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I have heard making pilgrimage to India,
to study asana, is like being broken-open.

The first month you are cracked;
the second you are rewired,
and the third you are pieced together new.

I have heard making pilgrimage to family,
to co-create human beings, is like being broken-open.

The first child opens you, raw;
the second rearranges your understanding;
the third confirms the mystery,
and the fourth pieces you together new.

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Published by Amy @ Generous Wisdom | Spacious Heart

Amy's work centers around the embodied experience of love's spaciousness and is grounded in brain, body, and heart-based wisdom. She teaches yoga, meditation, & writing as a way to cultivate tender self-love that supports empathy and compassion-driven work in the world. Check out her bio @amysecrist.com.

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  1. cynthia's avatar cynthia says:
    November 10, 2014 at 10:22 pm

    I love this! The title is perfect. The comparison to the path of family/children to the path of the pilgrimage to study asana is wonderful. I love the “broken open, cracked and pieced together new.” I especially love “the second rearranges your understanding; the third confirms the mystery and the fourth pieces you together new.” Wonderful and so true of family life and having children! The four children/masters you grow by! Great poem here. I enjoyed immensely!!! Love, light and blessings on your pilgrimage to family and in family!!!

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    1. Amy @ Generous Wisdom | Spacious Heart's avatar Amy @ Love and Be Loved says:
      November 11, 2014 at 10:57 am

      I appreciate your reading and kind comments, cynthia. And the same blessings to you, friend!

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