Holotropic Poetry

Rebus - by Jane Hirshfield

Rebus by Jane Hirshfield You work with what you are given, the red clay of grief, the black clay of stubbornness going on after.    Clay that tastes of care or carelessness, clay that smells of the…

Started by Sharanya Naik Jul 20.

Life Blinds

This poem describes a recent experience of 'merger' on waking.   Life Blinds   As I awake I see The window above me, Blinded by a sheet – Hooked up, puckered, With ripple-effect folds – All but two p…

Started by Michael Harris Jun 11.

In terms of transpersonal experiences for poetry writing 8 Replies

Hello self-enthusiasts and self-enlighteners. I am currently doing a research paper on the creative process that holotropic breathwork stimulates by affecting human psyche and opening up the eyes beh…

Started by Christian Andrews. Last reply by Elisa Sawyer Apr 22.

Lost Idyll 2 Replies

This poem arose out of a conversation with my friend Kate Mawn and, later, imagining myself on a Summer day in Clare, Kerry, Galway, Mayo or Donegal (anywhere along the west coast of Ireland - my fa…

Started by Michael Harris. Last reply by Michael Harris Mar 3.

Rivulets

RivuletsA drumbeatmy feet on wet sand--bare--I chase receding wavesas seagulls ride an updraftand killdeer scream forgotten names.Under the surfaceurchin spines radiate from fragile homeshoarding pre…

Started by Elisa Sawyer Mar 2.

Deepening 1 Reply

I wrote this poem after a breathwork session at the Insight & Opening workshop In October 2009 in Rhinebeck NY. I welcome comments. Deepening Here in this gathering place, my heart opens to joi…

Started by Laurane. Last reply by Elisa Sawyer Mar 2.

When I wanted to go to the Jai and Jeffrey Module...

Ecstatic Remembrance   They are calling the lord’s names on the other coast but I am not there   they are singing to the Mother on the other shore but I am here   sweeping my house cooking…

Started by Sharanya Naik Feb 1.

She Dreamed of Cows 2 Replies

I found this poem. She Dreamed of Cows by Norah Pollard I knew a woman who washed her hair and bathed
 her body and put on the nightgown she'd worn
 as a bride and lay down with a…

Started by Sharanya Naik. Last reply by Laurane Feb 1.

Animus

ANIMUS It pulls me out of myself and spreads me open to the sky. All its doors are closed except for one which opens at the touch of my breath. I must follow, must meet all that rains down on me, al…

Started by helen jurd Nov. 16, 2009.

"What's Inside You?" and "She's the One" 2 Replies

The inspiration for "What's Inside You?" came from my own holotropic experiences over many years and from reading Stan Grof's The Cosmic Game. What's Inside You? On the highest mountain peak I foun…

Started by Renn Butler. Last reply by Elisa Sawyer Nov. 14, 2009.

Mother 3 Replies

There can be forgiveness And there also cannot. These two intertwine like a vine married in duality twisting around fruit of our love You are the army that marched upon me. You watered me then made…

Started by helen jurd. Last reply by helen jurd Nov. 10, 2009.

A Million Metaphors 1 Reply

Shatter me into a million metaphors! Wrench me apart into a thousand different discriptions of the sun, the wind, the air, the love, LIFE! Dip me into the deepest ocean then shake me off, scatter me…

Started by helen jurd. Last reply by Elisa Sawyer Nov. 10, 2009.

Burning into a poem 2 Replies

I want to burn into a poem That is dazzling and that glitters, That will break all the shameless veils That translate into flames of fire truth A poem with letters of stigmatized fire With universal…

Started by Rui Bizarro. Last reply by Rui Bizarro Nov. 3, 2009.

Living Dying 6 Replies

This poem was inspired by my experience of breathing on the GTT training module Death and Dying in Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain on March 21, 2008.It is dedicated to three 'breathworkers', Margaret Mc…

Started by Michael Harris. Last reply by Michael Harris Sep. 25, 2009.

Raj and Anne 2 Replies

This song is about the ecstatic merging of East and West: Raj and Anne I’ll meet you in the sacred trees My one Beloved, the child in me Om mani, om mani By the stream where the peacocks sing Raji,…

Started by Renn Butler. Last reply by Renn Butler Sep. 25, 2009.

The Labyrinth 3 Replies

This is poem I wrote after a workshop in 2004.

Started by Fran Devlin. Last reply by Elisa Sawyer Sep. 23, 2009.

Ale Scigilano poetry 1 Reply

Written after breathing

Tagged: refuge, take, I

Started by Ana Maria Aguirre. Last reply by Elisa Sawyer Sep. 23, 2009.

Scarab

Apologies for not reading the posting instructions sooner. If I share other poems I will add them to this post. Scarab I dance on alabaster steps Afraid. Fearful of God-Face but the Goddess smiles…

Started by Elisa Sawyer Sep. 22, 2009.

Cupid 3 Replies

What forces awaken Who is impaled? Am I this shadow or have shadows overtaken me? I've shed mask upon mask and yet still carry this sword at ready. Any warrior coming near feels its fiery breath a…

Started by Elisa Sawyer. Last reply by Elisa Sawyer Sep. 22, 2009.

Stopped 2 Replies

Nothing. Nothing at all. Gone, in all directions. All directions at once. There is nothing. Remaining. Stopped. I remember, something. I remember something being. I was breathing. I was feeling. The…

Started by Elisa Sawyer. Last reply by Elisa Sawyer Sep. 22, 2009.