teaching of yoga since discovering it in 1999 after dancing rigorously as a dance major in college. Krista has had scores of articles on Yoga, Wellness, and Spirituality published in nationally regulated magazines. She has a regular column at Elephant Journal here. She has taught Yoga in Prague every July since 2009 and has been sought to teach in Kuwait, Canada, Virginia, California, Kentucky, and Florida. She calls Kalamazoo, Michigan home, where she teaches Yoga, Meditation, offers Spiritual guidance, and practices Shamanism. She has cats, though also loves dogs, all animals. Her power animal is the Snowy Owl. Visit her yoga website here.
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