Learning by Copying, or Learning by Learning

We can watch
and follow:
monkey see,
monkey do

sometimes
following
someone who does
something really
well
(be happy,
move easily,
listen fully,
laugh at themselves)

can be one
of life's great gifts

and then
again,
if the yoga teacher
is five
times more limber
than we are
and we try to exactly copy
we'll hurt ourselves

if we
move
and just crank along,
following
exercise
or yoga
or the routine we've been assigned
we'll stay in action

but we won't learn

learning
only happens
when we slow down,
and realize and
feel
in our real selves,
a new way of doing or seeing
or feeling something

or thinking
about something
though a
confusion
of thinking and words
and jabber and thinking
and having facts/ numbers and so on
and knowing
is a huge mistake
in much of our lives
(though good for balancing the check book)

back
to learning:
it's a discovery
and un covery
a re covery
a finding
something new
or forgotten

new pieces
falling
together

a big picture
that fits

a new pathway
of moving or feeling
that's easier
and sweetier
and more pleasurable

and natural

this learning
really learning

is sweet
and

this brings
us to the present

this is the present
of learning

without this
life gets
stale
fast