Monday 24 November 2014

Deeper Than Words

Swirling passion collides in this fury of fire
Rhythm moves and bends and flows
Energy vibrates within the body and 
Radiates its invisible waves across
Where the music keeps playing
Where inhibitions are discarded 
Where energies mingle- 
Where there are no thoughts, 
No judgments, no insecurities,
No expectations....
And speaking mere words seems so empty,
a ridiculous way to communicate,
For more is occurring on different levels
on the energy that we radiate
Where songs of devotion echo into the night,
Resonating into the sky, 
Sharing love with beautiful souls
I have never felt so high-
by allowing their energy to connect,
to the depth of becoming 'one'
Freedom, freedom, sweet freedom...
Where skin tingles under the droplets of sweat,
and endorphin's float through your system
Causing that outer beautiful surrender,
Riding that high, that floating sensation
No drugs, no alcohol, just collective love.....
So i'll dive into that collective way
and go deeper than words-
I'll allow it to encapsulate me
to love, to nurture, to enrich my life
in ways that can't be spoken or heard.





Thursday 20 November 2014

Death of old Views, Re-birth, Timelessness and Helping Others

I run through the mountains and streams
and I perish again and again in my dreams
Over and over 'til time is an illusion
Releasing the pain and panic it brings
Until there is nothingness; no name, no titles,
No clinging to yesterday, to people, to desires
Just the unchanging truth and inner knowing
Like hearing the distant and faint callings
of the voices of the lives lived before
With the vortex swirling in their eyes
Drawing me me into their previous lives
Peering to the depth of their souls
The past brought forward to this time
Bringing the ancient unrecorded way
to this sensual living in modern life
This swirling energy within and without,
Seeks to merge with other's energy about
Making the connections we all yearn for.
And so now i'll delve a little deeper
for those who need to know.
To make their path that little sweeter
I'll float through the oceans, cliffs, mountains
and streams, deep into the dark caves
Hoping to help the spiritual seeker

Photo by +Tony Heyward 




Sunday 9 November 2014

Deeper Teachings: Echoes of the Heart

As I glide into the earth her dried arteries take me deeper, deeper...
Deeper....til darkness is within....within and without
til all moves into One, joined, united, tied
Delving to a depth never before gone....
And the singing escapes from parting lips,
as the rhythmic movements begin to sway to the melodic song
smoothly, effortlessly, oh I love how this tastes
for there is a sweetness in the air, a lightness underfoot
a swirling in my heart as it echoes into the earth
Freedom of the mind, release negativity
let go and increase energy......
Freedom of the mind, release negativity
let go and increase energy.....

Photo by +Tony Heyward 

Sunday 19 October 2014

Here With You and For You...

Warm skin, I invite you in
Arms holding, confidently inspiring
Strong and steady...
Strong and steady...
Sink beneath the layers
Settle in the swirling warmth-
Unconditional and fearless.
Rising up....
Waking up...
Heavy darkness a distant memory
Ignorance is no longer an option
I am here with you and for you

Artwork by Atmara Rebecca Cloe




Wednesday 1 October 2014

Discovering Self

I can say no more
For to believe is to live
And to live is to know
And to know banishes suffering
Man-kind are riddled with

Painting by Kevin Candill

Saturday 6 September 2014

Faith

Taken to the very edge
Shaken deeply within
A group of beautiful souls
Joined together, crystallized by common thoughts,
Harmonized feelings, and awakening ...
Reality rising, deepening to a knowing
Though not set in stone
Developments continuing,
Relinquishing control
Have faith......
And let go....




Thursday 28 August 2014

Ancient Snake Teachings: Passion, Fire and the Unknown

Shed this old skin-
Shed the old and let the new in;-
Flexible, strong and sensitive
Rise... rise..... rise........
Oh how I welcome with open arms 
the fire burning bright-
and never ever wistful for this passion to calm
Never reluctant to feel, vibrate....
This.... this beautiful rawness, this deep understanding
without needing to say a word.
And when the flames shrink to its base
Only then do the coals lay, hot and constant
Hot and constant.... hot and constant....
Breath ignites my flame inside-
Oh what delight, what bliss, what passion.....
Only then can I surrender to feel all......
Pain, love, the 'good and the bad'...
Everything....
All.........
I hunger for the unknown, drive me into your darkness
Into the core of your mysteries
Take me.... Take me....
Take me to the unknown and back,
For I yearn to feel more
Teach me how sweet life can be, teach me more wonders....
For I am forever your student....

Photo by +Tony Heyward 

Friday 1 August 2014

Stay Awake with Me

Stay awake with me.....
Keep your eyes open
Feeling, seeing, tasting, hearing
More...More...More...
Your candle may flicker
In the darkness of night...
Just feel your heart beat,
Center yourself and
Hold on tight.
Stay awake with me.....
Breathe...
Dive to your depths
Swirling, tingling, ears ringing
Feel..Feel..Feel....
Feel your own power
Steady from within
Embrace this energy
Have no fear
Let your heart sing
Stay awake with me
Just stay awake with me

Photo by +Tony Heyward 







Tuesday 15 July 2014

Sacred Ancient Language

Stars gently whisper their sacred ancient wisdom
Subtle in the deep, and dark night sky, 
Their sacred ancient wisdom heard louder,
Brought closer in the stillness and depths of night: 
Listen...listen to the beautiful language
So vast worlds merge and collide,
And as the stars whisper delicately 
Consciousness begins to arise,
It melds, it collides, it collects-
Weaving its web through our souls
Lessons of as above so below
deeply resonate and gently echo
So look up at the stars in the dark sky
and feel the deep connection within.
Know that others are doing the same-
Merging, combining, collectively resigning
To the art of learning to live......

Photo by +Tony Heyward 

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Tuesday 8 July 2014

Whispers of Shakti

Energy intertwined, vortex swirling
to depths never before known
Darkness, earth, encapsulating
Enriching and enthralling
Deeper and deeper
Swirling and swirling
Glowing, growing, seeking
Fingers deep, probing
Ancient melodies floating
High on rhythmic breath
Ancient and beautiful 
Ancient and beautiful
Tantalizing and energizing
Spilling, surging, giving...
take it...this excess...
bathe in this energy
set yourself free
revel and taste
surrender and feel
higher and higher
Lighter and lighter
Breathe...
Breathe...
Breathe...
Deliciously sweet
Merging energies
Electric currents
Drift in the air
Touching, spinning inside
the wheels unseen
to the naked eye
Floating, feeling, freeing
Warming, heating, burning
Flowing upwards
Beyond the head
Into the universe
Lovingly surrendered,
Oh gentle, sweet freedom...
In this divine feminine

Painting by Mathew Brass

Saturday 28 June 2014

Night Runs- Stepping Closer

Stars bright in the dark sky
Not another person around
Freedom is in every step
echoing deeply, so deeply within.
Rhythm and energy move in unison
Feeling my blood pump
and my heart slightly raised
Oh, it is good to feel so alive!
And the owls sit quizzically
as they watch me pass by-
The bats fly from the fruit trees
surprised to feel me near.
The leaves on the trees
move slightly as I pass....
There is just so much life around
Feeling this energy,  I soar
Higher, and higher- what a buzz!
So sweet, so beautiful,
This is such a simple blessing...
The stars remind me how small we are
and just how large the universe is
I remember what I am grateful for
As I step slowly toward my life's purpose

Photo by +Tony Heyward 

Tuesday 17 June 2014

Wild and Free

We belong with the wilderness
We belong with the grass
We belong with the deep dark caves
to the waterfalls' rush
Feel like the animals
Move and be at one
Soar above with the eagles,
delve down to the sea...
Be wild and free
be wild and free
be wild and free

Photo by +Tony Heyward 


Feeling is Living

Surrender to beauty 
Embrace the weaving of life-
a sweetness so intricate and delicate and bright 
Be thankful to feel-In love and in pain.
Feeling is living.
So live. Be free. Be wild
For love cannot be tamed

Photo by +Tony Heyward 



Wednesday 4 June 2014

Interconnections

We are all connected
as connected as
the sun is to the earth
as the moon is to the ocean
and as air is to fire....
we thrive on this interconnection-
this beautiful dance of yin and yang
set deeply in your sweet surrender....


Photo by +Tony Heyward 


Sunday 1 June 2014

Connection

Connection.
Unseen to the naked eye,
untouched by the most supple of skin
not thought of, not willed, but simply felt.
This sensuality becomes a trigger
and that trigger becomes a new 'reality'
So beautiful, so sweet. A fresh reality...
where light becomes brighter,
Love becomes deeper,
Pain becomes a melodious song
echoing to the core
existing only as an invitation to explore
to a depth never experienced before....
deeper and deeper- beyond all comfort
Travel to a place within
a place of virgin land, 
where you've never dared
to enter before. Loiter to feel your fears.....
feel them grip you and strangle your courage
breathless and feeling every terrifying emotion:
Grief, pain, jealousy, doubt.... 
leads to the openness of unconditional love-
Openness....weightlessness....
sweet surrendered release.... 
Connections made through spiritual chords
Are bonding, loving, purifying, healing.
On The Path love touches 
and vibrates with intensity unsurpassed
I thank the beautiful souls
who keep enriching my experience
helping the courage to flow
helping in the process to re-member
In this life....
In this body.
At this time.

Image from Ashtar Command Community

Saturday 3 May 2014

Releasing Control

The sun is never brighter then on a cold, windy day
A fire is ever more radiant in the still darkness of night
The rain is never more nourishing then in the clutches of drought
Nor is the burning of the sun in the middle of a flood....
This reminds me things can balance out in time 
There are lessons we can take from nature itself
In the beautiful ability to just release and be free
for we can't control the weather
sometimes we are better
to shrug our shoulders and simply say
'what will be will be'.

Image by +Tony Heyward 
(www.tonyheywardimages.com)


Sunday 27 April 2014

Blooded into Battle


Each emotion there like a knife, as it wounded
Each thought of negativity I felt
Dense energy was invading me- 
still I refused to yield....
On an invisible battle field
My first battle I stood-
True test of character, courage and light
I felt the darkness before me
I burnt hot, sweat trickled
in the cool afternoon before night.
I still 'felt', I still had 'fire'.
The odds were set against me
I took many blows, yet still I stood.
I breathed in deeply, fear was nigh.
I prayed for this to be over,
for my courage to be able to continue...
I felt each blow like a punch inside
Finally, it was over- with much to learn..
I limped from my confrontation with darkness
Still alive...
 but shaken to the core.
It's time to let go once again......
Time to prepare-
for the next 'invisible' battle.
Determined to learn from my lesson
Give me strength to let go and just 'be'
I surrender to love...
I let go of my fears.......
 Fill me with healing energy.

Photo by +Tony Heyward 
(www.tonyheywardimages.com)


Wednesday 16 April 2014

Not Alone....

I know within my heart of hearts
there are others feeling the same....
Warmth churns in my chest
and seeps out and radiates.
I feel as though there is a light
switched on from above-
when all else is in darkness
silently I radiate my love.
I am so grateful for my life.
No matter how much darkness
is around me-
my light shines still,
It is shining on the inside....
Fear shall not worry me.
I'll always find my way
Because I trust in the process
and in who I am today.
I'm now drawn like a magnet
to others shining light within,
reaching out and loving deeply-
blissfully connecting...
I implore you- love yourself...
love the purity, the light within
Just surrender to yourself-
silent and strong and unwavering.
I know I am not alone in this.
Come stand up- be free
Break the shackles of society-
of expectations, of trying to please...
Just be....just be....and know yourself
trust in the process....accept your truth...
I know I'm not alone in this.....

Photo by +Tony Heyward 
(www.tonyheywardimages.com)

Tuesday 1 April 2014

Let Me Love You


I stand before you naked,
peel back my layers,
and feel my very essence-
feel me in my rawest form....
Hear my truth, feel my light dawn.....
Know that you are supported-
know that you are nurtured,
know that I love you
and that you belong.
This intimacy is universal-
It. Is. Love-
so innocent and not compromised
by the physical touch.
Reach beyond emotions,
beyond the reason of the mind
to a new way of living:-
free, beautiful and giving.
Where light reigns over fear....
There's only one thing left to do:-
Just let me love you...
let me love you...
gently surrender,
feel the connection,
and let me love you.....

Photo by +Tony Heyward 
www.tonyheywardimages.com.au



Monday 17 March 2014

My Little Wish....

Inside of a cave- deep, dark and damp-
the only light comes from a place-
a place so distant, so different, so serene....
But...it's safe here in this cave,
in the confines of the rocks,
entombed by thoughts, fear, darkness...
It is the unchanged mind;
ever fearful, and stuck in the past,
anxious about the future........
Distractions in the cave lack substance,
lack passion, lack truth, love and beauty
and feeds into the fire of greed, lust and distrust.
Where the essence of a person is vacant-
like the cave itself- empty, dark, dull....
void of energy, void of light......
What if questions begin to arise....
what if that tiny light is seen....
what if we move toward it....
what would be felt?
Beauty, love, clarity, truth.....
Happiness, passion and freedom-
If I had one wish, one little desire
I would wish others feel the change
where that once dark, empty cave-
that void would be filled with fire.

Photo by +Tony Heyward 
www.tonyheywardimages.com


Sunday 9 March 2014

Learning to Knowing

As I delve into my pain-
swim around in my inflammation
The answers encrypted
deeply hidden beneath codes.
Set deep in my beliefs
Set deep in my muscles
Set deeply in my very core
In my very essence....
Dreams are common place
Strange, strange dreams revealed
They make up a part of the code
this is all a part of being healed....
Anger- dark and thick as tar
now highlighted by the light.
Vibrations move inside of me-
Hands and feet possess such heat,
purple surrounds me and peacefully
I surrender, I am lost....
I release control- 
I release how you see me....
Now I feel who I am
and I know that I know
All will be well.....

Photo by +Tony Heyward 
www.tonyheywardimages.com

Wednesday 19 February 2014

My Day-dreams...

Do we take life too seriously?
Have we forgotten to have fun?
My four year old said to me-
'What do you want to do, Mum?'
My answer I gave him was:-
'I want to go running through some fields
and sing loudly wherever we are
Free and giggling we'd play together.....
our light brighter than any star
I want to go swimming in the ocean
and dancing in a stream
And stay up 'til the sun comes up
like it is just a dream
I want to soar like a bird
and fly so damn high
where sitting on the edge of a cliff
I lose all concept of time
Then I'll take myself to a waterfall
and feel the water land on my head
flowing effortlessly down my neck
colliding with the rocks where I stand
entranced by nature I'd succumb....
that's my idea of fun, my dear....
that's my idea of fun...'

Photo by +Tony Heyward 


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Saturday 15 February 2014

Let's Go!!!!!

I feel a tingle
A tingle in my spine
of a road trip
to celebrate this life...
What's said on the road-
there it will remain.
Wild and free and with tongues untamed
Souls vibrant- energies soar...
let yourself unravel-
lets dance and explore
Be free and like a child
Don't think of your debts
let them go...
along with your regrets
No blame, no shame
just fun, fun, fun...
How good does this sound?
Lets live this life, lets be One!
Photo by +Tony Heyward 

Thursday 13 February 2014

Chaos, Pain Before Change

I feel your pain, agony and frustration
disappointment flows through you
rudderless you move through life
effected by your boss' opinions.
No longer a machine,
no longer in the dark
a light is switched on
can't do anything by half
This is all so pointless........
Happiness does not reside in money,
nor does it reside in status.
It rests in the beauty of the moments
of love, of divinity, of beauty itself.....
There is so much more to life
than waking up and going to work....
but debts hang over your head
grinding you into the ground.....
Weighing upon your shoulders
An artist through and through,
I can't watch that part of you die
slowly, slowly it gets out of reach
Life is made of our choices
It is not set in stone.
Have faith, be excited 
be open and true
Turn that mind off
and feel your way
a change is coming.....
a change is coming.....
a change is coming.....
Image by +Tony Heyward 
www.tonyheywardimages.com.au

Thursday 30 January 2014

Essence of Living....



Honor, courage discipline...
such is the way.
Integrity, sincerity and wisdom
live for today.
Truth, beauty and grace
warmth stirs within,
thoughts no longer have a place-
not when you're feeling.
Breathe in that warm air-
taste the sweetness of the trees,
watch in blissful wonder at the birds
flying freely in the breeze.
Smile at the beauty in life-
such an amazing mystery.

Photo by +Tony Heyward Images



Thursday 23 January 2014

Exposed

Caught between two worlds
I watch you move with ease
Every smooth effortless step
Is gracefully achieved
Unsure of your role,
or your place in this time
you patiently continue
and meditate for a sign.
Second-guessing yourself-
and your sacred ancient wisdom
so beautifully divine
Gently listen.. listen.. listen....
Your role is there in silence
The answer to your question
lies deep in your subconscious
                                                                     It waits for you.........
Patiently, knowingly, reverently
You are gloriously exposed-
light seeps and shines from you..
revealing to me your truth.
Take your posting and embrace
The gifts you have been given.


Wednesday 22 January 2014

The Guitarist

You sit and play your guitar
Lost between two worlds
I venture back in time
as I listen to you play
oh, beautiful stranger
you don't belong in this time.
Young women playing flutes
dance gracefully before me
wearing white cotton dresses-
hair long and flowing...
Laughter and grace fills the air....
And still you play
I watch you caress the strings
Eyes closed you are so gentle
Peacefully you play....
Thank you for sharing
The message you are sending 
Is heard by me
in this chance meeting-
this beautiful reverie.
Photograph by +Tony Heyward Images 


Sunday 19 January 2014

Shadow

Depression...anxiety...
This changing.....
I am spiraling
Am I out of control?
Do I make any sense?
Confusion arises once again
Am I all alone?
Grew out of my old friends
Can't talk about the weather
or things that don't matter
Fakeness makes me nauseous
Disdain beckons at my door
There are bigger issues 
that are being ignored
Frustration, anger.....
The irony is disturbing
Energy- sapping negativity residing
Passion is a double- edged sword