April is National Poetry Month sponsored by The Academy of American Poets so you might be searching for the perfect poetry for yoga for your classes.
I love teaching yoga at my local public libraries. In the spirit of the library, I share a poetry reading with each of my library classes. Here’s a partial list of what I shared this year.
Poetry for Yoga
Walking Across a Field We Are Focused on at This Time Now: by Sara Wintz
Reflective by A. R. Ammons read from The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness and Joy
A selection from A Gift from the Sea
A Short Story of Falling by Alice Oswald
From Constant Change Figures by Lynn Hejinian
Day Bath by Debra Spencer read from She Walks in Beauty
Pollen by Michael Waters
With Spring in Our Flesh by Don Welch
Enough by Katie Peterson from Accounts
The Face by Franz Wright
Keeping Things Whole by Mark Strand from Collected Poems
I Saw by Vojislav Karanovic from The Horse Has Six Legs
A selection on loving Presence from Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh
More Poetry for yoga ideas:
Yoga poetry that I shared in 2016
Poems to Support Your Yoga Practice
Yoga Poetry for Class Readings
Most of the above links go to the Poetry Foundation’s website which has a wonderful searchable database of poems.
If you want to read my original work, look for Water Yoga, coming July 2022.
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