This week, I shared the following poem in yoga because I find it inspiring for personal practice, both the internal physical practice of yoga and in my larger life. It is called “Love Makes a Bridge” by Bryan Wren:
Love makes a bridge from heart to heart, and hand to hand.
Love finds a way when laws are blind and freedom banned.
Love breaks the walls of language, gender, class, and age.
Love gives us wings to slip the bars of every cage.
Love lifts the hopes that force and fear have beaten down.
Love breaks the chains and gives us strength to stand our ground.
Love rings the bells of wanted birth and wedding day.
Love guides the hands that promise more than words can say.
Love makes a bridge that winds may shake, yet not destroy.
Love carries faith through life and death, to endless joy.
I believe that we are all here to share love, embrace and lift one another up, and joyfully celebrate life. Certainly we all face our challenges and struggle, and it helps to strive for a life of meaning along the way.
In The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron states that the opposite of fear is love, and by treat our inner artist child (or, one could possibly infer, your heart) like a precious object.
Yoga is an opportunity to connect mind and heart, to listen within, love ourselves. Dancing is an opportunity to connect with self-expression and celebrate with others. Coaching helps to identify, prioritize, and take action in alignment with our highest values and purpose.
My hope is that my students, clients, family, friends, colleagues, and community feel the love coming through in my actions, including my creative and educational work, personal outreach, and even thoughts that sometimes don’t come to expression (or in a timely manner). What are your most highly-held values, Essence, & Purpose?
Even when I don’t discuss it explicitly, the motivation behind everything I create is love. I have made a few relevant podcasts and YouTube videos on related topics to date, such as:
If that’s all too woo-woo for you, no worries, I also value my critical and analytical friends, and make lots of content with more of a technical, physical, or artistic focus :)
For more information about all of these themes and the work I do, and for lots more free resources, please visit me at ablythecoach.com
