C.M. Rivers

"I only borrowed this dust." ~ Stanley Kunitz

Journal

  • Quote from Iyengar

    “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured, and endure what cannot be cured.” B.K.S. Iyengar Read more

  • Say Yes

    Originally posted on C.M. Rivers: Say yes to storms, stillness, success, failure, silence, noise. Yes to high winds, bitter cold, sweltering heat, crushing loneliness, joyful connection, isolation, liberation. Yes to the broken and the unbreakable.  Yes to the shaken and the unshakeable. Say yes to danger, safety, pain, pleasure, exhaustion, energy.  Yes to the suffering you’ve known… Read more

  • Light My Way

    Originally posted on C.M. Rivers: May my heart light my way.  May it come into a place not unlike the narrow line that exists between water and fire, a pocket of stillness where both forces are within reach.  Then I could learn their ways, how to call on them, how to let them enter me,… Read more

  • Quote by Matt Licata

    Enter deeply into your neurosis, your anxiety, your panic, your confusion, your suffering, and your fear – get to know it’s textures, qualities and fragrances, and allow it to take you into the secret chamber buried inside your own body.  For within the mandala of tender ripe aliveness there are jewels beyond the mind.  –… Read more

  • Quote from Darren Main

    “As a modern yogi, the key to finding peace through yoga is to keep coming back to the practice.  It doesn’t matter how often we get distracted by the ego, or for how long we play the ego’s game.  The only thing that matters is that we return.  Eventually the pain of living under the… Read more

  • Remember

    Meanwhile, the wind blows, incredibly.  The sun rises – seen or unseen – and moves across the sky, incredibly.  Water covers most of the planet.  Effervescent laughter is remembered.  The vast silence of the world helps quiet the noise of your mind.  The great emptiness fills you up and calms your heart.  Do not be… Read more