asaNa Magazine | March 2017 41
Matsyasana - Fish Pose
Open the heart
and the heart opens you—
salt of the creator
eye of the beholder
stretch your arms overhead
receive
the rainfall of pure clarity
and let it
come down.
Surrender to the boundless
earth, sea, and sky
place them like a garland
around the altar of a life,
seal
a prayer for peace
at its base,
swim
in its mysteries,
unafraid of sinking.
Open the heart
and the heart opens you.
All poems (c) Leza Lowitz, reprinted with permission
from Yoga Heart: Lines on the Six Perfections published
by Stone Bridge Press.
Yoga Poem
open the
heart and the
heart opens
You.
author bio: Award-winning author Leza Lowitz opened
Sun and Moon yoga in Tokyo 13 years ago. She credits
her yoga and meditation practice with deepening her
creativity, discipline and compassion. Her books Yoga
Poems: Lines to Unfold By, Here Comes the Sun (A yoga
memoir about adapting and adopting in Japan), Up from
the Sea, a YA novel about Japan’s 2011 tsunami, and Jet
Black and the Ninja Wind, an epic about the last female
ninja’s fight to save her ancient tribe, are all #1 amazon
best-sellers.
The Artwork was done by M/s Akiko Tanimoto. Akiko
Tanimoto draws yoga poses with ink (墨) and brush
(筆). She is a yogini and learning suiboku-ga. Please visit
her website: http://akenoihori.jimdo.com