Author: Sonya
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What’s the lesson? (a poem)
What’s the Lesson? (a poem) – by Sonya Zapone, RYT From her book, Connect to Soul: Poems for Yoga invites readers and listeners on a transformative journey deep into our Soul. This collection of poems compassionately explores the depths of the human experience as a tool to the metamorphic experience of yoga. A long, cool
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Our Arrival (a poem)
Our Arrival (a poem for the start of a yoga class) A poem from the book… Connect to Soul: Poems for Yoga (buy on Amazon) by Sonya Zappone, RYT (a Kripalu-trained Yoga Teacher) This collection of poetry invites readers and listeners on a transformative journey deep into our Soul. This collection of poems compassionately explores
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Meditation (Poem 2025)
MeditationThe practice of being calm in a crazy, mixed-up worldA time-out from life and a time inwardsA decompression from stress and strainA way to rest the busy, tired mindA relaxation of thought and thinkingA way to liberate the mindA path to freedomA pause and see what one has been thinkingA challenge and an opportunityA stopping
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When We Get There … (Poem)
Pausing for power and peaceTenderly, turning inwardsNestling, nurturing, nourishing Detangling, detaching, and directing energy elsewhereProcessing, penetrating layers, patienceForgiving, forgetting, finding fortitudeCourageous, connected, contentedDistancing, digesting, digressing from the pathContemplating completion and changeAwakened, aware, attunedRepackaging, replacing, repurposing the soulLaying still, letting go, and letting things beSimplicity, serenity, self-love. – Sonya Zappone, RYT, poet and author of The Hero’s
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Where it starts . . .
Creating a calm centerBreathing, balancing, befriending the bodyPracticing peaceful presenceSmoothly, softly settlingSlowly, surrendering stressTime out, time in, and time awayMindfully meditatingEasy, effortless, energyStarting, stopping, shiftingRelaxing, restoring, renewingTaming, transitioning, transformingRe-energizing, replenishing, revitalizingSelf-care, self-healing, self-compassionGentleness, grace, gratitude. -Sonya Zappone, RYT, Author, Poet (2025)
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Stick to Your Princples!
By Sonya Zappone, author of The Hero’s Journey Inwards A Lesson in Sticking to Your Principles If we have met misfortune from a choice, gone through a tough loss, and/or make a colossal mistake. We must learn a lesson and find the principal that needs to be applied – for next time What principles do
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Be at Peace (new 2025 poem)
Be at Peace All is well. Settle, Soften, Sink your shoulders, Breathe in peace. Allow the safety and stillness of this moment to embrace you, Be involved in the timelessness of observing without judgement: thoughts. Do you breathe like you are at peace, or war? How can you breathe out any war inside you? How
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Oh the Lessons We Learn . . .
Oh the lessons we learn Oh the lessons we learn When we have touched the hot stove and got burned When we trip and fall Because there’s no tread on our shoes left at all When we fall down the stair Because we didn’t hold the available handrail When we overspend our money Only to
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When Sleep Isn’t Enough
When Sleep Isn’t Enough (4.15.2025) Poem by Sonya Zappone When your spirit is drained When your soul is depleted When your inner-well runs dry When there’s NO flow to life When there is no juice in your body. When your spiritual electricity is zapped. When you have no joy left nor the ability to smile
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The World Needs Heroes (New 2025 Poem)
The World Needs Heroes The world needs you… To do what only you can do To hear “The Call” that only you can hear To beam your love and face your fear To brave what only you can brave To save what only you can save To challenge what only you can challenge Even if
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