Ruth's Yoga and Poetry Page

27/04/2026

This week's we're orientating ourselves to and from now via the breath. When we take nothing personally, grace offers us everything we need in any given moment. If any direction feels wrong, don't see it as a bad thing, and do not feel like a loser; instead know all actions (good, bad or indifferent) are opportunities to learn. Each step we take is a step towards the future taken from the past. If we show up and breathe into any current experience, the breath will show us the potholes and reveal places where we're likely to get stuck in the mud. We still have to go down the road we're on, but it might be a smoother ride if we switch on the, non-bedazzling and well considered, beam of breath.

20/04/2026

Each monday I write myself a little prompt about the spiritual themes we might explore whilst adopting yoga inspired shapes and sequences (asana and vinyasa); This week my prompt says...
When vitality and enthusiasm integrate with responsiveness and consideration, it enables action without reactions. Movement equals liberation, and stability enables direction. Negotiate the incoming future from the grace of where you are and know that you are here because of directions you've taken in the past. There's nothing regrettable in accommodating each current experience with discering care that is devoid of condemnatory judgements. With the breath to sharpen our scattered minds, we may move without regret. Graceful patterns of movement are born of slow flow and steady direction.

08/04/2026

08/04/2026

Here's the current class timetable. All classes run all year round 🧘‍♀️ except Friday mornings at 10.45am at Crownhill, which is term-time only. If I'm on leave, classes are covered (whenever possible) by wonderful people who are excellent teachers and yoga practitioners. 🧘‍♀️ N.B. Friday mornings 10.45am at William Sutton Village Hall, Crownhill, require prebooking, please text Ruth Mielek on 07811 908502

05/04/2026

Jesus said "Love is anything but ownership!" Well- I think they would probably have said that, if I asked them what they meant by love. Here is a picture of The Beacon shrouded by a mist. The Easter Cross was probably there, but fear prevented me from disappearing into the mist to find it. I think fear and ownership may be clones in different costumes.

02/04/2026

Interesting take on the imagery of the crucifixion. Happy Easter!
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27/03/2026

Wise words, but if this time-tested, sage advice doesn't resonate or provide comfort, then practical help is available from this amazing charity, which is close to my heart. 💚

01/03/2026

External circumstances influence our individual experience.
The weather shifts and alters in temporary bouts, but the vast sky that holds those changes is constant.
May everyone experience uncomplicated, dignified lives under the endless sky that unites us all.

30/01/2026

*What's the Alternative?*
I looked into the darkness,
Nothing there to see.
I stepped outside into the storm,
Where lightning blinded me.
I walked through fire
To cook myself,
But ended up half-baked.
I warmed the ice within my heart,
To cool my inflamed mind.
I sometimes feel ridiculous,
With blisters on my soul.
The road I'm on has gouged out holes,
I drive with puncture wounds.
When silence weeps,
I listen in,
And sing of better things.
I look up to the sky above,
And thank my lucky stars. 🌟 🙏🌟

31/12/2025

***Happy New Year***
Ice on the water,
Frost under foot,
Chill in the air,
Red skies at night.
Warmth from the sun,
Promise of light,
From this year to next year,
The phoenix takes flight.