Yoga Teachers of Colorado

Poems to Mukunda
By Mukunda Tom Stiles
from his book "The Yoga Poet"

Abhyasa and Vairagya (Constant Practice & Dispassion)

Mind is racing
Never calm
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

Joy, ecstasy
Bliss eternal dances within me
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

No one loves me
I have no merit, no worth
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

I'm known the world over
Highly praised by others
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

I'm virile amazingly strong
I have the energy of ten
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

My joints are hurting
My back is sore, I'm old
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

Yogasana – I've mastered all
Peacock, scorpion, lotus
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

Siddhas, sages proclaim my greatness
Siddhis seek me to dance around
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

I've known all scriptures and sacred texts
No truth is hidden from me
O mukunda practice
Yoga Sadhana anyway.

Mukunda Stiles has been an innovative pioneer in American Yoga Therapy for 20 years. He is the creator of Structural Yoga Therapy, which has benefited over 10,000 clients. Besides The Yoga Poet, Mukunda also has a revised poetic rendering of the Yoga Sutras. He currently has three books in production on Structural Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda Yoga Therapy, and Classical Yoga/Meditation. Mukunda has directed the Yoga Therapy Center of Boston for 20 years and co-founded the American Yoga College, which trains Yoga Teachers internationally. Mukunda was instrumental in the foundation of the Yoga Teachers of Colorado, as it was his yoga teachers training class which started YTOC in 1980.

You may contact YTOC by
phone: Erin Mathiason, 303.907.2087
mail: YTOC, P.O.Box 6849, Denver, CO 80206