A Poem on the Yoga Concept of Ahimsa

AHIMSA

Fill your heart with compassion and you will spread love

Caring for you, those around and above

Ahimsa teaches nonviolence and gentle living

Treating us thoughtful and always forgiving

Aware of our thoughts and the energy we send

We are all connected from stranger to friend

Find peace of mind and within your own heart

The sacred place where Ahimsa will start

Both inward and out we inspire and grow

And support all creatures with this gift we bestow

Be strong with emotion while each time accepting

Open to improvement with soulful reflecting

Ask yourself; with these thoughts I am freeing

Do I support the growth of every world's being?

~Author Unknown