When I write in my journal, I can use various creative forms. When I stopped for lunch in Priest River, I wrote and poetry emerged. Since I began pausing and taking three breaths each time I wash and dry my hands, I find I pause similarly other times and the calm it brings is beneficial.
Draw a breath in–
Inhale its energy–
Feel inspired–
Bathe in its freshness.
Pause at the peak–
Bask in a new-found glow–
See the world anew–
Be just in that space.
Release that breath–
Exhale its waste–
Let others use it–
Let the world grow.
Let go of that moment–
Be ready for the next ascent–
Look upwards–
Follow breath’s cycle.
About ivonprefontaine
In keeping with bell hooks and Noam Chomsky, I consider myself a public and dissident intellectual. Part of my work is to move beyond (transcend) institutional dogmas that bind me to defend freedom, raising my voice to be heard on behalf of those who seek equity and justice in all their forms.
I completed my PhD in Philosophy of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. My dissertation and research was how teachers experience becoming teachers and their role as leaders.
I focus on leading, communicating, and innovating in organizations. This includes mindfuful servant-leadership, World Cafe events, Appreciative Inquiry, and expressing one's self through creativity. I offer retreats, workshops, and presentations that can be tailored to your organzations specific needs.
I published peer reviewed articles about schools as learning organizations, currere as an ethical pursuit, and hope as an essential element of adult eductaion. I published three poems and am currently preparing my poetry to publish as an anthology of poetry.
I present on mindful leadership, servant leadership, schools as learning organizations, how teachers experience becoming teachers, assessement, and critical thinking. I facilitate mindfulness, hospitality retreats. and World Cafe Events using Appreciative Inquiry.
I am writing and researching about various forms of leadership, how teachers inform and form their identity as a particular teacher, schools as learning organizations, hope and its anticipatory relationship with the future, and hope as an essential element in learning.
ivonprefontaine
Teacher as Transformer 
Well – that was therapeutic! 🙂
It is.
I love it. Micheline
Thank you Micheline.
My privilege Ivon.
Best,
Micheline
love the idea of creating a habit of 3 breaths to go with various activities–like the poem too
It is one of those simple things we can each do and it is working well this week.
très beau, Yvon… amitiés toulousaines ensoleillées, Mélanie
Merci Melanie.
beautiful!!
*MY GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!*
Thank you.
Beautiful words straight from the now. With your permission I will repost and share.
Thank you. Your offer is greatly appreciated. You have permission.
Gracious
Duly shared my thanks brother. You walk the beauty way and somehow this encounter was inevitable. I honour your path. I am also passionate about leadership and transformation
I am part of a global men’s leadership organisation. Circles of men meet everyday all over the world to be accountable. I have just shared your words to honour and bless my circle in West London for their coming gathering this very night.
Thank you Michael. Your comments and sharing are greatly appreciated.
Your words landed well. Ripples in the ocean of individuation.
Ivan I would so appreciate your input on the introduction to my next book “Escape to the homelands of the heart” http://mrmichaeldale.com/2013/09/23/awakening-the-inner-poet-for-world-peace/
I will stop by later today or tomorrow and read it more thoroughly. Right off the bat, I like the idea of alchemy. Any art is a form of alchemy, a stirring of thoughts and emotions.
Many, many thanks. That means a lot. My desire is to support every individual to embrace the healing power of processing the vicissitudes of life through poetry not as a skill but as a birth rite. A gift that to unwrap only requires an open heart. I would love to hear how clearly that is communicated for you
Reblogged this on man of words and commented:
A beautiful path into the now from a gifted friend to all
I really like this post. Thank you Ivon!
Thank you and you are welcome Amy.
Awesome! Saludos desde México. Excelente ejercicio.